#technologythursday

Sorry for the radio silence here - it's been a hectic week and I didn't have the mental energy to decide on an interesting post to share with you all. However one thing that did come up in my inbox over this last week were questions about the little video I made (have a look through my previous posts to find it if you don't know what I'm talking about 😁). So I thought I'd do a quick little #TechnologyThursday / #ToolThursday post. . First of - I'm really happy that you all enjoyed it so much! It was a lot of fun to make and I'm planning to make some more once my mental state has calmed down enough to allow creative thinking again. I have a few projects on my list so there is definitely content enough, just need to store up the energy a bit! . For those of you who asked how I filmed it - it was on my phone using this little setup. I have had this tripod for many years, because I used to film a lot with my video camera and this is a great one for both storage and stability. I do still use my video camera a lot but when it comes to close-up shots I find that the camera quality on my phone is still significantly better. If zoom is required, then the video camera wins, but for something like my sewing video I found it easier to use my phone. It's also significantly lighter, which means I can put it at a 90 degree angle and not worry about stability. . What do those of you who do regular filming or short little videos usually use? Do you have a fancy camera, or do you find that the phone does the job just as well? . #Thursday #filming #camera #phone #phonevideo #tools #contentcreation #theleveragedphd #tripod #tipsandtricks https://www.instagram.com/p/CHxYssBLILe/?igshid=9jtmu7e6kay5

The post arrived just in time for #TechnologyThursday and it brought with it a very special parcel! . Remember last week when I talked about using my kindle to read certain papers and theses, so prevent printing out hundreds of pages and reading from a computer screen all day? Well, I still maintain that some things are great on a kindle, but unfortunately the majority of journal article pdfs aren’t formatted for kindle screens, so the writing is usually too small. “If only,” I thought. “There were a which combined the eye-friendly e-ink canvas display of a kindle with the size and pdf-readability of a tablet or larger screen.” And that’s when I saw the ‘remarkable’, which has all these things plus the ability to write in what they claim is “the closest to writing on real paper”. I still love my paper notebooks so I’m not sure I’ll be and to give them up entirely, but it’s a remarkable (haw haw haw...) feature nonetheless. . Alas it was a bit pricey for an impulse buy, but I considered it for a long time and I was recently lucky enough to get paid for some volunteer work I did. It was fate! They also a very nice satisfaction guarantee, so I’ll be testing it out thoroughly over the next week or so. . The concept of technology is an interesting one. So many people lament the loss of traditional technology, and say that the increased use of electronic devices is going against humanity. In some ways I agree, and indeed there is still a difference between a kindle and a real book (or a remarkable and a real notebook), but I would argue that technological development is one of the defining aspects of humanity. Just look at the definitions of prehistory: “Stone Age”, Bronze Age”, “Iron Age”. Our development as a society was literally defined by the technology we use. . Of course this is just my opinion. What do you think? . #technology #remarkable #gadgets #allthegadgets #notebook #reading #phd #phdlife #development #literaturereview #phdprep #academiclife https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1PQHrHhK_/?igshid=ni273ypcb8f5

#TechnologyThursday . It was a reading day today. Very exciting - I’m currently doing my preparations for paper 3 of 5, which will be looking at the beautiful Dorset carvings. Currently reading of the biggest works on the topic - the PhD thesis of Marie Hardenberg. . I read a lot on my kindle - although I do still prefer real books, it’s just so useful when traveling around a lot. Of course I had to make a lovely leather cover for it. (Actually the first leather cover/case I ever made). It’s great because it’s small enough to fit in any bag, doesn’t have the backlight of a phone or tablet to strain your eyes, and doesn’t reflect sunlight. The only problem is that it’s a bit to small for most academic papers, because the pdfs are usually meant for an A4 size. If only there were bigger kindles! As it is, I always print out papers because I don’t like reading from a screen all day. But with this particular one - all 250 pages of it... - it’s luckily just big enough to read on a kindle. . A short post today - it’s too warm to be creative! 😅 but I’ll definitely do a longer post about these beautiful art pieces at some point in the future. . What kind of technology do you use when doing your literature review? Old fashioned paper? Or something electronic? . #PhD #phdlife #reading #art #writing #dorsetculture #carvings #kindle #technology #academiclife #academicsofinstagram #archaeology #archaeologist https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjrZrZnKBX/?igshid=7arjx3392ls3

. Yay it's #TechnologyThursday ! . Today is day 1 of the first online conference from @exarc.1 focusing on documentation strategies in archaeological open air museums. The conference was supposed to be held in Berlin, but what with the current pandemic, the organisers decided not to cancel it completely, but to try it online instead! . Each presentation is uploaded as a video to the EXARC YouTube channel, and people can then ask questions to the speakers or make comments in an online "discord" platform. This will also be turned into a virtual pub at the end of the day to allow for networking! . Exarc aren't the only organisation embracing the online world in this time of limited social interaction and travel restrictions. I haven't had time to check them out yet, but there are so many museums around the world who now offer virtual tours, as well as publishing companies that are providing free access to their material as a kind of online library. Even Keukenhof has an online tour! 🌷 . Although it is easy to focus on the negative at this crazy time, it is also important to look at the positives. After years of wondering whether academia should start becoming more environmentally friendly, for example by having more online conferences, we have more been forced to see if it could actually work. And indeed it does seem to. But it took a forced travel ban for it to be universally accepted as a possibility. . And that's just one benefit of all this! Has anyone else got another example? Let's focus on the positive here! 😊 . #exarc #conferences #online #onlineconferences #pandemic #workfromhome #homeoffice #positivevibes #positiveenergy #phd #phdlife #academicsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Mmcrxnp4M/?igshid=fwx6l4zcn7v9

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