Frances Bell’s Blog

I blogged about this  yesterday at http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog
Suw Charman-Anderson has set a challenge for people to blog about a woman in technology on Ada Lovelace Day, 24 March.   As I write this 747 out of 1000 have pledged to do this so hitting the 1000 target won’t be an issue but let’s make this count [...]

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I have managed to export my blog from Eduspaces to this Wordpress blog at my own domain. I was pretty rattled by recent events at Eduspaces, and whilst I will probably maintain a presence at Taking IT Global, I wanted to have a bit more control over my blog - it may be quiet [...]

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http://elgg.jiscemerge.org.uk/francesbell/weblog/1228.html
I wanted to test the feed from this blog, so I thought that I would share this joke with you.� It is by Gregory from a New Yorker cartoon in a calendar that I bought in the January sales.
One dog says to another “I had my own blog for a while, but I decided to [...]

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/66.html
I have treated social networks as a bit of an experiment, trying them out, discarding some and sticking with others but they are becoming a part of my life. I use Facebook for light-hearted connections with friends, colleagues and students but try to remember that professional contacts might look in. My “oldest” blog is at [...]

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http://emerge.elgg.org/francesbell/weblog/315.html
It fascinates me how people manage mutiple blogs, and I have been watching what the great and the good do (you know who you are;-) )?
I have already blogged here (see Josie’s comments on how to push feeds with elgg) and here about feeds and blogs.? Alex Hardman asked me to post about how to [...]

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