Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Sunday, 1 January 2012

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone. I hope it's a pleasant and happy one. I've got a few Christmasy photos to share here.

I've got a notification on Flickr that you have to upgrade to the Pro version to put more than 200 photos on your account. I will be setting that up soon, hopefully, as I think Flickr is like the photographer's best friend as well as Pinterest!








Bring on 2012!

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Friday, 23 December 2011

Merry Christmas!



Merry Christmas one and all. I'll be back in the New Year.


Sunday, 11 December 2011

Discovery: Voki

The third edition in my Discovery series on A Slice of Photos.


Voki allows you to create customised avatars with the optional addition of a voice. You can put the avatar on, for example, you're personal website to welcome your visitors to your site or to explain something. Whatever takes your fancy.

They have recently released also, Voki Classroom. Online there are also Lesson plans and if you sign up, you can manage students and classes using Voki.

I've not used this myself yet but I have visited some fellow students' websites and been greeted by an avatar. Visit www.voki.com

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Saturday, 10 December 2011

Discovery: Which?


This is the second feature of my Discovery series.

Which? is an magazine that "campaign to get a fairer deal for all consumers and publish expert, unbiased information to help you make the right choice, whatever you're buying." (directly from Which website)

I think it is a brilliant magazine and website. They reviews lots of interesting everyday items and have their own "Best Buys". You also occasionally see television adverts with brands such as Ariel featuring the Which? Best Buy award logo. They are a highly regarded consumer company and do wonders for the general public. It's always good to refer to Which? before buying, for example, an expensive appliance.

Go check out their website at www.which.co.uk today or subscribe to their factual and very useful monthly magazines for even more.

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Sunday, 27 November 2011

Discovery: SlideShare


Aside from my usual photographic blog posts, I'm going to be posting with you over the next couple of weeks some of my web favourites.

The first one in the "Discovery" series is SlideShare.net. This is a simple but elegant and useful website for sharing, in particular, presentations.You can also share documents but I personally think you should use Slideshare for what it says on the tin "Present Yourself" through presentations.

There's this new idea of collaborating on documents and now you can with PowerPoint presentations, so I think a business/organisation/network (the list goes on) could really make a go with this and so could education. I've already looked into GCSE Geography presentations.

Have a go, sign up for free with Slideshare at www.slideshare.net

More soon

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Monday, 7 November 2011

Blackheath Fireworks 2011


My video of this year's Blackheath Fireworks, London - November 2011. I did take a few stills but were unfortunately too embarrassing to upload to the world wide web.

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