Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen

  • That’s the most ever in one month. I am not going to be too hasty to claim a trend, though. Several of these are actually quite old, but have only just hit ‘maturity’ i.e. the requisite level of real usage to become eligible for publication. I’m not sure if this is artificially inflating the figures…

  • Over 1,000 teachers have now authored educational resources in Yacapaca. The best of those resources are really quite staggeringly good, as we see from the rave reviews they get from users. It is long past time to honour our best authors, so I am delighted to announce the 2008 Author of the Year Awards. The…

  • …is my wedding day. Wish me luck. [Update: photos & slideshow.]

  • A whole page of “how to…” videos, courtesy of Tony Vincent. Ah, brings back happy memories. Only kidding. I found these via Glen Moses’s rant about how “mobile phones can be used for cheating” is a really naff excuse for banning them. Anyway, here’s my favourite, both for the elegance of the method and the…

  • Next time someone makes you sit through a Powerpoint presentation you’d rather not suffer, you will remember this and be unable to suppress a giggle, I promise. Via Ewan Update April 2017: I first published this nine years ago, and since then nothing has improved in the way presentations are typically made. Tragically funny.