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Category Archives: Digital Inclusion
Storytelling
I’ve always been a great fan of storytelling. I loved having stories read to me as a child, I loved reading them to my own kids, and I ended up studying English Literature at university, largely due to my great … Continue reading
What happens when the post office loses its internet connection?
I think this is a poignant story. Bellingham Post Office in Northumberland had its broadband connection cut off for 10 days over the Christmas period; you can read about it here. As Wendy Telfer, the post mistress, recounted to BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Digital Inclusion
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Keeping tech simple
I love this idea for Live-streaming the City from CityCamp Coventry, brought to my attention on Twitter this morning by Sasha Taylor and others. I’m an advocate of keeping technology simple, and as cheap as possible. If you want to … Continue reading
National Smartphone Recycling Scheme
More evidence from Leeds Social Media Surgery last night of the need for a National Smartphone Recycling Scheme. My “patient” was someone who had been charged by her employer with communicating with young people, but was struggling to do so … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Inclusion, Digital Youth Work, Social Media, Social Media Surgeries
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The future is mobile, and that means digital inclusion too
You know that image of the 7 ages of man, which starts with a chimpanzee, gradually moving into a human standing erect, and then moves on to someone at a desk, hunched over a computer? I won’t reproduce it here, … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Inclusion, Older People
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Forget the new and shiny, how do we carry on our interests and passions in later life?
This morning I caught a little bit of an interview with Vladimir Ashkenazy on BBC Radio 4. Something he said struck a chord (maybe even literally) with me. He said that people in their sixties and seventies can still enjoy playing … Continue reading
It’s about people, not technology
This is another post spanning the two projects, Our Digital Planet and the Exploration of the Role of Digital Technologies for People in Later Life. The latter project is due to report very shortly. As it has progressed it has become … Continue reading
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Digital Technologies, Older People, Trust, and Isolation
In this post, I am straddling two projects I’m currently working on, both sponsored by Nominet Trust. For Our Digital Planet I’m on the last week as Manager of the Internet Station, which has involved being part of an exhibition in … Continue reading
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Our Digital Planet in Bristol – Dispelling some Digital Inclusion Myths
It’s now just over a week since I completed my first two week stint as Internet Station Manager on Nominet Trust‘s Our Digital Planet Exhibition. We were in Bristol for this session. Lloyd Davis will be taking the show on … Continue reading
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Who supports the Digitally Excluded in the long term?
Well into the second week at Our Digital Planet, Nominet Trust‘s touring exhibition on the benefits of the Internet, which is currently in Bristol; and interesting issues continue to emerge around barriers to getting, and thriving, online. We’re getting a … Continue reading
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