rich osborne / virtual architect
The Virtual Explorer Blog
If you're interested in the web you might find my blog The Virtual Explorer (http://thevirtualexplorer.blogspot.com) interesting. Mostly intellectual reflections on possibilities that are emerging, rather than just a newscast on the latest and greatest tech - there are already plenty of those blogs, after all!
RSS ContentThe Sunday Roaster Blog
Alternatively there's the blog for my main hobby, cooking. I do keep a rather intermittent blog about by culinary exploits called The Sunday Roaster (http://thesundayroaster.blogspot.com/) which is primarily about ... you guessed it ... Sunday roasts.
RSS ContentWho am I?
Professionally speaking I currently work for the University of Exeter as project manager for an E-Assessment project, 'Collaborate'. My expertise is in both pedagogy and ICTs, so most of my work lies in the boundaries created by these distinct disciplines.
Personally I'm a cook, psychologist, husband and father, someone who loves to laugh and loves to play, fascinated by why we are what we are, and how we come to be ourselves.
Why virtual architect?
I've long been interested in how people move within and interact in virtual spaces, and by virtual spaces I mean all those that are created by the use of Information & Communication Technologies. I use the term virtual architect as a sort of moniker to describe this overall interest and subsequent work. By combining these terms I intend to suggest a wider appreciation of what it means to create virtual spaces, and how they function from a humanistic as well as technological viewpoint.