Alex Kidd (@apk1975) profile picture

IT and technology junkie.

West Mids, UK
Joined April 2009
“Unexpected enthusiasm of competitors” forces cancellation of Robot Wars Middle East bit.ly/1eb7h6E via @arabiaenquirer
Special Report: The Pentagon's doctored ledgers conceal epic waste news.yahoo.com/special-repor… via @YahooNews
Twitter IPO: why the wrong people ended up with the money | Aditya Chakrabortty gu.com/p/3kacc/tw via @guardian
NAO backs Cabinet Office's supplier management central-government.governmen…
Why BlackBerry failed | Charles Arthur gu.com/p/3k5m3/tw via @guardian
Science Fiction publisher to remove DRM on ebooks reg.cx/1WaJ via @reghardware
Adobe Cloud Creative Suite reg.cx/1W85 pricing starts at $49.99 per month compared to $1,899 Creative Suite Premium, cheap?
Cabinet Office lays out specifics on the way it wants ICT bought bit.ly/H2LUa5
Academies 'making limited use of independence' bbc.in/HlhY56 biggest incentive in 80% of schools, was to get extra money.
Dont fancy the taste of diesel in the water in the UK. Fracking sounds pretty bad for heath and the environment to me. bit.ly/HjFoq8
What's More Expensive Than Uni? Not Going to Uni? bit.ly/GVrgJV. Apparently UK has as many NEETS (15-24) in 2010 as Greece!
"Is #DfE's ICT love-in over? Technology Policy Unit axed" #Gove bit.ly/GTspiS
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VLE commodification is complete as Blackboard starts supporting Moodle and Sakai dlvr.it/1Md79Z
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HTML5 roundup: magazine-style Web layouts with CSS regions arst.ch/t1n finally the web catches up with quark circa 1997...
New framework for schools to purchase IT, saving money and stopping rip-offs: bit.ly/GQhdBl
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Google UK 'server-free school' bit.ly/xu6LhH cloud solutions can move IT spending in schools from capital to revenue & reduce support
interesting write up on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project...more success in the US than Peru? arst.ch/ser via @arstechnica