Human Zoo

Day twenty six of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  I’ve made it to the end.  I’ve managed to write over thirteen thousand words on a subject I knew very little about until now and made some new friends along the way.  So what have I grasped (pun definitely intended)? Firstly that being handed is not … Continue reading Human Zoo

Xenophobia

Day twenty four of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  I’m getting very close yet X is a real corker.  There are only about one hundred and twenty words in modern English that start with the letter X compared to the 1,025,109.8 in the language.  (This is the estimate by the Global Language Monitor for January … Continue reading Xenophobia

Writing

Day twenty three of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  Oh dear.  I’ve tried to write with my left hand.  I have ended up with the hand-writing of a four year old and the vocabulary of a fifty four year old.  It is as if I am back in infants’ school, sitting at a too small … Continue reading Writing

Viable

Day twenty two of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  Could it be viable if I had to use only my left hand?  Quite often I have found, while trying to avoid using my right hand, I have left it hanging limply by my side like a hunk of meat.  Being handed does not mean that … Continue reading Viable

This is not a technical revolution

The future has arrived.  The new Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch is finally out. You can wear it on your wrist and it can respond to your voice and run apps.  It sounds fantastic and will no doubt be another step forward in the personal technology arms race. The future has always been about technology, … Continue reading This is not a technical revolution

I feel so insignificant now after Thinking Digital 2013

Another great day at Thinking Digital getting to hear speaker after speaker who is involved in or has done unbelievable things, things that make your hair curl, things that you find it difficult to get your head around and things that make you feel as if what you have managed to get through in your … Continue reading I feel so insignificant now after Thinking Digital 2013