I'm still here

As i'm not at uni again for a good few months, I should probably make more of an effort to blog here.

I'm not really doing much at the moment so don't really have much stuff to blog about publicly.

I did recently apply for a student type job at Nokia, pounding the mean streets of Brighton offering to help people 'unlock the magic' of their mobile phones. The interview involved reciting a poem I made up about my phone (here if you're interested) and then carrying out a prop-based role play. They phoned yesterday to say that i'd got the job on the condition I could go on training over the weekend. As it's one of my children's birthday and arrangements had already been made, I had to decline. Shame, as it included a free mobile and a car too.

If you want to keep up with me, follow me on twitter or Facebook.

As soon as I have anything to share, I will. Honest!

All done

OK so I've now officially finished my first year of university. Now what to do for the next 4 months...

I've found a new website that's very addictive called Qype where you can write reviews of places you've been to, shop at, eat in and so on.

So much so that i've gained insider status in 4 days - surely a record?

Almost there...

So

I have an exam on quantitive research methods on Friday. I'm finding revising for this incredibly tedious but I guess it has to be done. I also have a multiple choice test to do online by Saturday night and then my first year at university is complete.

I can't believe how quickly it's gone. It only seems like yesterday that I was severely depressed and agonising over having to work in IT for the rest of my life. Time flies and all that... :)

Now that i'll have lots of time on my hands, I hope to start blogging more frequently.

Apple Musings

So...

I've had my iPhone for a good few weeks now and i've realised one thing:

My original iPaq that I bought in 2001 did everything that the iPhone does

So why the big deal now? Well, as a friend succintly put it the other day, it ain't what you do it's the way that you do it.

The iPhone experience is packaged in such a way that it's just simple and intuitive.

Not long to go now

In about a month, I will have finished my first year at university which I have to say feels pretty amazing.

I'm not on the home stretch yet though - 2 MCQ tests, one 1000 word research paper evaluation, one piece of group research with a 1500 word write up, one assessed presentation, one takeaway exam and one unseen exam.

A Big Day

I'm giving a lecture tomorrow as secretary of The University of Brighton Psychology Society. It's based on a session I used to deliver internally at Microsoft and helps people get a grip of presenting. I was surprised when I started university how much requirement there would be to deliver presentations, some of which are assessed yet there is little instruction on how to deliver them effectively

Hello

I've been blogging for near on 5 years now in various places.

When I quit IT last year, I stopped writing in my tech blog and started a new one here.

The problem is, I don't have enough content by myself to fill the new one and I miss writing technical stuff. I still do technical stuff just not for a living anymore.

My plan going forward is to get some additional bloggers for men-talhealth.org.uk and do my personal blogging here.