A placid island of ignorance...
Here I am at the start of 2026 and looking at all the “2025” blog posts from lovely people out there. Another year has passed and I’ve substantially not written on this blog again. Partly this comes from making a conscious decision to change my Continue reading Another year of not blogging
So I m no particular lover of LinkedIn (or much social media these days) but for reasons various and professional I am compelled to dip in there on a semi-regular basis and inevitably do find things that otherwise might have passed me by. Today it was Continue reading Ripples
After a productive early morning call with my excellent OSI colleagues and a satisfying burst of administrivia deck-clearing, I made a second cup of coffee and settled down to read this morning s HESA blog post from Alex Usher. Today he was summarising his thoughts from Continue reading People and trust first, technology second
My neighbours here in Vancouver are flying a small Canadian flag where they often fly a rainbow flag and whilst I don’t love why it’s important today beyond the anniversary of the flag itself, I can’t be sad to see it reclaimed as a symbol Continue reading Hames and homes and flag days
I spent a very happy few hours this week in the Edinburgh Futures Institute for a conversation about the state of *all the things* in edtech, during which a conversation about updating a learning analytics policy I was involved in years ago came up. I Continue reading Notable Data Ethics Policies
This week has been my substantial back-to-work for 2025 and I m aware that I ve not said much about what work is for me these days. For the last 16 months I ve been sucessfully running my own consultancy company, mainly working with Canadian education institutions on Continue reading Back to work for 2025
A few years ago I was introduced to the Pirate Care Syllabus via a chat group with some edtech pals and whilst I was putting a good few rows on hat number 3 this morning I stumbled across an interview with the authors of a Continue reading Intersections with Pirate Care
I gifted the second hat of winter last night whilst out for birthday dinner with friends. Paul has dropped enormous hints for the last few years about wanting one of my woolly bunnets and this year his wishes have been granted. With interest. Hat number Continue reading Yarn dominance
I spent this morning in the pottery studio (shout out to Linlithgow Pottery and the amazing Hepzibah Kilbride) trimming down and playing about with a rather dodgy bowl I threw about a week ago. I made the base too thin and sliced through it when Continue reading Pottering about
It s coming that time of the year when I feel wistful and whimsical, and inevitably revisit the blog post I failed to finish *last year* reflecting on the year that was. Usually I write about half of a new one summaring this year, because It Continue reading Blogging or dieing