We had a short walk along a couple of miles of the River Ayr way. walkmap
Passed along John Macadam’s experiments in tar macadam roads.
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I don’t think FirstClass likes O365 😉
We had a walk this afternoon. Bright, warm and calm.
A couple of ravens. plenty of peacock butterflies.
A strange hairy caterpillar.
A common lizard. I am getting much better at spotting these.
The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff ★★★★★ a lovely unexpected delight. A 2 week family holiday in 1930s Bogner described in gentle detail. Tender and a little sad.
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert ★★★★☆ for the first half, some nice fast paced banter. Really laughed out loud.
What I quickly found out was that NOTHING has made a greater impact on my students than the short notes that I’ve been writing them.
Update September 2024 blog seems to have gone Archive.org Link
@gruber lists a few pieces of software that have been around as long as Fetch missing from the list is one of my favourites SuperCard, born 1989. I think I’ll be needing a VM to run it after Catalina arrives:(
“Key tips on mobile film making, in #DIYFimSchool Part II - consider lighting and audio, and be prepared. Plus, use apps. Hat tip to @lee_ballantyne for sharing the full resource
The linked guide looks useful and simple enough for primary school: DIY Film School
Allowing third parties access to the online giants is as risky as it is profitable
Ever since the web arrived, the overriding mantra of online entrepreneurs has been “get big fast”: recruit users or customers as quickly as possible to get to the point where the network effect kicks in and discourages potential competitors.
This seem to be to be the opposite of what Manton is doing with Micro.blog I am delighted about that
Gettin' Air Season 3 Premiere with Jim Groom @jimgroom! Jim has been central a central figure in hugely influential educational technology movements/ideas/things like #ds106, #edupunk, and Domain of One's Own (#DoOO). And now he is co-founder of a shining beacon of educational technology done right in @ReclaimHosting. But why are they running a VHS store in Fredericksburg, VA?
@jimgroom is always worth a listen, some #ds106 nostalgia (always worth thinking ‘n taking about #DS106) and fascinating stuff around opensource and the implications of depending on a closed technology.