The Queen visits University of Leicester

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

I thought I would use the Queen's visit to Leicester as an excuse to finally have a shot at using Qik on my N95. T'was good. I got to show the Internet what the rest of the crowd saw from where I was standing - absolutely eff-aw! (Well, if you scroll to the ...

Just a few things…

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

I think I am well over-due a blog entry. I've been spending the last few weeks sorting out a few things (and moving house, again!) and preparing myself for the looming January Ph.D. start date. I got my Masters result a few weeks ago and if all goes to plan, I will be graduating ...

In context of my location…

Monday, June 16th, 2008

     I've been "home" for a week now. I can't say it's been easy. The first couple of days were low as I slipped back in to the routine of silently seething about being back in Ayr. I was indifferent to begin with - then I went from being in a ...

Smartmob Leicester.

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

As AJCann wrote about earlier - we used to Seesmic to arrange a "smartmob" (or "coffee" for those who are not convinced by social media terminology) to discuss what was proposed yesterday. In the past - from holding various moderator roles and reveling in teen angst as a Livejournal "early ...

University of Leicester and DeMontfort University Social Media Proposal.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Why write when I've already proposed it on Seesmic? I'm looking to hear from anybody who lives in Leicester (or the surrounding area) about this. The abundance of us who are coming out of the woodwork and grouping around these new, exciting social media applications shows how we can actually make ...