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A s expected I have been too busy to sit down and make another video. I made an extra video for my students instead. Last night a friend shared this. The news arrives at a time in which I have been taking action to support in any way that I can students and colleagues online.

T hese are exceptional times. Trying out something new here, not without some embarrassment. Hope someone finds it interesting.

Creating Comics, Creative Comics 2020 Monday 6th April. 0930-1030CA B414 Studio Theatre. Registration andWelcome . 1030–Keynote.Dr.Sarah Lightman. Building Bridges: Art, Life and Comics . 1130– ComicsCreation Alexander James Pollard –The Precognitive Painting Programme.

I published the following text on the HCID Comics, Games & Media Research Group blog.

T oday is, sadly, that day. Words failed, so I tried to express a few things with other people’s music. Noise, crackle and pop are intentional. A big thank you to all the artists whose music is included in this session. Support musicians; buy their music.

tl;dr T witter is no longer niche as it once was. How has my thinking changed in relation to Twitter use by academics? In this post I bullet-point some ideas that can be taken if desired as tips or strategies by those academic colleagues who are new to Twitter. You can scroll down and skim if you want.

[January 2021 update: I published this post on 22 January 2020; the activity was designed for a ‘f2f’ classroom setting- the activity will require adapting for online delivery in 2021]. T his term I am leading a “supermodule” (undergraduate and postgraduate students combined) on User-Centred Systems Design. We had our first session on Monday morning first thing.

“…for more than thirty years my happiest dreams have been of second-hand bookshops…” -Graham Greene, 1973, in Reflections , 1991 O ne of my favourite things of London is its second-hand shops.

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