Through the Phases

New beginnings, End of an era…

andystew — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:25:26 +0000

I’ve never been prolific at adding new blog posts but have noticed through my analytics account that some posts do okay. I just wanted to say that after the new year I’m going to allow my domain name and storage (…)

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#CShock11 – Digital Storytelling

andystew — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:01:05 +0000

What a day! Thought provoking, enlightening, emotional and at times confusing. Who’d have thought a conference focusing on community engagement through digital storytelling could be all of these things to one person. Well done Culture Shock! The main reason I (…)

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Posterous site on Project Management

andystew — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:41:05 +0000

I’ve just set up a Posterous site where I’m going to start and collate all of my thoughts around Project Management. If you’re interested then head over to http://andystew.posterous.com. My most recent posts are highlighted to the right :-) Tweet

Collaborative Writing

andystew — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:29:30 +0000

Google Docs really does kick arse for collaborative writing! Our team have been asked to contribute a book chapter to the upcoming ‘Digital Information Review’ so we decided to use Google Docs to make a start. We actually decided that it would be u...

Pomodora

andystew — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:02:00 +0000

So I’m looking into the use of Pomodora after an excellent presentation by Andrew Male with whom I’ve started a dialogue with about project management methodologies. So far I’ve read through the cheat sheet and downloaded the book for later readi...

Musical Awesomeness!

andystew — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:00:18 +0000

I love finding amazingly talented musicians. Here’s the latest; in the words of Chris Kamara unbelievable Geoff! Check out his YouTube channel for more videos and his website for more information. Tweet

Free Desktop Image – New York by Night

andystew — Sun, 22 May 2011 09:00:44 +0000

A lot of people have been commenting on my desktop image. I took it while on holiday in New York from the very top of the Empire State building. If you’d like to use it, please feel free. Click on (…)

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We Are the Champions!!!

andystew — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:12:58 +0000

It turns out I was lying in my previous post. Ferryhill Post Boy FC were deducted twelve points having fielded ineligible players. New Brancepeth therefore finished top of the division, by one point! Get in there!!!!! Tweet

Runners-up 2011

andystew — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:10:24 +0000

Well, a long hard season drew to a close today. After joining the Durham District Sunday League this year New Brancepeth finished as runners-up. It was a good effort but one of our main problems was the ability to hold (…)

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Come Dine With Us

andystew — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:24:12 +0000

Ver and I spent the last three or so weeks cooking for each of our friends. We’re absolutely loving to cook at the moment and I have to admit, inspired by none other than Jamie Oliver. So what did we (…)

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Purpose of Education – Wordle

andystew — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:04:10 +0000

I recently created a Wordle of tweets that were contributing to the Purpose of Education Twitter Campaign and wanted to explain how I went about this. First of all I downloaded the tweets as a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file using (…)

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Exercise isn’t always good for you!

andystew — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:00:37 +0000

In need of a redesign?

andystew — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:00:20 +0000

I just received the new PRINCE2 manual, the logo never ceases to amuse (when rotated)! It’s not the only one either. Try searching for badly designed logos and see what you find, haha. Tweet

Purpose of Education – Purpos/ed

andystew — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:00:35 +0000

For some reason I have a real passion for education and have spent the last seven and a half years working with Colleges and Universities across the UK to help them use technology more effectively. The reason being that I (…)

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Poor Gillian in Song

andystew — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:30:18 +0000

This cracked me up last night :-) Tweet

Services, not Systems!

andystew — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:32:23 +0000

The Flexible Services Delivery (FSD) ‘Birds of a Feather’ session at the UCISA conference gave projects involved with the JISC FSD Programme and the wider community an opportunity to collectively discuss what FSD really means to everyone involved. Both sessions (…)

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Changing Education Paradigms

andystew — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:00:46 +0000

I love this video – inspiring, thought provoking and insightful! Tweet

How does the Linotype fit in with new technology?

andystew — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:00:28 +0000

It doesn’t… “Linotype: The Film” Teaser from Linotype: The Film on Vimeo. Absolutely love the way this teaser has been produced, pure art at its best. Keep an eye out for the full feature! “It’s called a Linotype because it (…)

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AURIL 2010 – Some Brief Notes

andystew — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:48:21 +0000

Apologies if I misrepresent any of the talks given today :-S Colin Whitehouse gave the first main talk of the day about building a critical mass of research expertise to drive forward innovation and investment. He spoke about individual universities (…)

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Organising 27 x 15 Minute Bi-Weekly Meetings

andystew — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:50:14 +0000

The Problem: How to organise 27 x 15 minute bi-weekly meetings effectively and efficiently. You will need: an internet connection; a Google Calendar; and if you want your personal/work calendar updated, Google Sync installed working 2 ways. My Solution: YouCanBook.Me (…)

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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 (…)

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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! Tweet

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. Tweet

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 (…)

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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. (…)

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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. (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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