Building a personal academic website – Part 1

Skip straight to some examples A quick Google search on your name or that of a colleague will soon convince you that we all have a presence of some kind on the Internet. Often the information available will be fragmentary and outdated: it may reflect little or nothing of your professional work. Control over your…

SEO Explained

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is not rocket science, it’s just time consuming to set up, and relies on a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of current web and search engine trends. Google and other search engines are constantly changing the way they index and rank sites, so the exact tools and tactics used to optimise a site need…

Living in a MicroGalaxy

I recently found this old skit that my brother Sam and I recorded years ago for a school project. It’s a futuristic satire at the expense of the technology giant Microsoft. Worth a laugh, but also a good example of what could be a very successful Podcast concept. Social media marketing is taking the web by storm,…