2004 Archives

Article — 8 December 2004 — 200 words

It’s not quite finished yet but it’ll do

Welcome to my new blog! At last! Apparently it’s the month of giving, you see, so I thought that I’d get myself a new blog. One of the most frequent comments people make about Blogger is, “you get what you pay for.” Which is why I’ve shelled out the princely sum of zero for a […]

Article — 8 November 2004 — 242 words

Uni blogs

Technology

According to Frankie Roberto, the University of Warwick is encouraging its students to blog. Nice. But why? To create communities of interest. To encourage creativity and development of writing skills. To support ‘personal development planning’, something that all universities are apparently supposed to do. To help with job-hunting (employers like blogs). To provide a record […]