I get asked this all the time, so here’s a quick reference. You change styles in Wordpress templates either by editing the CSS stylesheets for a template or the PHP templates themselves.
Before messing with a theme, you should create a ‘child’ theme — otherwise your changes may get overwritten next time you upgrade your installation. [...]

There’s a discussion of whether older people find ICT skills more difficult to acquire than younger people on a VCS research network I belong to. But I’m not sure it’s a skills issue as ‘older’ people are very well represented on social networking sites and can usually easily learn the skills.
The issue is motivation — [...]

I was very touched by Sarah’s post for Ada Lovelace day in which Fossbox got a mention. I also have very fond memories of PRADSA — I really miss this regular opportunity to discuss technology in a wider framework of social action.
Weren’t we going to organise a women’s event to keep the energy going? It’s [...]

Today is a celebration of women in technology, Ada Lovelace Day and a day to blog about women who inspire us in science, technology and engineering.
I found it so hard to choose, so I’m going to acknowledge all the Ubuntu women all over the world. I also want to give a mention to Rachel [...]

The government is reviewing broadband provision — your chance to help make sure that broadband provision is in the public interest with a range of different providers available: More info here

— Attendees at the Workshop

Yesterday’s training session was very enjoyable — thanks to Tracy from The Evelyn Oldfield Unit for organising the workshop and thanks to everyone who came — it was a pleasure!
I also learned a great deal about the barriers smaller organisations and their users may face when considering using social media [...]

Round up of innovative projects in the USA using mobile devices for educational purposes: http://tinyurl.com/ybg6qsj

Time to get back on the bike, originally uploaded by fossbox.

We had a great day at the International Women’s Day Bike Ride organised by the London Cycling Campaign. At was absolutely freezing but a beautiful sunny day. After a couple of hours we were stiff from the cold but it was really great to be [...]

Easy form to email your concerns about cuts to the BBC: http://tinyurl.com/ykhulqw