If my calculations are correct…

when this baby hits 88 miles an hour your going to see some serious sh*t

OK: this post will update my http://mediacommunity.wordpress.com/ and my http://urbandigital.blogspot.com/

but nowhere else.

all this generated by an email. sweet

Posted by email from Jon’s posterous

Another test – blogging from Flock

I’m experimenting with Flock today

I can’t decide if it’s more confusing then doing things the old way around.

The blog editor screen is quite nice and friendly though!

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Are my tags working yet???

Are my tags working yet???

Originally uploaded by gingois

Let’s see if we can fix the problem…

Last test for today…

Last test for today…

Originally uploaded by gingois

One last time, with tags!

(clearly this pic was NOT taken with a camera phone…)

And then also we will test what happens when we delete the image from
flickr after the upload

Fw: Another test… My poor cat. Subject

Fw: Another test… My poor cat. Subject

Originally uploaded by gingois

Another test… My poor cat. Subject of many photographic experiments. This time an upload via mobile phone

Testing Times!

Testing Times!

Originally uploaded by gingois

Don’t panic, I’m just experimenting…

I’m just playing with uploading directly to my blog via my flickr
account, via email

There’s method in my madness:

1. I want to see how easy and effective this technique is
2. I’ve just updated my flickr account to a pro account, as I’m going
to be using it soon to share all my wedding pictures. So I’m
generally having a good old play, as I’m aware I don’t really use
much of the power that is under the hood on flickr
3. In the bigger picture I’m working on a community media project
that will make a lot of use of this email to blog technique

All going well, without my involvement this post and picture will all
magically appear on http://mediacommnities.wordpress.com but will be
hidden from view on my photostream. All going well…

Urban Digital 2008 – Reflections on the Web Course

Today was the last day of the 2008 Urban Digital web design programme.  As ever, it’s a sad but also a proud day when I get to the end of a course.

What I find most interesting about teaching within this environment is the variety of outcomes people are looking for, and the tenacity that some have in striving to achieve their goal.

This year, as last year, students aims have included:

• Developing business based websites
• Developing personal web projects, for example family history archives
• Specific, task based, advice for on-going projects
• Personal development and achievement

Some of the challenges this creates for me as a tutor are:

• The need to maintain a flexible programme that caters for a range of needs, but has an overall structure
• Balancing my own agenda and ideas of what people should be learning against these needs
• Ensuring that we achieve a good level of base knowledge, but at the same time keeping the content relevant to achieving some of the “quick fix” objectives

It’s a much harder balance to strike in this setting than in a more formal teaching environment, but every time we run these courses we get that little bit closer to getting it “just so”.