I’m really enjoying being part of the recently launched Blogging Community of Practice, AKA Bloggers Anonymous. As well as working with the Reclaim team behind the scenes, I love being part of a group of bloggers, and it’s been fun to see more posts appearing in my timeline. This one from Brian Lamb caught my eye. It reminded me of just how HARD it can be to keep blogging when you are in a senior…
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The game is heating up in the blogosphere… so I better jump in and join the fun. Commenting (of course), and blogging. What’s happening is… a new community of practice all about blogging. Blogging in Higher Ed. Blogging for Educators. Blogging for life (#4life). Time to get remixing your badge and get ready to follow Jim Groom’s call to action: …it’s high time to let your blog flag fly. Dust off that archived site, or…
As promised, here’s an update on how things are going when it comes to using technology. If you have missed the first two posts, have a look at me taking stock of the tools and platforms I currently use: One of the things I have taken as read so far is all things open, and what values inform my considerations when it comes to technology. When I think about work, it’s important to me that…
I recently embarked on reviewing my tech stack (read the first part) and as soon as I published the post, I realised the socials weren’t really covered and yet form a big part of my communications tech stack. So in this post, part II if you like, I’m going to focus on my social tech stack. Now, I won’t be mentioning Twitter as I haven’t been active on there for a few years now, ever…
Since I first published this list of 25 obvious, yet effective, ways to improve your working environment, all the way back in 2022, it’s become one of the most read posts on my blog. Many of my coaching clients and course participants come back to this again and again, to find new ways to tweak their set up and improve their working environment. Given that we are once again in January, and given that this…
As I get back to working and blogging after a nice break, my focus is on getting my digital domain on order. Since starting my own business I have added all sorts of services, subscriptions and platforms to my tech stack, and as my work has evolved, so have the tools I use. My aim for this review is twofold: first up, I want to make sure I am not paying for services or subscriptions…
Over the last couple of years I have started to round up the year with a final post of blogging about blogging. Last year’s post told the story of the 72 posts I wrote in 2023, and this year I am sitting pretty on… well, read on to find out. Back in June I took stock halfway through the year, and found that I had I published 35 blog posts in the first six months…
It’s the time of year again… and as someone who works remotely with clients across different timezones, most of my ‘festive’ moments at work are unceremonious video calls that end abruptly as everyone rushes off to their next meeting. Meanwhile, across the various social media spaces I take part in, corporate messages of (apparent) goodwill mix uneasily with cheery commercial overload, making it hard to find the actual updates from actual people I care about.…
It’s been quite a year. My first full calendar year running my own micro business. My year of getting back into running. Of travelling more, and working a little less. My year of counting days spent on the beach and following the golden seam of creativity to wherever it may lead. Amidst all the ups and downs in my own life, my professional communities and the world at large, here I am at the end…
This is a seasonal blog post I am sharing in the spirit of a bit of festive fun. Before you read the story, find out more about Christmas Jumper Day, which in the UK we celebrate on Thursday, 12th December this year, and which raises funds for Save the Children. The story was inspired by my dog Posey ‘trying on’ a jumper recently, which gave me a welcome excuse to write a story and then…