One of my fellow DS106 ers Ben Rimes, has set up a fantastic blog called poetry for people and I am totally hooked. It aims to be a daily poetry-writing prompt and every day an image is posted to inspire your words. I have submitted some images and am going to write at least one poem a day....

Despite being told by paypal that my case is closed 4 days before the deadline and being unable to upload any more documents, I received two more emails today asking me to upload documents to support my case. These were in response to an email I forwarded from the Dumfries and Galloway police...

I am so uspet and weary today after nearly two months of doing everything I can to provide evidence to paypal about the ebay scam I described in detail in my last post. I found out today that they have dropped my claim to get back the £907.50 that I lost to an ebay scammer. This is what they...

It all began on a dark November evening, when out of nowhere a storm brought the town to a standstill. A bolt of lightening hit Whithorn in the middle of the night and killed 8 cows, several computers, internet hubs and phone lines. No humans were killed as far as we know… The...

This video was made as an alternative to powerpoint slides to support a conversation between myself and Frances Bell at the JISC Innovating e-Learning Conference. We held a session in Elluminate on Friday 18th November and had a great conversation with the audience. I have made a text version...