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HOWTO: Use Evernote to take notes on books.
Something I’ve started doing recently has revolutionised my ability to synthesise my reading of stuff in paper books. Here’s what I currently do – although there’s probably ways I can improve it (and...
View ArticleHOWTO: Roll your own #twebay
Having sold individual things sporadically via Twitter (usually after mentioning I was about to put them on eBay) and finding myself needing to raise funds for a rather magnificent Sony Vaio P series,...
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HOWTO: Issue #openbadges in 5 steps using WordPress + WPBadger
Image slideshow not showing? Click here! Good news! Dave Lester has created a plugin for WordPress that makes issuing Open Badges fairly straightforward. Follow the instructions below to get started....
View ArticleVideos for #openbadges workshops [RESOURCES]
A couple of months ago I wrote a popular post entitled How to make #openbadges work for you and your organisation. Given that I get requests every week to run workshops on Open Badges and can’t do them...
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HOWTO: use GitHub Pages to host a bootstrap-themed website
Last week I mentioned in a blog post and my weekly newsletter the pre-launch website of my new (part-time) consultancy Dynamic Skillset. I had an enquiry as to how the site put together, so I put...
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HOWTO: Create a podcast
Background A couple of months ago, Dai Barnes and I decided to start podcasting again. We’d previously been regular hosts of EdTechRoundUp and wanted to get back into the routine. We decided to meet...
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Claim your Advanced Kanban badge!
The Kanban 101 badge proved so popular I’ve decided to follow it up with an Advanced Kanban badge! This posts explains how to earn it. I’m using Trello mainly because it’s awesome. Criteria Add a ‘Work...
View ArticleHow to write a blog post
Last month, one of my clients got in touch to ask if I could send them some guidance around writing blog posts. They asked me to include the usual things such as: Structuring a post Making things clear...
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HOWTO: Create radically smaller images for your minimalist blog
Inspired by Low-tech magazine’s solar powered website, I searched the web to find out how to create a ‘stippled’ effect for images. This reduced the size of an 2.2MB image to a mere 30.6KB, which if...
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HOWTO: Install Firefox on Chrome OS
Controversial though it may seem, and despite using Pop!_OS on my main PC, Chrome OS remains my favourite Linux ‘distribution’. I particularly like it on the Chromebook Pixel, a laptop so good I’ve...
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