Posts from the ‘Life in London’ category

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I decided to ignore Den’s demands for filing within the hour. I was not ready.The usual work in the stream was not about me but about…

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Ada Lovelace Day: Rain

Anyone who has met Rain is unlikely to forget her. Part of this Ada Lovelace Day post is about women and STEM (Science, Technology, Maths, Engineering)…

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Girls, girls, girls…

Hi, I think I saw a tumbleweed roll across my pages and as I am currently stuck at home under the weather – it’s a good…

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Global Frequency

So something new happened. Some work that I am proud of. I’ve been working for the past few weeks to build something from scratch. It’s been…

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A Dewey Decimal digital destination

I read ebooks. I have a Kindle reader on my Android tablet and I read books on an iPod. I listen to volumes of audiobooks at…

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Getting my house in order – for now

This is more than me than for you. I write sometimes to get my house in order. To brighten the corners and sweep out the cobwebs,…

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All the same if you are online?

I had a change to sit down and chat with a colleague who is a great digital thinker today. I’d name him but he might get…

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Not so idle chatter

Your conversational skills…. I am making pages of notes on the comments that were left about the thought exercises earlier on this blog. Thank you to…

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“Deep greens and blues are the colours I choose…”

I’m still working on the audio story but taking a little break. It’s going okay, but it needs some air and I’ve been mulling over this…

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Weird science or web science?

Not so long ago I was fortunately asked to join Bill Thompson and Les Carr to be a twitter chair at the Royal Society for their…

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On my mind this week…

So I don’t forget – but do chime in if you have thoughts on these words. Trend Customise Push New Popular JK Add to: Facebook |…

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Old school games

I had a birthday a while back and very kindly some friends who know me well bought and posted a lovely gift. LCD baking pans. Basically…

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There she is

Ada Lovelace day. Ashamed to miss the first round, I vowed to make the pledge on the second. It’s not easy picking a single woman to…

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Flapjack Chapter 8

So finally we come to the end of this tale. I guess it means the end of my working on this tale too. I like writing…

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Flapjack – Chapter 7

A bit of a pause again but we find ourselves at the penultimate chapter of the adventures of Flapjack and Cannibal Corpse. Hopefully soon they will…

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Flapjack – Chapter 6

So, I said that all the voices and contributors would be revealed at the end, when all of the chapters are in place. But I’m going…

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Flapjack – Chapter 5

Well, that was a grim last episode. Nobody likes to have their stuffing chewed out from their feet! Thank you to everyone who has been tweeting…

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Flapjack – Chapter 4

If you were looking for more – then you’ll like chapter 4.  A little scarier in the dark, so wrap up warm and settle down, it’s…

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Flapjack – pause for breath

If you are looking for chapter four of the Flapjack story, it is not here – yet. I am waiting for one more voice to arrive…

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Flapjack – Chapter 3

It’s very exciting having things read aloud and mixing them into context. The mix might be a little choppy here, lots of voices and lots of…

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Flapjack – Chapter 2

A simple reminder before we begin again. This is a blog. (I know you know) That means if you want to start listening and reading from…

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Flapjack – Chapter 1

So. My friends had a baby. This is a good thing. It appears to be a good baby too – which is even better. I’ve met…

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Turn on, tune in

In 2008 the Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan province, China killed at least 68 thousand people. The epicentre was in the mountains but the force of the…

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Far away, so close

A couple of things happened on the road in America. I guess life has a way of showing you things through odd timing that way. Throughout…

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All together now

Sometimes it feels like wedding season for journalism and social media. I’ve been out with my dance card to a few unconference and large group meetings…

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Beautiful soup

So journalism as we know it is breaking and online is a hotbed of contradiction, experiments and half thought out games. But what if there were…

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Ask without influence

People who know me (and those who don’t may get the gist), realise quickly that I ask a lot of questions. I guess I fall into…

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A newspaper heart and an online mind

I have chosen heroes through my life, some unconsciously, some for particular reasons, but there is a certain group of characters that I’ve looked up to,…

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What!!?

Ok. So this section of um, here – will be about my generally autistic view on relationships and people. It’s not a place to out folk…

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Amped09 – Impressionism

Ok.I’ve sorted my socks, cleaned the flat, put more laundry on and phoned my Mum. I don’t have many other excuses so it must be time…

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Flat to rent – but not to you.

A seemingly perpetual past time in London is the search for a flat or the search for a flatmate. I’ve been fairly lucky in my years…

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Before you know it, you’re home.

A friend of mine will be returning home to the US from China very soon. I only know her online from twitter and gtalk, we’ve never…

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Prohibition

Would giving up drinking make you feel awkward socially?

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