In March I attended Free Spirits LIVE; an online conference for freelancers and small business owners working in L&D. It was my first time and I’ve got to say, it was brilliant I came away with new ideas, some reassurance and a lot to think about.
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At the end of February, I attended LN Mastery Day: Using Data to Demonstrate Learning Impact in Bristol, organised by The Learning Network. The day brought together learning professionals to explore a question many of us are still trying to answer: how do we show the real value of learning?
I’m seeing more people within different industries experiment with coding. People who would never have described themselves as technical are now building tools and tweaking platforms with surprising confidence. Much of this is down to the phenomenon of vibe coding. But is that actually a good thing?
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Yep, I know it’s February, so I’m a bit late with my year in review post. Looking back, I realised I never actually wrote a 2024 review post, so technically this is very late indeed. But I think I can be forgiven, since I’ve posted more than usual this year. So let’s get to it.
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Following on from my talk earlier this year, the DLI invited me back to present a webinar on mobile apps for digital learning. In this blog post, I reflect on the session and explore how apps can influence learner motivation, confidence, and engagement.
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Illustrator has been part of my toolkit for years, mainly for editing icons and working with vector-based graphics. When I moved away from Acrobat, I began questioning whether Illustrator and Photoshop were still right for me. In this blog post I spill the beans on my move to Affinity Studio.
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I was delighted to be a guest speaker on the ICAEW Student Insights podcast. It was a chance to talk about how people learn and what helps information stick. The conversation with Jag Dhaliwal and Ashley Boroda was very relaxed and we explored memory techniques to the communication habits that shape how we learn.
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For years I’ve relied on Adobe Creative Cloud without giving it much thought. It was a set of tools everyone used, so I used them too. Over time, the cost has kept rising and the value has felt smaller with every renewal. At some point, the price stopped matching the way I work, and I realised it was time to step back and rethink things.
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Tight budgets always make me look at what’s possible. When a client asked about getting their eLearning translated, we talked about cheaper options and how far we could go without a full translation service. That’s when I suggested trying DeepL, an AI translation tool that promised professional results.
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As you can see from the image, I finally had my graduation ceremony. It was a lovely day at Lancaster University, and I’m glad I took the time to celebrate properly. Now that the robe is packed away and the prosecco has run out, it feels like a good moment to take stock and focus on what’s next.
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