TopicTechnology
2011
- Of Google+, Mechanical Turk and Academic Early-Adopters
Having deleted my facebook account nearly two years ago, as I activated a Google+ account this week I was wary of repeating previous mistakes. Back in 2009 I had decided that I wasn't getting as much…
- Reading pdf documents on an iPad
Can the iPad2, with its 132ppi 1024 x 768 screen, be used to comfortably read pdfs without the need to zoom and scroll about single pages? That was a question that troubled me when I was…
2012
- Raspberry Pi and the lab of the future
Raspberry Pi schematic from I think the Raspberry Pi is going to be fantastic, for reasons summed up very nicely by David McGloin - the availability of such a cheap and versatile barebones technology will kickstart…
- Old PC won't turn on?
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Image via Wikipedia Open it up, find the BIOS or CMOS battery , and give it a wipe clean. That often does the trick. If it does, it won't stay fixed for long - you will…
- Codecademic
Points and badges For the past week or so, I have been working my way through Codecademy's JavaScript tutorials. I can't recommend them highly enough. As things stand, I have a full house of 480 points…
- Web-based Cognitive Psychology Experiments
This year, I decided to learn how to present cognitive psychology experiments online. Five months in, I'm happy with my progress. Since the second-year of my PhD, when I spent a couple of weeks getting nowhere…
- Twitter and Conference Socials
On Monday I gave a talk on how internet tools can be used to make the job of being an academic a little easier . I had given a very short version of the talk to…
- Codecademy Stories
A couple of months ago, the folks at c odecademy were nice enough to respond to a complimentary e-mail I'd sent them by writing something nice back about me and publishing it on their codecademy.com/stories page.…
2013
- Using the Raspberry Pi to Run Cognitive Psychology Experiments
The Raspberry Pi (photo credit: Wikipedia) A few months ago, I suggested that Raspberry Pis could be used as a barebones experiment presentation machine . Since then I have got my hands on one and tinkered…
- Find somewhere to publish with Jane - the Journal/Author Name Estimator
If you're trying to decide on a journal to submit your latest manuscript to, Jane - the Journal/Author Name Estimator , can point you in the right direction. This isn't exactly breaking news, but it's worth…
2014
- Conducting Online Experiments - The How To Guide
This is a guest post from Radka Jersakova ( @RadkaJersakova ), who did her undergraduate degree in my lab and is now working on her PhD at Leeds University and the Université de Bourgogne in Dijon.…