Category: social

  • Ten for trust

    Following on from my last blog post, I am responding to connect.me’s call to blog about those I trust. One aspect I think that could do with some improvement in the way connect.me handles vouches, is the lack of evidence associated with each vouch. I hope I am trusted that when I vouch for someone…

  • Reputation Networks

    I have recently joined connect.me, a new reputation network. I have been asked why, with all the other social network sites available, did I join (and pester friends/colleagues to join) this one. Firstly a reputation network is NOT a social network, well, not exactly. A dedicated reputation network would seek not to compete with other…

  • Wyefayre

    The weekend after next is a fun and busy one. There’s a festival being held in the village where I work, and as a member of staff I’ve obtained a free ticket.

  • Lovely people

    The people at work are lovely (which is exactly the right sort of thing to say in case they ever read this)! Not only balloons and banners, but home-baked muffins, chocolates, cards, and a scarf. Way more than I deserve, but I ain’t givin’ it back!! 😉

  • Tropical weather and balloons

    Baking sweltering heat, almost constant rain, it feels like I’m somewhere tropical. But no, just in the office. It is officially ‘cold season’ and the antiquated un-thermostated heating has been turned on. Doors and windows open across campus, fans are turned on, jumpers pulled off to sit in t-shirts. Energy efficient? No. Environmentally friendly? No.…

  • Not a social society…

    Not a single newbie gamer turned up. Apart from the two clue masters, only 7 other people turned up, none of them new to the Uni let alone new to gaming. I guess that irrespective of what certain people insist upon, the gaming society is NOT a social (large scale) society. It’s still about small…