Mar

25

Ups and Downs of the Twitterverse

March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

I have pondered before on the real utility of Twitter, often in not a very positive way. I have to admit that experiences with #JISC09 has caused me, yet again, to reconsider my views. I have gone from being massively irritated to being reassured and gratified and I imagine that the real position will end […]

Mar

25

Reflections on #JISC09

March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This was our first year away from Birmingham since a conference before my time that took place at the Cafe Royale (now defunct and sold off) in London. When we announced we were going to Edinburgh there were the predictable moans about travel cost, distance, no-one turning up etc. As it transpires all these fears […]

Mar

24

Lizbeth Goodman - Opening Keynote JISC 09

March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I guess inviting  a keynote speaker like Lizbeth Goodman was always likely to generate strong pro and anti reactions from a JISC audience - and so it has proved to be at #JISC09. Lizbeths presentation was, for me, a fascinating catalogue of how technology has been used to transform the lives of many of the […]

Mar

2

Geant 3rd Generation

March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

   Geant/TF-PR Meeting, Dublin, 25-27 February 2009.The afternoon of 25 and morning of 26 were devoted to presentations and discussions by Dante around the forthconing third generation of Geant. Clearly this time around there is going to be more attention to working with and through partners, perhaps in recognition to perceived failings in earlier generations. John Chevers is to take […]

Mar

2

Terena PR Task Force

March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

TF-PR 25-27 February 2009, DublinHosted by HEA Net in Dublin, this set of meetings followed on directly from the Geant gathering. Much of the first afternoon was taken up in a workshop centred around the issues on internal communications at an NREN level -  first describing how internal communications is currently carried out and then how it should […]