Only (not even) half the story…
Heralded as the next amazing thing, ‘snap on’ attachments for mobile phones that allow you to use the phone as something other than a phone… … as a mobile eye-testing … Continue reading
Helping people to death
I have a habit of helping people unnecessarily. It’s something I learned from my dad. He has a sixth sense for offering help when it is most unhelpful. Sometimes this … Continue reading
Stonewalled…
I enjoy my job… I do. And I’m grateful to have it. But it’s not really what I trained for… having spent ten years bouncing around in a mixture of … Continue reading
Motion-capture Tech…
Two pieces of technology that it’s worth pointing out with regards to motion capture. The first is the MS Kinetic, which is now available for pre-order… it’s certainly not going … Continue reading
The national ‘forgiven’ summit… part 1
Some people complain that Deafhood is unncessarily contestatory. Why? Because they suggest that it plays on fear to establish an identity that isn’t ‘really real’… that it refuses to accept … Continue reading
A euphemism…
An article published in The Rebuttal has caught my eye… for its use of a euphemism… I don’t know if “the Auditory Verbal (AV) approach” is exactly the same as Oralism… … Continue reading
Stretching informatics
My brother‘s been in touch… he works in informatics in Henley Business School. His particular interests are Social informatics and collaborative systems – computer-supported cooperative work, community systems, social networks, human-computer … Continue reading
The voices of experts…
MdM has just posted this link to the European Commission on Multilingualism ‘Europe: a continent of many sign languages’ page. Listed are those countries who have SL embedded in their … Continue reading
The wonderful world of…
On Monday morning, I dragged myself out of bed at 5… showered, crawled to the station and boarded a train for Manchester… where – after a brief tour of Chinatown … Continue reading
Cherry Picking…
My recent reference to the UoB ‘cherry picking’ my 2009 Review document to justify discussions regarding the planned cuts at the university have raised some eyebrows… and I’m likely to … Continue reading
MIKE GULLIVER 