Sometimes I feel I am fighting a never ending battle to establish order in my life. Whether it be at work or at home I am constantly trying new methods to keep on top of stuff. This battle is one that I am far from winning. Never has this been more clear to me than now when at work I am beginning to go through the accumulation of 3 years of stuff (both print and electronic) making preparations for my departure and at home where we are making some major changes to our bedroom and office with an aim to [...]
April, 2010:
Thing 23 – The End
Thing 23: Summarise your thoughts on the 23 Things programme As one of the organisers of Oxford’s 23 Things programme I have had a very different experience from the majority of participants. For most this programme has only been running for 12 weeks but for us it started in November with the initial planning stages. The then Deputy Manager of Staff Development, Laura Wilkinson, was the mastermind behind the programme. She did the majority of the work planning the logistics of the programme and then the topics were split between the 23 Things Team (5 of us in total), each [...]
Things 21 & 22 – Widgets
Thing 21: Use a gadget to display your Flickr photostream on your blog Thing 22: Use a widget to put your Delicious bookmarks on your iGoogle page I already have my Flickr photostream displaying on my blog. For this I use Flickriver primarily because its simple style fits in better with my theme. I didn’t previously have my Delicious bookmarks on my iGoogle page, although they are in my blog’s sidebar, so I have now added them. I’m really pleased that this topic was chosen for the penultimate tasks of the 23 Things programme. For a couple of years now [...]
