By tim, on February 10th, 2012 at 7:26 pm “Today, Rita could have signed up to Open University on Facebook“
There’s a lot to love about both The Open University and The Independent. However, The Independent really ought to stick to proper journalism rather than re-hashing what looks like a PR piece put out by the 48 strong OU communications department. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the OU promoting itself. It’s a fabulous institution and their recent initiative to ask former students to act as “ambassadors” for the OU on Facebook is a splendid idea. As all OU students and alumni know, the . . . → Read More: Oh(U) dear. The Independent blurs the line between fact and fiction
By tim, on August 3rd, 2011 at 9:17 am Update 3rd August 2011: It turns out that the “study” was a hoax. In a way, that makes my arguments about the dismal standard of science and technology reporting even more relevant. Well, that’s my excuse …
Yesterday, one of the more popular technology pieces on the BBC website was this one: Internet Explorer users have lower IQ says study
The purpose of this post isn’t to question the study itself (though anyone who’s ever designed a scientific study will have a number of searching questions they’d want to ask about its design, methodology, sample and so on …), but . . . → Read More: Internet Explorer users are stupid? Don’t make me lol
By tim, on January 4th, 2011 at 7:39 pm While I’ve been spending most of my OU study time on DD307 since the start of December, I have picked up the SD226 textbooks and scanned through them. One of the things that immediately caught my attention was the reappearance of the Phineas Gage case study on page 2 of book 1. The case of Phineas Gage also made an appearance in DSE212 (and I think was also fleetingly referred to in both ED209 and DD303, though my mind may be playing tricks on me there).
The course textbook (last revised in 2006) has this to say about Gage:
Miraculously, . . . → Read More: SD226 – the return of Phineas Gage
By tim, on June 30th, 2010 at 10:25 am A link to an article with someone saying something about Chartered IT Professional status I agree with!
“You wouldn’t hire an architect to design a new building unless they were chartered and it should be the same with IT systems and architectures”
It’s just a shame that the journalist wot wrote the piece appeared to be unable to use a spell checker …
By tim, on May 21st, 2010 at 9:05 pm For those of you that don’t like my occasional rants, stop reading now. You’ll not like this post at all.
Normally my copy of the BCS iTNOW magazine – the magazine for the IT professional – goes straight into the recycling bin. It’s about as poor an example of a professional magazine as you can get – particularly if you compare it to the wonderful publication that the British Psychological Society provides for its members.
Anyway, I had cause to read the current edition that arrived yesterday, as some weeks ago I’d been contacted by the BCS (as one of . . . → Read More: Vote for me – with a stubby pencil, please
By tim, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pm Making predictions is a mug’s game – particularly if you stake money on the outcome. Here are six of my favourite predictions made for 2009 that didn’t quite work out.
1. The 54% of Guardian online readers who predicted John and Edward (a.k.a. Jedward) would win X Factor
2. Susan Boyle will win Britain’s Got Talent, say judge Amanda Holden and bookmakers (Diversity, the 12-1 outsiders, won.)
3. Top Gear’s Richard Hammond in pole to take over F1 coverage on BBC
4. Why Jenson Button won’t win the Formula One Drivers Championship
5. Bookmakers predict 2009 general election after James . . . → Read More: 6 of the worst predictions for 2009
By tim, on October 16th, 2009 at 5:49 pm I was alerted through twitter earlier on today about Jan Moir’s piece in the Daily Mail (thanks, HelenSarah). Having been so revolted by its loathsome and mean spirited agenda, I was going to write a response on here. However, it made me so sad and angry that another human being (and her editor) thinks that this sort of mean spirited bile is worth publishing that I simply couldn’t write anything coherently at all.
Fortunately, I don’t need to. The Guardian (in the form of Charlie Brooker) has managed to express my distaste of this truly appalling piece of journalism in . . . → Read More: Some days words fail me
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