South Devon Tech Jam

South Devon Tech Jam

Date Saturday 10th April 2021 Time 11am –> 14:00

Free Signup via meet up

Or if you prefer not to use meetup then you can e-mail info AT sdtj DOT org DOT uk for more information.

This is a virtual event, and will be hosted on a EU/UK based instance of Big Blue Button. Link and information will be sent out to attendees.

REFERENCES

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#SouthDevonTechJam,#Event,#Virtual, #TechJam,#STEM,#Computing,#Engineering,#BigBlueButton,#YearOfTheFediverse,

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Skymap April 2021

REFERENCES

April 2021 SkyMap is now out, showing celestrial objects for the Northern Hemisphere during the month of April. There is also an equatorial and Southern Hemisphere version,

• Skymap
• Download

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Astronomy,#April,#SkyMap

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Plume – Federated blogging platform

https://joinplu.me/

REFERENCES

• Free Software Foundation

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Plume,#Federated,#Blogging

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Zooniverse Dark energy Explorers

REFERENCES

• Zooniverse
• Dark Energy Project

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Space,#Citizen,#Science,#Dark, #Energy,#Zooniverse

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Women in Chemistry

To celebrate International Women's day, Compound Chemistry have released a great poster celebrating the contribution women have made to Chemistry.

REFERENCES

• Compound Chemistry
• International Women's Day

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Chemistry,#Women,#science,#international, #women's, #day,#women, #WomenInChemistry

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Framework Laptop.

Another great find on Mastodon / Fediverse. A laptop that is sustainable and upgradable.

Looks like another good project and great that we are seeing more products like this.

• Frame Work Laptop

REFERENCES

• Frame Work Laptop

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Laptop,#Computer,#Upgrade,#OwnedByYou,#Sustainability

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Climate change threatens European forests

Interesting article posted to the Fediverse by the Science Daily bot.

• Climate change threatens European forests

So trees are essential for several things including CO2 reduction, so we are chopping down trees and also pumping more CO2 in to the atmosphere, which is causing climate change, which in turn is also causing trees to die.

One way to sow the seeds of our own destruction. Once Humans are gone, I think the Earth will recover, probably quite quickly.

We have seen evidence of how wildlife takes back control, during the first lock down in March –> May 2020, with no cars or people around, villages had animals take over. See BBC news link below.

Well worth reading the article, for a picture of what is happening.

Citation information:

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. “Climate change threatens European forests: Well over half of Europe's forests are potentially at risk from windthrow, forest fire and insect attacks.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 1 March 2021. .

REFERENCES

• Science Daily
• Mastodon Qoto
• Science Daily News Bot Account
• BBC News article
• Qoto Discourse discussion

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Mastodon,#ScienceDaily,#Climate, #Change#Trees,#Dying,#Forests,#MaxPlanckInstituteforBiogeochemistry,

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South Devon Tech Jam

South Devon Tech Jam

Date Saturday 13th March 2021 Time 11am –> 14:00

Free Signup via meetup

More info : info @ sdtj . org .uk

This is a virtual event, and will be hosted on a EU/UK based instance of Big Blue Button. Link and information will be sent out to attendees.

REFERENCES

TAGS

#SouthDevonTechJam,#Event,#Virtual, #TechJam,#STEM,#Computing,#Engineering,#BigBlueButton,#YearOfTheFediverse,

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Watomatic

After 15th May you can either accept the new terms set down by WhatsApp or you will need to leave the service, there are alternatives such XMPP, however you may want something to auto respond to message to let your folowers know you have swtiched.

Watomatic sends an automated reply to everyone contacting you on WhatsApp. This is especially useful if you are planning to migrate away from WhatsApp but can also be used as a vacation responder.

REFERENCES

• Watomatic APP
• Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
• Free Software Foundation

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Android,#WhatsAPP,#AutoRespond,#App,#Privacy,#TermsAndConditions

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Essay and report writing skills

I have just completed a course on Essay and report writing skills [3] with OpenLearn [2], which is part of the Open University [1]. In fact, this course mirrors a student tool kit book I have here, also from the OU. It is nice to have a printed and bound version.

Very useful course, lots of useful ideas, pointers to writing good essays and reports. Topics included structure, referencing, quotations,drafting, polishing and letting go. So probably just as applicable in the workplace as it is in the Academic world

I am looking forward to further study.

The UK government want all adults to spend time learning. To this end have created the skills toolkit [4] to help adults find learning and development courses.

This is a great idea, provided that employers:-

• Support employees in learning
• Value any learning an employee undertakes
• Value the commitment and work put in in order to learn new skills
• Recognise employee achievements on their CV
• See potential in their employee(s)

REFERENCES

1 Open University 2 OpenLearn 3 Course Website 4 Skills toolkit

TAGS

#Essay,#Report,#Writing,#Skills, #OpenUniversity,#OU,#OpenLearn,#Course,#E-learning,#Study, #YearOfTheFediverse,

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