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Having recently completed the Learning In The Network Age FutureLearn course with University of Southampton, I am going to do a review – Richard style . One of the key themes of the course is understanding and enabling your Personal Learning Network (PLN), but this raises the question for some of us at least – Read More …
I would be the first to admit I often download / try out tools and apps and then forget about them after a few days.Boomerang was one of those things, I don’t remember when I tried it out, but I was recently given a free 7 day upgrade, so I decided to give it a Read More …
In recent years there has been a rise in awareness of the issue of online anonymity, but what does it mean and is it realistic? In broad terms anonymity can be taken to mean the ability to have your individual identity protected. Most tools and sites take the approach of making you look as similar Read More …
Search Engines are a great tool, but often they can produce an overwhelming number of results that makes it harder to work out which are the best results for you. There is no simple answer to this problem, in part it is a skill that comes with practice, the more you do it, the easier Read More …
We are always being encouraged to set a good strong password, but what is a good password and how do you create it? Recently, advice on passwords changed – for many years the advice had been to choose long, highly complex passwords featuring letters, numbers and special characters, and indeed many password checkers still rely Read More …
In the past few years there has been a rise in the number of security experts advocating people actively seek sites with https / ssl certificate protection, and with reason. However in the drive to push https, many have been guilty of unintentionally over-stating the benefits of SSL certificates. Browser companies are just as culpable Read More …
One of the complaints I often hear is that I am contrary, and in many ways I am. This however is a reflection of my personality, formed over years of life experiences. I can seem open and closed, talkative and quiet, outgoing and reserved, the list goes on. I have developed \’coping strategies\’ over the Read More …
The thing about language is that it is constantly changing and evolving, and words and expressions come in and go out of fashion. Often though, a new buzz word or phrase will become mis-used and the meaning corrupted. A good example of this is the recent rise of the use of the expression “cognitive dissonance” Read More …
There are certain terms that people think they understand, but when you ask more closely, you realise that people’s understanding of the meaning can vary widely. Democracy is an example of this, if you look at what the meaning is as defined by academics, you find the meaning is more precise than some might realise Read More …