About

Who’s fault is this?

This blog, and most if not all of the associated media and awesomeness are brought about by one man, David Kernohan. Whilst he appreciates the support of his friends and colleagues in JISC, he is clear that he speaks for himself and not JISC, or any of the programmes and projects he may have responsibility for at any given time. He greatly enjoyed writing this paragraph in the third person.

How can I contact you?

Send me a message on twitter (@dkernohan) or email me (cyberoctopus [at] [large email provider based in mountain view].com). Unless you are sending me “guest post” requests, or advertising placement suggestions. Then just don’t bother contacting me.

Why “followers of the apocalypse”?

Either:

(a) the metaphor of this particular grouping within the Fallout series of games, preserving and transmitting the useful forgotten knowledge of an earlier age, has a clear parallel to the work of this blog in contemporary UK HE policy, or

(b) the ridiculously over-the-top nature of the name makes me smile every time I think of it. And it looks good on a t-shirt.

What do you write about?

Higher education policy in the UK, openness and online life, pedagogy and education, technology, various conferences and events I attend. With varying levels of seriousness and authority.

What do you not write about?

Stuff that would make my employer (JISC) upset.

Who made that awesome header image?

Rob Englebright, who is a proper real illustrator/cartoonist in between being an awesome programme manager and standards geek par excellence. He also designed the house robots on Robot Wars!

What’s all the audio stuff?

Mixcloud: DJ mixes combining people talking about education and very noisy electronic music.

Soundcloud: Usually stuff that I’m currently working on.

AudioBoo: Me singing songs. Yes, really.

What license do you use?

Generally Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Unported. But I may give individual posts other licenses.

Do you carry advertisements/ will you endorse a product or service?

No. Except for (advertisement) http://www.forluna.co.uk , which is a great place to buy vintage-inspired swimwear in the UK.

And in terms of endorsements:

Service – Hippie Hosting host this blog. They’re lovely. Host things with them.

Product – I have amazing art on my walls. It was made by Carol Yates. If you want amazing art on your walls, talk to her.

That’s it.

Will you write something for me?

Possibly. If I’m interested enough in it. But it’ll end up on here under a CC-BY-SA license just like the rest.

How do I cite or quote from this blog?

The name of this blog is “The Followers of the Apocalypse” and that is the name I would like to have content attributed to under the terms of the Creative Commons license. So, in prose, please use “The Followers of the Apocalypse say…” or similar constructions. It sounds a bit of an odd point to labour, but the idea of a serious article citing “The Followers of the Apocalypse” as some kind of authority amuses me.

There’s something else I wanted to ask you…

Ask me on twitter.

Send me a message on twitter (@dkernohan)