Spectre & Meltdown
I have been looking into this “Spectre & Meltdown” security issue and I believe I’ve got a handle on it albeit at a layman, not expert level. I’ve come across…
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Windows Movie Maker
Windows Movie Make is a simple video editing program. It’s free but crashes a lot so you must save your work frequently. After Windows 7, Movie Maker changed drastically. There…
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1818 Days Since Showtime
Back in October 2011, I set up a website to assist with the production of a community play. The play was “The Bonny Moorhen” which told the story of the…
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Online Soap Opera
I can’t believe I forgot to put this in my recent “showreel”. It’s a soap opera made with 7 Weardale primary schools. Each one made an episode. It stands as…
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Digital Engagement
Recently I was asked to put together a 90-second video of the kind of activities I’ve run to support a funding bid. Once I’d finished that, I decided to take…
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My Digital World
I’ve just uploaded a video “My Digital World” (see below) It shows how I operate from day to day as a small business with an online presence. I’d like to…
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Digitising Jimmy
Episode One After he passed away, the family of James Dornan Barnes (Jimmy) discovered a cassette of him singing a number of songs. The family have asked me (via Tees Music…
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Social Media Optimisation
The entire purpose of this post is to show an element of Social Media Optimisation in a Video Tutorial. I have used the “sharing” module of the WordPress “Jetpack” plugin…
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Some of my Favourite Twitter Tools
Paper Li With Paperli you can create a daily newspaper based on your Twitter stream (and other platforms) This is great for generating re-tweets as your main contacts are foregrounded. This…
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