Category Archives: Productivity

Job titles, and why they are important

As part of my role, I am involved in recruitment within my team. This involves reading through a lot of CVs and application forms and trying to work out some sort of correlation between a person’s job title and what … Continue reading

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Coming soon…

I have so many things I want to write about right now. Starting with some of the really productive conversations I’ve been having with staff and students about how they use IT, and ending with everything I’ve learned over the … Continue reading

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Writing about writing

Over the last few days I’ve been writing two assignments for the management course I am currently undertaking, and it’s surprised me how easily I’ve slipped back into being able to write a large amount of fairly literate text in … Continue reading

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The Chokehold of Calendars

Mule Design Studio’s Blog: The Chokehold of Calendars. Meetings may be toxic, but calendars are the superfund sites that allow that toxicity to thrive. All calendars suck. And they all suck in the same way. Calendars are a record of … Continue reading

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My first stab at self-interview

In my last post I mentioned The Setup. This is my attempt to answer the questions. Who are you and what do you do? I’m Andy, and I work for IT Services at the University of Birmingham in a Service … Continue reading

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Making more time

Over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself running out of quality time to do things. It’s not that I don’t have enough time as such, it’s just that when I get to the point in the day where I’ve … Continue reading

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The Art of Community

I’ve written about this before, but after reading the whole book this weekend I thought it was worth another mention. It’s a book about communities, written by Jono Bacon (Ubuntu’s Community Manager). What I like about it is that it … Continue reading

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The Art of Community

This looks interesting, and can be applied to all communities, not just those of a technical nature. I’ve read a few bits and pieces during pre-release and it makes a lot of sense.

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Finding wifi on the move

During my recent trip to London, I decided that I’d try and stay online as much as possible, whilst at the same time not paying for (or in fact stealing) an internet connection. It was actually a lot easier than … Continue reading

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Why collaboration is a good thing

Over the last week or so there have been a few occasions where I’ve felt like I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall regarding some project or other I’ve been working on. And on each occasion I’ve ended … Continue reading

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