• I spent the day with Herefordshire Schools Library Service today. I suspect I know what the winner of the Kate Greenaway Award will be. Children from several schools came to make their choice, and I think it was a good one , certainly very poular!

  • I’ve just updated my iPhone to iphone3 software and it makes it so much easier to type with the keyboard sideways. It used to be so easy to press the wrong key.

    And at last we can copy and paste – brilliant!

  • For years I had radio 4 chuntering away while I painted. Then I started doing digital artwork and I found that I listened less and less. Recently I have worked through the day mostly in silence. I’d realised that when listening to talk programmes while working on the computer, I didn’t really listen. I’d miss important parts and want to hear them again. So recently I’ve listened to podcasts or bbc iplayer so I can replay parts if needed.

    This morning I’ve been painting again and I noticed that I was listening to radio the way I used to.

    Listening is a hard skill to learn. I wonder if computers in schools are making it harder for children to learn the skill.