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Social media cafe launches at Cardiff University

Thought grazing’s social media cafe launches this October in Cardiff University’s Graduate Centre in the Student Union Building on Park Place. A place to come every month and meet other social media practitioners working in Higher Education and have a chat over a cup of coffee.

Break down those divisions between disciplines, add to your social networks, meet those virtual colleagues (your followers, or those you follow) in the flesh, work-up project ideas together with the leading educational social media practitioners in the university or just come and learn … or drink coffee.

No expertise barriers to entry. Just an interest in the use of social media and its application in research and education.

So if you’re working in HE – post-graduate, researcher, lecturer or service provider – why not come and join others like you on 22nd October, 11:00 – 14:00, Graduate Centre, Students Union, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff

Let us know you’re coming and use the space below to give an indication of things you’d like to chat about.

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Is that all there is?

I’ve started using blipfoto – service that incorporates a daily photograph with the opportunity to write a short piece of pithy prose describing it, or your thoughts associated with the photo. I’ve managed 40 successive blips, which is some achievement for me I feel – a very indisciplined person, but today was going to be a struggle. Grey, wet, windy day with nothing much going on. In addition, I’d driven the car into work which meant that (and this has been rare over the past 40 days) I hadn’t had the chance to just look around and see what I could see that might make a good picture. And then I remembered the title of this draft blogpost which had sat waiting for the right moment since February 22nd earlier this year.

“Is that all there is?”

The older amongst you will remember this as a Peggy Lee song – go and look at the lyrics, or watch this Bette Middler version and you might understand why I thought it could be an appropriate blogpost title to make my retirement date public information. I’m retiring from full-time employment on December 31st. After 37 years of work “is that all there is?” – a stack of shredded paper.

“Is that all there is?”

No, it’s not of course – but it’s a nice line!