Too geek to function.
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Animal Crossing x Carlyle Circle
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Following on from a post earlier this year, I wanted to revisit the video game Animal Crossing and import University artworks I had recently discovered whilst working on a brand-new digital exhibition. Carlyle Circle digital exhibition The Carlyle Circle was formed in 1990 to bring together and thank everyone who pledges to…
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Struggling with vision loss
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Within the last month the vision in my right eye has significantly diminished. This personal blog post details what the impact has been on my daily life and how recent web accessibility work has helped me cope a little better. Subtitling legacy content Since 2014 we’ve always made a concerted…
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Xia Peisu (夏培肃) (1923 – 2014)
Estimated reading time: < 1 minute. To celebrate the last day of Women’s History Month we’re sharing this brand new colouring book illustration. Chinese computer scientist and educator Xia Peisu (夏培肃) (1923 – 2014) has been hailed “the mother of computer science in China.” Download, reuse and share this openly licensed image from our We…
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Level-headed
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Yesterday was my first day working from home in my new office (corner of dining table). As someone living with insulin-dependent diabetes I have an increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus and according to current government guidance should be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures, including significantly limiting face-to-face…
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ALT Annual Conference 2019 – short video
Estimated reading time: < 1 minute. This short video from the ALT Annual Conference 2019 highlights a series of playful OER-focused workshops that encourage students to creatively engage with the University of Edinburgh’s vast image collections and generate new adult colouring book artworks to be published under an open licence. ‘Colouring Book Inspired by the University…
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reCAPTCHA accessibility solution
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. What the problem is Whilst updating accessibility statements for key websites in our portfolio, I came across a new error courtesy of a free Google service named reCAPCHA. reCAPTCHA is a free service that protects your website from spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA uses an advanced risk analysis engine and adaptive…
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LEGO Lovelace: Building a modern icon
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. On 14 May 2015, I designed and launched a LEGO® Ideas model to celebrate the first published computer programmer and the first mechanical computer. To date, the project has received over two million views and provided me with some amazing experiences.
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