300 Faces
I was recently invited to the ‘300 Faces of Edinburgh Medical School’ launch event. Marking the 300th anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, this exhibition c…
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Sharing My Story
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 moreMaid of Fabuland
Estimated reading time: 13 minutes Lego kindly invited me to build a Fabuland ship for the prestigious Lego House in Denmark. Going blind in one eye has been the hardest year and this creative challenge absolutely helped me move forward. Read about the ‘Maid of Fabuland’ paddle steamer and one of the happiest days ever.
Read moreHow to Design a Brick Mosaic
Looking back at all my different Lego mosaics, I offer insights into the design process and provide full instructions for a variety of budgets. These digital and physical artworks have been used as open-education resources (OERs) for both personal and professional projects.
Read moreAda Lovelace Day
Sonic Pi music compositions, a Sonic Pi workshop handbook, a LEGO Raspberry Pi enclosure workshop handbook, and more! All created […]
Read moreall in the name of Lovelace
Ada Lovelace Day at University of Edinburgh was a great success this year. The LTW, USD and L&UC teams outdid themselves. We had a lifesize Lego Ada in the Main Library, and the complete Ada and Baggage Lego set in Hugh Robson Building. We taught students and colleagues how to code music, edit wikipedia, build …
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The University of Edinburgh will be hosting Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday 13th October 2015 – an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). You are all welcome, please join us. Our provisional schedule includes: composing music with algorithms building Raspberry Pi enclosures with LEGO metadata games in University …
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