Monthly Archives: March 2014

Schools might not have books anymore!

I liked this story in the news. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26249041 It appealed to my inner-geek, and also made me think about the amount of paper I lug around. I like the idea of kids having a tablet or similar device to simply

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Big Data Institute

I’m always quite sceptical of politicians when they extol the virtues of a dead genius, but in amongst all the fluff that is usual on budget day, there was this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26651179 I read Andrew Hodges ‘Enigma of Intelligence’ years ago,

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The Big Day

Finally made it! Got here a few minutes early, walking around a university again feels strange. I’ve not been asked whether I’ve voted in student elections yet. Lewis advocates education and democracy, but I am still tending towards a vote

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