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January 24th – most depressing day of the year

 So apparently January 24th is the most depressing day of the year.  That’ll explain why my birthdays are never any good.  

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Using Whuffie as part of a business model

 Being part of The Werks is awesome. It’s a real chance to put some ideas that haven’t really been used in business practice before. Yes, it’s experimental. Experiments are fun! What is Whuffie? In a nutshell Whuffie is Social Capital. Which values your reputation within a specific community or context. If you have the time, [...]

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Things I like: Rottingdean Montessori Nursery

 Here’s a bit of whuffie love. Those of you with kids will know that choosing any kind of care for them is difficult.  Some places are really “not very good” and it often takes parents a while to realise this.  I look back to when I was choosing a nursery and think that a positive/negative [...]

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Bye, bye Twitter…? What’s the alternative?

 I do love Twitter, have always forgiven it in the past for being buggy and unreliable, but it seems now it’s reached a point where I say WTF?!? Why should I waste my time with this? No seriously. I can’t use it reliably anymore. I want to communicate with people. I want to use it [...]

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dConstruct badge

 I thought I’d get my badge in for the dConstruct competition.  

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Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

   

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Dave Eggers – Once Upon a School

   

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On the topic of education – Sir Ken Robinson

 One of my favourite videos. Watched it many times. Seen Sir Ken Robinson live. Love it.  

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HeroCampBrighton – calling all (Super)Heros

 I came across HeroCamp via Tara Hunt and felt inspired.  The idea is to address an issue, organise an intense event to discuss and potentially plant seeds to solve problems.  HeroCamp is happening later this year in the US and will be on the topic of Education. I’d like to do a HeroCamp in the [...]

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The birds and the whale, a Twitter story

 2 Birds, 1 Whale: A Story About Twitter from Darren Barefoot on Vimeo.  

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