Category Archives: Education, Training and Information

Six of the Best Podcasts?

2011-09-20 by mjr

I’m listening to quite a few podcasts recently. Here are my current favourites: Cyberunions which covers the tech/work crossover space and is appearing as Ogg near the start of most weeks. I reviewed an earlier episode and it’s kept on … Continue reading →

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Back to Work

2011-08-12 by mjr

This is my first week back after two weeks off (I aim for three complete weeks off a year). Even if I had reached InboxZero (and ToDoZero and so on…), there was two weeks of requests, reports and rubbish piled … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Benefits of Mailing List Software

2011-05-19 by mjr

Particularly around local government, but also some not-for-profits and universities, I’m trying to persuade people to stop using huge Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) lists that they keep in their address book and switch over to using mailing list manager software. … Continue reading →

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Kilman IT Services social engineering phone call attack

2011-04-06 by mjr

I just received a strange call. Basically, someone phoned me up and tried to convince me to change my computer’s settings. They called my direct line (not the co-op switchboard), so I think they might be calling other numbers in … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Bites Your Files?

2011-04-05 by mjr

A new comment on the Samsung N150 Ubuntu Netbook Remix reminded me that maybe I should post this here: I’ve just seen a report of lost files in a dual-boot Windows 7 situation. One suggestion is that you shouldn’t suspend … Continue reading →

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#Debian and #KohaILS Conference Planning

2011-03-22 by mjr

This seems an active time for conference planning in two of the projects I like: KohaCon11 is being planned for Thane, India. Registrations are open and I’m helping to admin the conference system (OCS). If you’d like to talk, submissions … Continue reading →

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OpenBiblio Principles

2011-02-10 by mjr

There’s a lot of exciting activity going on around libraries at the moment. One of them is the OpenBiblio Principles, which are: When publishing bibliographic data make an explicit and robust license statement. Use a recognized waiver or license that … Continue reading →

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Initial Citylink Make Me Wish I Paid Treble

2010-12-13 by mjr

So, last week I bricked a device and I think I can fix it over a RS-232 cable from a borrowed Windows computer. However, I don’t have the right cable in my office and the Windows computers I can borrow … Continue reading →

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FixTheWeb is Coming!

2010-10-19 by mjr

I travel across the Sedgemoor/North Somerset/Bristol council borders, so I’m a big fan of FixMyStreet which puts fault reporting for things like potholes, flytipping and broken lights behind a common interface. Credit to the MySociety charity project, once again. So … Continue reading →

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Blog Action and Blog Action Day

2010-10-12 by mjr

Blog Action Day approaches on Friday. The call this year is for clean water and some high profile blogs including the UKFCO and the White House will be joining in. But until then, you can look at the wonderful direct … Continue reading →

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