Nicola Fern

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Rock the #CAZbah

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022

This is a little outside my area, but after reading about the clean air zone proposals for Manchester, I both agree that something HAS to be done about air pollution in Manchester, and also that the current support and help for small businesses etc is totally insufficient. I was noodling around with some thoughts, and…

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Categories: Climate

Onyx Boox Note Air 2

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

What is it? A 10.3-inch e-ink/e-paper tablet that runs Android 11 with a 227ppi display and colour-tunable front light – think large, customisable Kindle rather than iPad Navy aluminium casing 64 GB storage USB-C for charging – decent battery life, certainly lasts for days of reasonable use Bluetooth 5.0/Wifi Weight: 420g (definitely a two-handed device for…

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Categories: Review

The sensible lens

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022

There are two types of writer. Well, okay, there’s a lot more than two types and how dare I be so reductive, but bear with me. Much academic writing seems to be dominated by dense prose (verbiage might be more the word) that seems to go on forever and defines its terms lightly. It tends…

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Categories: Writing
This is a screen shot from the lateral flow test instructional video that shows an illustrated sample being dropped onto the sample port of the test device

Retrospective: Animated video demonstrating Covid-19 lateral flow test device use

January 22, 2021May 27, 2022

Project brief: This was a quick turnaround project that arrived on my desk within a couple of weeks of starting work in my new role at Durham University. The development team was asked to produce a video to support the imminent and short-notice rollout of Covid-19 self tests for students and staff at the University….

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Categories: Design / Project retrospectives

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