I was one of many people surprised and saddened to hear that Gary Speed committed suicide yesterday. The worst thing for me, and I'm sure for many others, is that someone with success, money, and most importantly a loving family, the things that many depression sufferers perceive as answers to their problems, could take his own life.
Read MoreI thought I'd reached a turning point this time last year, and I had but it wasn't the one I thought it was. A year on my life's turning another corner and this time things are going to be better.
Read MoreAbout three weeks ago I sarted work on project I've been thinking about for a long time. An App that integrates most of the features of our learning platform natively. Tonight I'm drawing a link underneath MK1 of my first decent iPhone application, and starting planning for MK2.
Read MoreSince Jonah Lomu rugby came out, nothing has come close in matching that balance of Rugby, Pixels, and hands on ball action, until now.
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My Uncle, Dennis, passed away this morning after suffering with Parkinsons for a number of years. In March last year I was told he had four weeks to live, and he's beaten that by almost 18 months.
Read MoreSo, it seems every fifth post is about how I've not posted in an eon. In reality, I've not NEEDED to and also haven't had much time to gather my thoughts.
Read MoreAfter a bit of a recent technical breakthrough, I realised that I could integrate a number of our Learning Platform features with an iPhone app.
Read MoreI promised myself an early night and I'm going to have one, right after I've explained what Topics are.
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Last year, we hit a huge breakthrough in work where we got Single-sign on to Google apps working through our SharePoint based Learning Platform, and began looking at ways to integrate the functionality of SharePoint and Google Apps. My first instinct was to share how we did it and how we forsee this being used in the future.
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I'm gradually getting more and more chuffed about this. I've just found out that weve been singled out in a recent report by an Independent Task Group on the future of education services in Wales.
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