2010
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Moving on
Well, what a busy few months it’s been. As I’ve already alluded to, my wife and I got married in June. In addition, I took the difficult decision a few months ago to leave my PhD, and now I have a new job! No jobs being forthcoming after withdrawing from my course, I set up [...]
Briefly brushing away the cobwebs
So, in case any of my regular readers (do I have any?) have been wondering why there hasn’t been a lot to read regularly, I thought I’d post a short update to let you all know what I’ve been up to: planning a wedding and starting a business, in between commuting to my part-time job [...]
Ask the readers: How do you protect yourself online?
In my last post, Privacy, identity and control on the web, I talked about about how important it can be to take control of your online presence. But I got to thinking: What do you do to protect your privacy and/or identity on Facebook, Twitter or the rest of the web? Please share your thoughts [...]
Privacy, identity and control on the web
Recently, my dad contacted me to ask some advice about Facebook: a friend of his (who shall remain nameless, for obvious reasons) had been a victim of Facebook identity theft. The friend is a school teacher, and unbeknownst to him, someone or other had set up a Facebook profile in his name with his photo [...]
Reflective writing
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” So said Socrates, anyway, and he was a pretty bright chap by all accounts. Reflective writing is increasingly being used as a form of evidence in many qualifications and as part of professional development programmes. It was central to the assessment of my PCHE qualification, and it’s the [...]
Looking back on a year of blogging
Looking at the date of my last post, it’s been almost exactly two months since I last posted. I suppose that’s not surprising, since those two months contained an awful lot of stuff happening elsewhere in my life, such as moving house and Christmas. However, it does mean that I’ve so far missed out on [...]
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