iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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dom jordan @domjordan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

thread of all the episode art i've done for the @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social podcast, not in chronological order

severed hand on a lever attached to a sci-fi control panel

a panda in a spacesuit holding a doom-style keycard

a dog who is a be-wigged courtroom judge, banging their gavel

a cabinet of gold trophies in the shape of people, with plaques for things such as "wait", "sit" and "wag"

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I'm still doing this, and I'm still loving it. If you haven't listened in a while check it out, we've been trying some new stuff and it's a hoot to record and even better to listen back

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Disney villains need to start taking notes. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Boy am I glad that thumbnail doesn't make me look like I've just nodded off mid sentence. Good chat tho mind

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Oh sick Wizard Banisher. Get outta here ya damn wizards! <chases with broom>

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Just had a lovely meeting with some of the Pedagodzilla book authors. Really reassuring to know that no matter where you are in the country, if you're working in higher ed you're bloody knackered right now

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

My special episode for #worldbookday! Good fun to run, edit and listen back to - with grisly rhyming and not so much dark undertones as a dark basecoat, detailing and lacquer.

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Mairi Spaceship Nolan 🚀✨ (she/her) @mairispaceship.com · 25/02/2025

New episode of @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social is out! This one was an absolute pleasure to co-host, as cognitive load in escape rooms is a really interesting topic. Escape rooms can borrow (and perhaps should) borrow a lot from puzzley video games with this.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I miss hair a little bit. I miss proper youth a lot.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This evening we fixed our cooker. It's the third time I've had the guts out of it in 9 years and we're still very chuffed to keep the thing kicking. It was second hand when we bought it, so the thing owes nothing to anyone.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I look forward to facing tonight's inevitable baby plop in the bath armed with friendship and a colander. Cheers @dannynicholls.bsky.social you wonderful bloke.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I'm noticing a direct correlation in how incoherent and dickish I am with how much sleep and coffee I've had. Interesting.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Crikey the stuff that's come out about how Meta nakedly pirated stuff to train their AI is mad. Smoking gun, person holding gun, person saying 'it was me I did it' next to the body of copyright. Even with this I'm not confident UK or US courts are going to do owt about it...

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My 1 year old daughter's favourite game this weekend was lifting up my jumper and slapping my flabby belly with a tambourine.

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The Infinite Escape Room podcast @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

🥁 Drumroll please .. The Infinite Escape Room has a new co-host! We're absolutely bloody delighted to announce that puzzlemaker extraordinaire @mairispaceship.com has joined us as a co-host. Mairi's puzzlemaking skills are second to none and she's worked with some heavy hitters in the industry.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

If you're going to put eye drops in the eyes of a sleeping baby, for the love of god don't do it after you yourself planned to go to bed. That way lies sadness for all involved

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I just ate so much rotisserie chicken that I think I might need to have an early night

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

You know your local GP surgery is bad when you get a letter from your MP saying parliament are considering deconsecrating it

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I vibe with this. I do some of my best stuff out of spite.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

There's something really special about catching the moment your kid falls asleep. It's such an amazing transition - it's just on to off in a matter of seconds.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

A friend of mine revealed he used Pedagodzilla to help put his baby to sleep. I am genuinely flattered

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Just published the last of the Playful Learning 2024 recordings, with a look back at how the conference started, where play sits in practice, and some top tips for submitting an abstract for 2025. Submissions are open now folks! www.pedagodzilla.com/playful-lear...

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Playful Learning past, present and submitting abstracts in the future

In this episode of Pedagodzilla, we’re coming to you live (well, sort of) from the final day of the Playful Learning Conference 2024! We’re Mike Collins, senior learning designer at the Open Univer…

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I am now near enough to my forties that the most exciting part of the week is batch cooking a couple of litres of chilli con carne, because that means I get to have chilli on toast for breakfast the next day .

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Well hello wobbly bits, goodness knows how you happened.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Crikey Ogmore is a gorgeous part of the world. Of all the places in South Wales to wander to in a failed attempt to get the baby to nap, this was the wettest.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

After three days of culinary hedonism my attempt to cook something healthy ended in shame and mush

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Last years resolution was to get the girl out for some fresh air every day, which barring a couple of illnesses I managed. Racking my brains for an achievable resolution for 2025 which will work with my energy depleted carcass. Top of the list atm is a nap a day.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Ye gods why didn't Kaos get a second season? Just finished season 1 and it was the best thing I'd watched in ages

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Christmas eve was a record breaker for us. A 9 hour bedtime with baby Hayley that went until 3.30am. Will we have a Christmas miracle and all get to sleep tonight? Let's find out!

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Crumbs as of this week I've been working for the @openuniversity.bsky.social for 10 years. Some ups and downs along the way, but overall it's been a pretty positive professional decade.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Finished the Wild Bastards story campaign yesterday and loved it. A nice compact, pick up and put down indie shooter which didn't outstay it's welcome. Need more bitesize indie fun!

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The Seafort Saga is absolutely scrumptious

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Is it just me, or is #bluesky 90% @scalzi.com or @scalzi.com adjacent content? Not that I mind, it's just that I'm starting to think of it as #bluescalzi, which sounds like a series of short naughty sci-fi stories.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Here's the latest episode of the Pedagodzilla #podcast: Grand Theft Auto or Mario? Which design philosophy makes for a better curriculum? With my fab cohost @markchilds.bsky.social and our guest Luke Pearce...who doesn't seem to be on Bluesky yet...doh! www.pedagodzilla.com/gta-or-mario...

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GTA or Mario, which design philosophy makes for a better curriculum? (Ft. Luke Pearce)

Fast cars or magic mushrooms would have been a better clickbait title for this. Damn our ethics. In this episode we’re joined by the fab Luke Pearce to talk about linear and nonlinear learnin…

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The Rest is Entertainment, with @richardosman1.bsky.social and Marina Hyde is everything good about podcasts and my new go-to background burble. It's two witty, delightful people who know their industry inside out, sharing their thoughts and insights without metaguff. Ear nutrition.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Sunday morning #dadlife. The girl wants to cwtch up next to me to read her book (upside down, but baby steps) while I write a podcast script on my phone. S Rank way to start the day.

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This hits hard. I'd add 'don't have a baby in the house'

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 2

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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Mike Collins @mikecollins.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hello Friday Wine. You and I both know that in the long term, you're not as good as Friday Mint Tea and a bit of Friday Chocolate. But here we are again. You sultry temptress.

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