The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a questionnaire that claims to indicate different "personality types". It was developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. They based their work on Carl Jung's theories.

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8 August 2024

The Royal Mint, producer of the UK's coins, is turning electronic and electrical waste into gold.
It will initially be used to make jewellery and later it will be made into commemorative coins.

7 August 2024

This week's quote is about teaching.

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4 August 2024

I had been experimenting with the Actifit fitness app until I realised I had been wearing a fitness app for four years! The Actifit app had been using my wearable device to collect data for its own use! The one I'll be describing is the Workout app that you can find on an Apple watch.

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1 August 2024

This week's quote is about joy.

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28 July 2024

Gantt charts are used to schedule project tasks. Invented by Henry Gantt, they take the form of a horizontal bar chart with time on the horizontal axis and tasks on the vertical axis. The ends of the bars represent the start and finish times of the tasks.

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25 July 2024

This week's quote is about academic careers.

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21 July 2024

Possessive apostrophes are used to show ownership or association, such as "Mary's book" or "Tom's dance club." Its use is the same in American and British English. However, the rules that govern its use can be somewhat complicated.

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18 July 2024