Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@design_RG This a really useful,i linked to this as part of my article.

@design_RG @globcoco @freemo
It fits really nicely on my wider screen here.

@design_RG Ah that would be pretty cool to do that, i kinda do it manually so I can control what gets posted to twitter a little more.

@globcoco @design_RG @freemo @linuxine

I think what we have here is great, as in a set of common services all set up and working, now that nextcloud integrates onlyoffice I think it could become a real alternative.

@design_RG @freemo @globcoco @linuxine

Which goes in to what we call 'bus factor' which is when you have 1 person who can set up and use a system, if that person gets hit by a bus, then you lose them and your system can't updated or maintained.

Kinda like putting all eggs in one basket, it comes back to bite you when you least want it to.

At least once set up writefreely is easy to use, and easy to teach others, how to use.

@design_RG @globcoco @freemo

People don't seem to know about it, I would promote locally, however there are too many freeloaders, who also then try and take credit for something I have told them about, I am not ego driven but it would be nice if they gave me some sort of credit.

I was asked months ago at a children's partnership meeting re websites, i sent the lady some info on where people could learn HTML/ CSS etc, I followed up, and they got one of their volunteers to do it, adj it was almost like , thank you now go away sort of attitude, people don't appreciate the amount of work that goes in to collating information for this.

Maybe I am just some mug that gets taken advantage of.

I generally share with people on a 1-2-1 with people who I know appreciate my suggestion to use something.

@design_RG @globcoco @freemo @linuxine

I tried to use jekyll on github pages but failed, it sort of works if you really really know what you;re doing.

@design_RG @freemo @globcoco Indeed, which. is hopefully what we can do via the discourse forum too.

In other news. My link / tweet to by blog post on Alternatives to mainstream social media has been re-tweeted a few times. :)

@freemo @globcoco @design_RG

Almost like what happens with learnmyway and others, who teach basic digital skills. It is like they are a promotional platform for Facebook, Microsoft , Google et al,.

So no attempts are made to promote the alternatives.

There is an assumption everyone wants Microsoft office skills, I wonder how many companies would switch to Libreoffice if people could get training.

@globcoco @design_RG @freemo

In some ways when you consider that some people think they can simply 'demand'; help from others, or they can exploit or mess other people around. It is fully understandable.

It just means the rest of us end up not being able to afford to run some software if we are not confident setting something up.

I can set Debian up, i can install Apache I always worry if it is secure, and you then get an army of 'experts' saying do it this way where each person just says something different, just gets frustrating , confusing and people give up and lose even more confidence.

@design_RG @freemo @globcoco I know writeAs charge quite a bit to install the software for you if you are unable to do it yourself. .

@globcoco No problem :)

@freemo @design_RG @globcoco I think this is part the issue with quite a few free software products / projects, they are good at writing software but when it comes to help and support some fail and fail badly.

I think it was also agreed they fail when it comes to documentation too.

@design_RG @freemo Are we able to have a study skills section on the forum please, I have quite a few links to useful resources and a few Open Learn courses that may be helpful to those looking at distance learning.

Thanks

Paul

@design_RG @globcoco No problem.

@globcoco This is the nice thing about OpenLearn with the Open University, you can try out different subjects. The course, I am doing now (just slowly), is 24 hours long roughly,

Just given it a mention on the forum

In school I know some reading is compulsory but you are never really told why,

When I think back reading about 'An Inspector calls' by JB Priestly actually seems to teach or suggest what happens when individuals act without considering the wider implications.

@globcoco
Just found this on LinkedIn
Essays on technical training, lifelong learning and apprenticeships

https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/the-training-we-need-now/