MITx 6.002x – five early opinions from the blogosphere
I’m barely a couple of weeks into 6.002x and yet I’m already finding new methods of procrastination. Sigh. Some ways are more fruitful than others, however, and I’ve managed to find a number of people...
View ArticleMITx 6.002x – five opinions from the blogosphere #2
Many students are now getting on for a quarter of the way through 6.002x, so I thought I’d re-visit the blogosphere to see what others are saying about the course. Patrick at Padded Thoughts says that...
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Blog stats January – March 2012
It’s ages since I did one of these navel-gazing posts, but I do still collect the statistics from this blog on a regular basis. It’s not good to become too obsessed with such things but just in case...
View ArticleLet’s abolish ALL bank holidays!
Bear with me on this one for a minute. Wouldn’t you like to live in a world where the swivel-eyed loons of The Centre for Economics and Business Research were starved of the oxygen of publicity for...
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400 posts, 1,000 comments and 200,000 page views
I’ve just realised that the blog hit three (almost) significant milestones over the weekend – 400 posts, 1,000 comments and 200,000 page views. Thank you to everyone who reads my (often off-message)...
View ArticleBeware of Greeks (or maybe Malaysians) bearing gifts!
… or to be more precise, emails sent at 0519 on a Sunday morning that are offering blog owners the prospect of some easy money. Like this one for example: Hi, I work for a UK based digital marketing...
View ArticleChange of hosting provider
My apologies to those of you who have had difficulties accessing this site over the last day or so. I’ve just moved hosting provider, from 123-reg, to SG Internet Services in an attempt to improve the...
View Article2012: MOOCs, swivel-eyed loons and graduation ceremonies
This year rather than simply publish a list of the most viewed posts of 2012, I’ve decided to pick the ones I like most from each month instead.(*) January – Simon Hughes: Young people have not been...
View Article30th May 2013
Meh. (This post was inspired by a Facebook friend, in response to my whinge about having writer’s block)
View ArticleWriter’s block, sex at the OU and right wing isolationism
I’ve been finding writing difficult recently, culminating in the “Meh” post of a couple of days ago. I’m not quite sure why. It’s not as if there isn’t lots happening in my own life at the moment, nor...
View ArticleYou can never say no to Lord Bonkers
A few days ago I was delighted to receive a communication from Lord Bonkers, formerly the Liberal MP for Rutland South-West between 1906 and 1910 and the only survivor of the 1906 General Election...
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Link rot
One of the enduring problems of running a website or blog is the curse of link rot. Whenever I write articles I always try to find (non-wikipedia if possible) sources to back up my arguments. However,...
View ArticleThe most loved posts of 2013
The half-dozen most read posts written and published here during 2013 were: How to start a riot – The Worklight Theatre Company visit Derby Theatre with their production based on the research of Stott...
View ArticleI might use a few more images on here in future …
I’m a couple of days late, but the good news is that bloggers can now embed pictures for non-commercial use from Getty Images without charge. The image below is reproduced just because I can …
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Top of the Pops (well, kind of!)
I’m very pleased and surprised to have broken into the Ebuzzing top 100 ‘other’ blog rankings for the first time this month at number 94. I see that I’m in good company too, as I’m only one place...
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My 10 most read posts of 2014
With the end of the year looming, I thought I’d do what I usually do at this time of the year and see which my most read posts written during the year were. Looking back on 2014 is personally quite...
View ArticleAn email from an SEO spammer
My goodness, “John Smith, SEO expert of a Leading SEO service provider company” certainly knows how to win friends and influence people, doesn’t he! … somehow, I don’t think I’ll be taking him up on...
View ArticleComments off
By way of an experiment, I’ve decided to turn off comments across this blog until at least the new year. I still really welcome interaction of course. The easiest way to do this is through my Twitter...
View ArticleSo farewell then, Teads top blogs
Teads (formerly Wikio/Ebuzzing) has been producing blog rankings for many years. Sadly, they’ve now decided to stop doing this as their business model has moved to focus purely on video advertising....
View ArticleThe 12 posts of Christmas (part 1)
Thank you to the 40,000 or so visitors to this blog during 2015. I hope you found something that you liked in the 85,000 pages that you viewed! While statistics definitely aren’t everything, these are...
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