Estimated reading time: < 1 minute. It’s been a busy, but rewarding, week at work and home. In the last 24 hours The Lego Group have published two personal videos documenting my sight loss disability and love for building with Braille bricks.
Read moreThe 15th of March marks Digital Clean-up Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about digital pollution and an opportunity to audit all data, both personal and work-related. Cleaning up the clouds Systems for pretty much everything (work, communication, education, healthcare, gaming, finance, and more) have gradually transitioned online, aiming to increase flexibility, accessibility, and […]
Read moreI am very pleased to say I have been nominated in the “Community Choice” category in the H5P Awards 2025, for the most innovative #H5P project of the year. Five Years of Sight Loss: A Heartfelt and Interactive Diary – by Stewart Lamb Cromar (The University of Edinburgh) Please consider voting to support my entry […]
Read moreI joined the annual Boye & Co end-of-winter meeting to share and discuss issues and trends in digital leadership and content management with other professionals from digital industries. I shared our work experimenting with AI in Drupal and learned about opportunities and challenges in the digital sector. Janus Boye from Boye & Co and Simon […]
Read moreThe UK Government Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Consultation ended on Tuesday, 25th February 2025. The consultation was initiated due to …Continue reading →
Read moreIf you are interested in helping users and people, we have an interesting summer internship for you which is about checking our services to make sure they are as accessible as they can be for all our users.
Read moreContent Improvement Club is our regular meetup for web publishers. This month, we looked at choosing the right words for our content so that it’s easy to find, use and understand. Our revamped content improvement meetups We recently launched Content Improvement Club, a series of meetups aimed at staff who work with web publishing at […]
Read moreAs part of the Role of Profiles research project, the UX Service circulated a survey to staff across the University to gather data about how they use online profiles and what they think of them. 262 staff responded, providing valuable insights. The Role of Profiles project seeks to understand what University staff need and want […]
Read moreI was supposed to be running a workshop on blogging for my Digital Skills, Design and Training colleagues this week. For various reasons, that won’t be happening but I wanted to collate some of the links I’d planned to share so I don’t loose them and in case they’re useful for others. As the social […]
Read moreWhen I went to university, we didn’t have lecture recording. To be honest, I’ll admit that when I went to university, the ‘AV kit’ in a room was an overhead projector and a chalk board. I struggled with lectures. They were often boring to my 18 year old self and …
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