Role Models
| May 12, 2012 | Posted by xbluexskiesx under Careers, Community, Teaching, Women |
There seems to be a lot of talk at the moment about how to ensure a moral upbringing for the current generation of children, and a growing number of commentators are starting to notice how parents seem to be left out of this discussion. Among all the discussion over internet censorship, Charles Arthur was one…
Relight the flame in business relationships
| April 29, 2012 | Careers, Technology & Digital Media |
Life Hacks have published a great article entitled Let’s End Networking, Please, bemoaning the now cringe-worthy excess of networking events. It’s a great antidote to the growing number of networking events in every industry even down to university, and argues that these events are now too cold and ”explicitly manipulative”, where people only connect to get something they want,…
Let’s Compute
| April 12, 2012 | Teaching, Technology & Digital Media |
A few weekend’s ago I visited the National Computer Museumm near Milton Keynes. I was intrigued because of the history of the place, and Alan Turing’s northern links, and because I’d just written an article about computing in schools. Our tour finished in a room full of BBC Micros and some very knowledgeable volunteers. Here are…
Currently watching: 21 Jump Street (+ popularity)
| March 20, 2012 | Theatre, Film & the Arts |
The trailer for American Pie: The Reunion that preceded this movie had its audience spot on: this is for kids who grew up on nineties and noughties high school dramas. The joy in 21 Jump Street is that it’s the first teen movie not to be a ‘teen movie’ of old. It doesn’t parody but makes (scarily)…
Using the F word
| March 20, 2012 | Publishing & Journalism, Women |
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Where I go all post-modern and reflect on the purpose of blogs. And to a lesser extent, journalism.
| January 14, 2012 | Posted by xbluexskiesx under Publishing & Journalism |
I’ve had this blog since 2008. I’ve been reading blogs since then too. I’ve read them, and their critics. I’ve delved into that world and been fascinated at every turn. I’ve followed the journeys that individuals and, later, organisations have made in discovering a digital world and what place it has in the real world. And then…
Girls Out Loud and the Anxiety of Influence
| December 8, 2011 | Posted by xbluexskiesx under Life / Me, Women |
Who is your role model? I mean really? I don’t mean the person you tell people when they ask – Mother Theresa, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Thatcher… and a host of other generic examples. I mean, when you’re not sure who you are or want to be, who is the person you secretly picture…
History of Facebook (timeline & graph)
| December 7, 2011 | Posted by xbluexskiesx under Technology & Digital Media |
Key dates in the development of Facebook… Facebook’s crazy exponential growth of active users…
Opera for Generation Y
| December 7, 2011 | Posted by xbluexskiesx under Theatre, Film & the Arts |
I came to opera via musical theatre and singing lessons which ultimately steered me into classical singing and Preston Opera. Because of this sidestep, I don’t really have many opera-ey friends, so I when I sent out an open invitation to people I know to come watch one of my performances I was surprised at…
Will women’s magazines ever change?
| December 6, 2011 | Posted by xbluexskiesx under Publishing & Journalism |
It feels like people have been crying out for more ‘intelligent’ content in women’s magazines forever and yet the consistent call for this suggests that it still hasn’t been satisfied. In a recent survey on my blog I asked you what you thought about women’s magazines, what you liked and what you felt was lacking.…
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