Friday, April 15, 2005
New job
following Russell's prompt below, I'll take this opportunity to announce my move to a new post based at the school of Computer Science at Birmingham Uni. I've spent the last 2 years on a European Project, MOBIlearn, at the School of Engineering at Birmingham, working on context awareness for mobile learning, and now I'm on a project reviewing the use of context aware mobile technologies for learning in informal settings.
my change of job is happening quite gradually as I try and sort out what resources I need to move and which ones I need to keep in the same place. I live quite a distance from Birmingham so I work at home when I can, so remote access to my computer(s) is important. I'm all set-up for this at home but of course I need some set-up at the uni as well, which turns out to be difficult if you move to a department that has some sensible security provisions. I'm used to have Remote Desktop, which gives me fairly comprehensive access to Uni resources, but this kind of access is inherently insecure, and I can't use it with my new machine unless I tunnel through SSH. now that's possible, but I can't be bothered to set it up, just the same as I can't be bothered to move my files (physical and electronic) over to my new office. yes, call me lazy if you want, but I have better things to do with my time (such as write blog posts). my lesson from all of this is that it is very easy to end up with large information store and, more significantly, a set of ways of working with that information, and it's hard to make all of this portable.
following Russell's prompt below, I'll take this opportunity to announce my move to a new post based at the school of Computer Science at Birmingham Uni. I've spent the last 2 years on a European Project, MOBIlearn, at the School of Engineering at Birmingham, working on context awareness for mobile learning, and now I'm on a project reviewing the use of context aware mobile technologies for learning in informal settings.
my change of job is happening quite gradually as I try and sort out what resources I need to move and which ones I need to keep in the same place. I live quite a distance from Birmingham so I work at home when I can, so remote access to my computer(s) is important. I'm all set-up for this at home but of course I need some set-up at the uni as well, which turns out to be difficult if you move to a department that has some sensible security provisions. I'm used to have Remote Desktop, which gives me fairly comprehensive access to Uni resources, but this kind of access is inherently insecure, and I can't use it with my new machine unless I tunnel through SSH. now that's possible, but I can't be bothered to set it up, just the same as I can't be bothered to move my files (physical and electronic) over to my new office. yes, call me lazy if you want, but I have better things to do with my time (such as write blog posts). my lesson from all of this is that it is very easy to end up with large information store and, more significantly, a set of ways of working with that information, and it's hard to make all of this portable.
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