Hi Everyone: In this episode I discuss:

Half Term yes it is eventually upon us and as usual the last week has seemed like a month!

I have had a load of meetings this week where everyone seems to want to sort lots of things out with a quick fix 3 days before the holidays.

Currently I have not been on Blogger for some while as I have explored other mediums for output of my written material but this has proved more difficult than it should have been and I also quite like the statistical follow up on blogger that helps inform me of the audience I'm reaching, other packages either haven't got this facility or look for a premium subscription to access it. So I discuss this and also look at my options going forward for this output.

Half term for me is realistically going to involve a tidy up of all my online presences. I tend to experiment quite a bit with social media and also different online packages and applications and this can lead to an enormous 'clutter' around my core delivery mediums.

I have always been comfortable on Twitter and I have continued with my podcast output using anchor.fm as my core means of delivery for all recording, production and publishing. However, being the tinkering type I get distracted and this has happened mostly around my website and blog delivery mechanisms so the focus over half term is to streamline the whole operation.

I am exploring the possibility of purchasing a Chromebook and this would mean that I would concentrate my output through Google and its related software especially its own Office apps ie. Docs, Slides etc. Currently, I have quite a bulky laptop that I use for Outreach sessions and I use Google Drive to store my own school documents anyway so the move to a lighter more up to date option with a quick start up time and access to all my documents etc. is really a no brainer.

I have also looked into Apple products and while I still find the iPad v useful I can't justify the outlay for even a reconditioned MacBook and if I did go that route the outlay would end up greater than that currently for a brand new Chromebook!

I'm also monitoring the merits or otherwise of my use of Instagram and of course my pet hate Facebook! and I'm watching closely developments around the recent Spotify purchase of anchor.fm and implications for my own use of it as the platform for my podcast. 

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