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July 13, 2008

First week on the Beanbag..

So I have survived my first week working on Beanbag Learning and it has to be said its been interesting!  I’ve never worked for a small company before (though often in small teams) and have certainly never worked with a job description or even a job title!  Still its been good so far and certainly [...]

July 6, 2008

becoming a beanbagger..

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Beanbag Learning and offered my take on the site and how it could move forward (not that anyone had asked!).  That started a very social media style chain reaction via comments on my blog, some Facebook messaging, a handful of emails, a few beers in the 7 [...]

July 2, 2008

getting satisfaction..

I’ve had quite a bit of time time to think about stuff just lately and in particular trying to get a better handle on what it is I actually do for a living and whether it makes any sense and particularly what is it that keeps me so committed to this pretty vague career.  So [...]

June 26, 2008

Creative Commons in the UK..

The ReadWriteWeb blog had a post yesterday (?) about the new Creative Commons Case Studies database which I immediately headed off to have a nose at!  It has to be said I don’t think usability was high on the priority list of whoever built this app but as mentioned in the RWW post they have [...]

June 15, 2008

Mind your manners..

OK this is something that is soooooo old school British its almost laughable but it I think its pretty cool as well.  Debretts, the bible for all things mannered, has released five golden rules for how to behave when using social network sites!  The advice isn’t eactly rocket science but its not as insanely stupid [...]