Through the Phases

Vuvuzelas on YouTube?

andystew — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:16:19 +0000

I was checking out a couple of videos on YouTube today when i came across something rather strange. What appears to be a Vuvuzela button has appeared just in time for the world cup final. YouTube rock; as does this guy playing the flute and beatboxing at the same time! If you wanna see more [...]

Disruption Expected

andystew — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:23:02 +0000

I’ll be moving my blog over the next few weeks and so apologise for any inconvenience this may cause :-S I’ll try my best to make it pain free!

Druridge Bay

andystew — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:30:22 +0000

If you’ve never been, Druridge Bay is a beautiful place to visit. Take a look on Google Maps to find out how to get there.

Weeknote 5

andystew — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:30:05 +0000

Preparation Not a great deal to report back on from work this week. The first two days were taken up helping out another project that required some input. I have a presentation coming up in a week or so on the use of YouTube which I’ll post on this blog so it might be worth [...]

Weeknote 4

andystew — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:30:03 +0000

Resource Writing I’ve been working closely with some colleagues on a project due for completion later this year. We’re determined to get the resource finished on time and so decided to block 3 days out of our calendar this week. It was extremely productive concentrating solely on the resource and time well spent. We managed [...]

Homemade Mint Sauce

andystew — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:51:48 +0000

After growing our own mint I decided to make some fresh mint sauce today with a recipe my dad’s used from as far back as I can remember. It was bloody lovely so I thought I’d share it with you. The recipe below would be enough for a large family and more so you might [...]

Weeknote 3

andystew — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:30:17 +0000

Procurement Having recently put out a call for tender it was decision time this week. It’s such a difficult thing to do. the quality of tenders received were unbelievable and it’s more often than not somebodies livelihood. The thing that stands out for me is that information in the tender is well ordered, tells you [...]

Weeknote 2

andystew — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:00:25 +0000

Style & Formatting I spent half a day this week trying to ensure a range of case studies, our service is publishing, were formatted correctly and were all of the same style. I think this is a largely underestimated part of the publishing process in terms of both time and importance. Managed Expectations I maintain [...]

Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh B.C.E

andystew — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:00:50 +0000

I’m at a cross programme meeting today learning and sharing information on employer engagement. Should be a great day with people from across UK further and higher education. If you haven’s seen it yet, I created a video for the day that gives an overview of business and community engagement. Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh B.C.E

Weeknote 1

andystew — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:00:18 +0000

Inspired by a colleague, Doug Belshaw, and the passion to improve my writing I thought I’d embark on the phenomenon that is Weeknotes. I hope you enjoy… Keeping my blog up to date It takes some effort to keep a blog up-to-date but I’ve been trying to make a big effort since the start of this week. [...]

Some Helium Fun

andystew — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:00:37 +0000

A little rendition of Rapper’s Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang. I’m not too sure they’ll be impressed. [Very short clip taken on my iPhone]

Minute Taking with Google Docs

andystew — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:00:20 +0000

I work in a team of three with quite a broad range of activities to undertake and so time is a precious commodity. We have a weekly team meeting where we discuss the latest news, updates and future commitments; with no administrative support to take notes and synthesise actions. Having a meeting that lasts an [...]

For Any Cat Lovers Out There…

andystew — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:00:48 +0000

For any cat lovers out there I’d strongly recommend taking a look at the Simon’s Cat YouTube Channel created by Simon Tofield. The guy is a genius! Big shout out to Shrooty too, as sound is of utmost importance. My favourite, and one I most relate to, is ‘Cat Man Do’ albeit without the baseball [...]

What is Project Management?

andystew — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:12:20 +0000

Project management forms a major part of my working life. I started off as a “Techie” albeit pretty light touch with a focus on multimedia development, web design and usability. Working in a small team I needed to have a good understanding of the broad range of activities our service was involved with. Here and [...]

Learning CSS Can Be Easy!

andystew — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:19:44 +0000

I stumbled upon { CSS Tips & Tricks by Stephen Korecky } tonight and would recommend it to anyone interested in learning clean, well marked up CSS. It’s always nice when the videos are well produced too! See http://vimeo.com/channels/csstipsandtricks for more information and check out his website if you’re interested in web design/development. You can [...]

Organise Your Blogroll

andystew — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:54:35 +0000

A lot of people use categories to manage their blog posts but have you ever thought about using them to manage your blogroll (sidebar links)? It’s actually very effective with minimum effort. Typically a blogroll consists of a long list of links as shown below. The problem with a blogroll is the title itself. It [...]

Ascilite Poster

andystew — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:56:49 +0000

Developed this poster for the Ascilite 2009 conference. Thought it was worth sharing. I actually think it’s probably got a bit much going on but it was eye catching and feedback from a colleague attending was good.

Video Transcription Using YouTube

andystew — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:11:31 +0000

Having recently embarked on a small project to highlight Business and Community Engagement activities across UK further and higher education I had the opportunity to carry out some video work. Something that I’ve always found a little tedious is the development of video captions and/or transcripts. I generally tend to make a transcript available when [...]

Top Five Tools of 2009

andystew — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:54:37 +0000

It’s weird looking back over the year and reflecting on how you’ve progressed as an individual. 2009 for me was one of improved productivity, due mainly to the use of a number of online/offline/soft/hard tools. In this post I’ll highlight my top five: The iPhone. As a colleague of mine put it ‘life is so [...]

Create a Website in 4 Steps Using WordPress

andystew — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:04:52 +0000

For those that don’t know, creating a website can be quite a simple process. Take this website for example, the process itself: Took 3hrs to create, from which about 2hrs 30mins was spent playing FIFA10. Cost around £10. Required no coding. In this post I propose 4 simple steps anyone could follow to produce their [...]