Yesterday I was sitting in the Ridgeway School staff room scanning summaries of blog posts and other excreta shared by participants in the #change11 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). While my daughter was on a school visit I was giving the daily outpourings from MOOC participants a quick scan. I was doing this on my [...]
After I walked out of a local, specialist Apple retailer I didn’t think it was worth looking into purchasing an iPad. Unfortunately the staff member was spectacularly unsuccessful at showing me the various accessibility features of the shiny tablet computer. I was despondent. Having been cut-off from reading papers, websites, books and more as a [...]
When I got a copy of Paul Theroux’s classic “The Great Railway Bazaar” in audiobook format I was pretty excited by the idea of being taken along for the ride while I reclined. I’ve read many of the American author’s travel books over the years so the idea of sitting comfortably and hearing it read [...]
A few weeks after the stroke I had in June I wanted to get some new podcasts. Listening to radio shows proved a great way of keeping myself occupied. Up until my unexpected health setback I was an inveterate, dextrous computer user. Years of constant honing meant I’ve created an onscreen environment that’s familiar and [...]
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