Monthly Archives: January 2012

my bookmarks 01/27/2012

BBC – WebWise – a beginner’s guide to using the internet I asked for suggestions for a replacement for Netskills TONIC and Chris Hall (@chris_hall) passed on this recommendation from one of his students: BBC WebWise. This is a beginner’s … Continue reading

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my bookmarks 01/21/2012

Tutorial: Case Study with Html5 + CSS3 | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials “Last month I did a talk at the Campus Party, one of the biggest technology events of the world, talking about Fireworks, HTML5 and … Continue reading

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my bookmarks 01/16/2012

Better than Time Machine: backup your Mac with rsync » Hay Kranen tags: howto tools rsync backup mac Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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More on the Year of Code

As mentioned earlier, code and how to create it has become a bit of an early meme this year. As reported by the BBC and The Guardian, UK Education Secretary Michael Grove has announced a shake up of the Schools … Continue reading

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366 Things and a Bad Joke

I’ve just started another 366 photos project and I’ve also got a “366 days of origami” calendar. In addition, Alan Levine and Jim Groom are about to launch a “Daily Create” project. I think it’s in testing (there’s a hint … Continue reading

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my bookmarks 01/07/2012

As it’s Friday, and it’s lunchtime, more Google fu As it’s Friday, and it’s lunchtime, more Google fun – here’s one i used to like: confidential “internal use only” filetype:pdf site:ac.uk mik's blog – Thoughts on Programming Education Out now: … Continue reading

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2012: Year of Code?

Last October Aleks Krotoski, presenter of of The Guardian’s Tech Weekly podcast, chaired a series of special “Tech City” talks. The first of these was on Skills and Education (Audio recording here) and the panelists, which included David Willets, all … Continue reading

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my bookmarks 01/06/2012

Why 3D TV Went From CES Darling to Consumer Reject | Gadget Lab | Wired.com It’s CES season, so _of course_ we’re forced to talk about 3D TV. Again. Sigh … http://t.co/waviFU72 Greenfoot An interesting experiment in a development tool … Continue reading

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