Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

The ethics of remixing

Posted on 22nd July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I caught a fascinating conversation on Twitter yesterday about various issues around remixing. Here’s some of it[View the story “The ethics of remix” on Storify] Today we decided to take up Scott’s suggestion and start a Google Doc to share … Continue reading →

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Last day on Mull

Posted on 16th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Friday was our last full day on Mull and it rained ALL DAY! At first, having a quiet day to do some PhD stuff was appealing, but neither of us really settled to it, and by late afternoon we both … Continue reading →

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Reaching out

Posted on 16th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Back in my first ever cMOOC (rhizo14), I remember being at a loose end one Saturday when Dave Cormier tweeted a link to a TAGSExplorer visualisation of all of the tweets hashtagged #rhizo14 and suggested each of us reached out … Continue reading →

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Birds on Mull

Posted on 15th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Yesterday was forecast to be a beautiful day, and I woke up to find the sun  burning its way through the blinds. So I put up a packed lunch and we headed out nice and early. We’d decided to head … Continue reading →

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Mooching around Mull

Posted on 14th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

The Rayburn at our cottage was being serviced yesterday, so we decided to go out and avoid the smell of oil. Amazingly, it was looking to be a sunny day, so we grabbed our coats and assorted paraphernalia and headed … Continue reading →

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Grasspoint, Mull

Posted on 13th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Another lazy morning at the cottage yesterday, then out for a walk after lunch to Grasspoint, about 3 miles away from here. With binoculars around our necks and cameras at the ready (Niall took six – yes, six! with him) … Continue reading →

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CLMooc Map

Posted on 12th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Yesterday Daniel posted a link to last year’s CLMooc Google map, and that prompted me to set one up for this year (link here if the embed does not work) To pin yourself to this map, navigate to where you … Continue reading →

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Ardalanish Farm, Mull

Posted on 12th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

We stayed up far too late on Sunday night, so Monday morning was a lazy time checking what was going on in CLMooc and drinking lots of tea. I’d discovered that Ardalanish Farm, a mere 30 miles away, had a working … Continue reading →

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String Postcards

Posted on 11th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Parabola cards flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license As some folk will know, as part of Karen’s postcard project I made some string art cards and sent them around the world. This week, in preparation … Continue reading →

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You don’t always get what you want

Posted on 10th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

A constant refrain in our office is that we wish people would tell us what they’d like to be able to do, instead of telling us what they think they want. So they will go to conferences and see shiny … Continue reading →

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