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Excuse me, I’m British!
The British are good at, and famous for, a great many things. Over the centuries we’ve established ourselves as world leaders in politics, education, tea-drinking, football hooliganism, and Euro-scepticism; however, the one thing we are the very best at – untouchable by any other nation on the planet – is queuing.
Yes, that most frustrating, [...]
Tags: british, mcdonalds, queue
My thoughts on Foursquare so far
I signed up to Foursquare some time ago, but it was only after reading a fantastic blog post by Katharine Robinson (@thesourceress) that I decided to give it another look, and actually have a proper go at using it.
Katharine touched upon the user interface in her post, and this is something that I want [...]
Tags: blackberry, design, foursquare, twitter, website
My problem with exams…
I am, amongst other things, a second year IT student at the University of Reading in the UK. This time of year for me, and thousands of other students, is a nightmare as we prepare for the onslaught of exams. Exams are something that have been deemed necessary by the ‘system’ at practically every level [...]
Tags: education, exam, student, University
Get Latest Tweet PHP Code
Just under the title heading of this blog is a line displaying my latest tweet, however it doesn’t quite do what I want. I got the code (displayed below) from Joost de Valk’s blog; it will convert mentions into links, but not hashtags and URL links – something I would really like it to [...]
Are you listening to me? – Tips for Support Staff
Providing support in schools, like anywhere, requires listening to a whole barrage of problems that people have all day, every day. In my experience most of the problems you are given to solve are simple – the sort you can reel off the solution from memory and the user is satisfied.
The problem occurs when [...]
Tags: customer care, education, IT, support
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