I’m an academic in the UK interested in social network analysis, social computing and the role of social media. In my free time, I like to explore the outdoors and attending church.
This is just a quick post describing some of the changes to this site. Nothing major to report, although it involves a few changes in this site. 1) I have finally managed to get round to buying my very own .phd TLD domain. I thought I would do my best
Book Reviews
It’s been a while since I have last done a book review, so I thought I would write up my thoughts on a book I read fairly recently, as I feel that this topic is worth discussing. Have you ever heard someone say “Why would a good God allow
Book Reviews
In our day-to-day lives, whether this is at home with family or at work with collages, we all know what it’s like to engage with people with different personalities. Some you may get on with, others not so. I’ve always had a fascination about understanding why people behave
2023
To me, it certainly feels like 2023 has gone by so fast. I distinctly remember that around this time last year, I was in the process of submitting my PhD for my viva. 2023 has been a big year for me. By far, the two most important events of 2023
PhD
Doing a PhD is a lot of work (trust me, I know) and it’s often poorly understood by those who haven’t spent enough time in academic (post-graduate and beyond). That being said, there are many benefits to doing one – not least for being called “Dr so-and-so”. Even outside
mastodon
I’ve been on Mastodon for over a year now, and I felt like it was time to move on. What do I mean by move on? Well, until recently, I’ve been hanging out on mastodonapp.uk as my “home” instance but, me being the self-hosting nerd that I
Book Reviews
What with the rise of issues such as cancel culture, as a Christian, it’s becoming increasing more challenging to share my faith with others out of fear of facing opposition. This book helps to address common arguments against Christianity in 12 questions. I’m sure at some point we
Lemmy
I’m a huge fan of Reddit. In fact, I use it every day. There’s something about the community-oriented structure of the platform which makes it easy to reach like-minded people and to discuss things which are of interest to me. As of April 2023, Reddit receives around 1.
baby
As you may have noticed, my writing output on this blog has crawled to a stop. Why? Well, on the 5th of September 2023 my son (first child), Samuel, was born. I’m in a very fortunate position that my employer allowed me to take four weeks paid paternity leave,
mastodon
On Thursday, Meta (you know, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) launched a new social media platform. It’s called Threads and it can be described as “text-based” microblogging platform similar to that of Twitter and Mastodon with around 55 millions users. With the downfall of Twitter, Meta
PhD
This is just a short blog post to update you on a major milestone in my career and, in my life. Last week, I successfully defend my PhD thesis. 🎉🥳 It’s a great achievement, and it’s something thing I never thought I would ever do. Having spend the past
contagion
Considering the all-too-familiar with the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of contagion and something spreading from one person to the next, has been poorly understood until now. Adam Kucharski, a Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, demonstrates how COVID-19 (as well as other