A tale of two screens
I love the performance review season. Taking just a few short hours to chew the cud and reflect on how the world is working and how we should be adapting to ensure evolving client demands continue to be well met …
Tag: social media
What a difference a week can make
While it has been known for a while now that social media is linked in many cases to worsening emotional wellbeing, a new study suggests that taking a break from social media for just one week could be enough to significantly improve your mood and your mental health.
23+ wellbeing things. No. 5 – tune out and say “howdy” to the real world!
If fine-tuning what social media places in front of you does not improve your mood, it might be that you need to re-engage with the real world around you. With the average person staring at social media feeds for a …
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23+ tips for wellbeing in strange times #4 – Fill your stream with good vibes
Now is the time to start weeding your social media feeds and focus in on those things that make you feel good inside: Follow inspiring, happy accounts that make you feel good. Some examples fro Twitter include (and this is …
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Getting blue tick verified: a librarian’s guide to pleasing the little blue bird
After recently becoming one of the few UK university libraries to obtain Twitter blue tick account verification, I wanted to share our insights and experience with other libraries who may want to pursue verification of their own institutional library accounts.
Up there in blue and white: @UoPlibrary receives blue tick verification on Twitter
Some of us harbour secret, furtive aspirations to answer more of your questions via Twitter. We imagine many of you sitting with Twitter on your phone, just waiting to ask us library things, and given how many other businesses engage …
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A very brief examination survival guide: a lecturer writes…
For revision Write essay plans Discuss alternative approaches with friends Make sure you know where you are going and where your exams are being held Make time to relax/exercise
Flipboard: turn your (digital) social life into a magazine
Flipboard brings together your news and social media feeds, magazines and blogs to form a personalised gossip magazine(s). You can even create your own magazines (privately or publicly) and subscribe to others’ public magazines. You can read, like, retweet, comment and …
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Pablo in P&M – PURE research
I wanted to add my research monograph: “Fish I have known and loved, an anthology of Pinterest” into the University research repository so you could all read it, but I was told that a profound love of mackerel and a life …
