The challenge this time around was to find two images I was using for a presentation in my field and doing a review of how they were licensed and what that means. In my enthusiasm I have gone a step farther. I have taken two images and then combin…
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Wikiquote: Thing 10 of the 23 Things
My current challenge in the 23 things is the Wikipedia/Wikimedia/Wiki wiki wild wild west challenge. I decided I wanted to pass up Wikipedia itself as I am sure there will be a number of takers for delving into that great and noble repository of man’s …
Google Hangouts: Thing Number 9 of 23 Things
Thing number 9. Google Hangouts. This is a thorny one. Before I begin with my thoughts on Google Hangouts, it is probably worth clarifying my digital history and how that very obviously is going to colour my view.For instant messaging I have used …
Facebook: Thing 8 of the 23 Things
So, as part of this 23 things journey we are asked to confront the beast, the giant that squats over all social media, trying desperately to scoop new channels into its gaping maw. That’s right. Thing #8 is all about Facebook.Confession time: I have be…
Twitter: Thing 7 of the 23 Things
Before I start on the exercise (use a twitter tool and give an overview of my experiences) I would just like to point out that in the last couple of years, after several false starts, I have begun adapting to Twitter. I have gotten over its immediacy, …
Accessibility: Thing 6 of the 23 Things
For this exercise it was recommended that we looked at a website with the WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation) tool.http://wave.webaim.org/It sounded simple enough, but I ran into a bit of a problem with my first choice of site…. it didn’t have that m…
Diversity: The 5th of the 23 Things
So apparently Bitmoji like to assume that I am really into the band Clutch. Don’t get me wrong, Clutch are amazing and well worthy of the praise (especially when I saw them support Raging Speedhorn at Colchester Arts Centre), but yeah, bit of an odd on…
Things 3 and 4 of the 23 things
THING 3: Digital FootprintHave you ever Googled yourself? I have. Now, as a fictional persona tied to a far more normal person, I am sharing a rather blended set of results but overall, my digital footprint is pretty solid. I did find some fun ite…
The 2nd of 23 Things
During my far less glamourous day job I happened to come across the University’s 23 Things Programme. In short, it is an initiative to get staff, students etc. to experiment with more digital ways of working and managing content. Item number 2 was blog…
Using the Google Slides API with Google Apps Script
Google recently announced the general availability of the Google Slides API. The announcement was accompanied by video from the new G Suite Dev Show presented by Wesley Chun embedded below, […]
Redux: How to open a Google Sheet at a specific row for editing
Many years ago I posted a way you could open a Google Sheet at a specific row for editing. This let you do some url wrangling where you could direct […]
Using CiviCRM with Google Script/Google Drive with the new CiviService Google Script Library
At the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) we use the open source CiviCRM for membership and events management. I’ve previously described how we are able to do Custom regular reporting […]