XKCD Passwords
I’ve finally got round to changing my 3 default passwords using this method. I have 1 for banking. 1 for my main social media and blogging accounts and then 1 for all the other sites I subscribe to.
Life in the fast lane! CC image by fishtail @ Flickr.com No post in several months. Certainly not down to having nothing to write about, rather having done so much that I am struggling to find the time and energy to keep up with my blog reading let alone writing. Since September I have been…
Off topic but incredibly useful! Noted is a new app that does one thing and one thing well. It opens up, you type a note, you click send and it appears in your inbox. I’ve used dozens of to-do productivity style apps and with the best will in the world I make big old to-do…
Well after nearly three years at my first school I have secured a promotion at another high school in central Manchester. I start after Easter as Assistant Subject Leader of Maths, then two weeks later my new Head of Department goes off on maternity leave, leaving me in charge! I’m most excited about the responsibility…
Learn To Code Code Academy have set up Code Year. A lesson a week that over the course of the year will teach you how to code. Slate suggest each lesson will run to about 5 hours. Which is a hefty commitment. But I’ve signed up and will be encouraging learners at school to do…
Could some of last weeks looting in England be put down to the pirate culture that the majority of 10-30 year olds have grown up with in the UK? This continues my thoughts from my previous post about the riots. Much has been written about the volume of online piracy over the past 14 years…
I have been in post at my new school as Director of E-Learning for 4 weeks now, and it’s been a heck of a ride! A completely new IT Support team for the school has meant that it has been a trying start to the year for all concerned. The new team has pulled together…