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Author Archives: dnw
wordcamp take-aways
Wordcamp to me was the right un-conference at the right time. At work we’ve been going through some tough stuff after getting near 50% of our budget cut earlier this year. I’ve been re-evaluating everything we do and trying to gaze into the future and direct the IT side of our frail mothership forward. Slash-andContinueContinue reading “wordcamp take-aways”
Flying with a wheelchair – not in Second Life
So, I’m back from Melbourne for wordcamp I’ll write more about wordcamp later but for now I wanted get these thoughts out about travel. The flight was good. The staff at Qantas are becoming adept at using the lifting devices (Eagle lifter) that transfer you from wheelchair to plane seat and back and so whileContinueContinue reading “Flying with a wheelchair – not in Second Life”
Second Life Recording of EEL Show and GGP Podcasts
So, while I’ve been at wordcamp I see Mike has uploaded our latest special edition Extraordinary Everyday Lives podcast that we recorded in conjunction with Dave Gray from Global Geeks podcast. What’s special about this podcast is it was recorded totally in Second Life. Dave Gray has recently come into SL and he and IContinueContinue reading “Second Life Recording of EEL Show and GGP Podcasts”
Dateline Melbourne – wordcamp – 1 = fast net access
So, I’m in Melbourne for Wordcamp. [melbourne.wordcamp.org] Nice apartment, fast, fast net access. See you there if you’re going…if not stay tuned. UPDATE: The above graph was created by the broadband test Facebook application.
Beetroot in Subway – are Subway now gonna charge extra?
Some recent comments on my Bring Beetroot Back to Subway meme so thought I’d update you all. Jim loves Subway but not Beetroot. I love subway but beetroot sux. its messy and i hate it in my subway. adelaide has beetroot and never got rid of it but i wont be upset if it goesContinueContinue reading “Beetroot in Subway – are Subway now gonna charge extra?”
Phone fingers need a finger to work
[img:1943139268,small] [A Phone Finger on my mouthstick. All revved up with no place to go.] Well, I bought the Mac book home to try these phone fingers on my mouthstick. Doesn’t work. Still needs a finger. I had originally thought the phone fingers might have been made from material that acted like the human fingerContinueContinue reading “Phone fingers need a finger to work”
Where we need to get back to
Real community and why we are building tools to connect to each other: “One of the things that characterizes people living in difficult conditions is a very well-developed sense of how dependent we humans are on each other,” says Cockburn. “There’s a sense of community that is beyond anything that one encounters in the developedContinueContinue reading “Where we need to get back to”
Have phone fingers- need touch pad
So…the Phone Fingers I ordered arrived and were waiting when I got home from work. Very quick service from Austria to Australia. However you’ll all have to wait to see how they work on my stick… I’ve been so well adapted to not being able to use anything with a touch pad that I’ve gotContinueContinue reading “Have phone fingers- need touch pad”
Phone Fingers – Solution for ‘no finger’ touch?
I’ve been under a rock. Just decided pop my head out and saw that these Phone Fingers had been released. Immediately I thought that this may at long last be the answer to the problems I have using anything that requires a finger skin to operate it. I’m off to order some and see howContinueContinue reading “Phone Fingers – Solution for ‘no finger’ touch?”
Lifekludger on TV – No Limits
A while ago I was approached to appear on the TV show “No Limits”. The show is produced out of Melbourne and screens on Channel 31 on Mondays at 7.30pm. Here’s how they describe the show: No Limits is a project of Disability Media Inc. We believe in the power of the media to changeContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger on TV – No Limits”
Second Life and The Podcast Network HQ
Some of you may have been wondering why I’ve been a bit quiet on here of late.I’ve been flat out in Second Life (SL) helping get a base for The Podcast Network up and established. It’s been a heady couple weeks which started innocently enough with Cameron Reilly asking me about getting a little placeContinueContinue reading “Second Life and The Podcast Network HQ”
Lifekludger logo workup
My friend Roy Bluementhal who does portraits and other nice things on a Tablet PC and did the portrait on me up the top of this blog is working on developing a new logo/badge for Lifekludger. He’s being open and naked with his approach and documenting the process and encouraging ideas from viewers. So ifContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger logo workup”
Barriers to Input
Came across this slide when flicking through the stack Laurel used for her presentation on Mobile Social Networks at Web Directions South. Try as I might I couldn’t get past this one slide. In a bit of context-shifting (something my brain does very well all of its own accord) I realise that this succinctly pointsContinueContinue reading “Barriers to Input”
A TWIT
No, not This Week In Tech … Twitter. I’ve reversed my Brain Damage policy. http://twitter.com/dnwallace Hope I live to regret it 🙂 Dave
Mashed Dylan Message
Re-Making History
A few months ago, while on a diversion not usually seen here, I wrote about the ”History of Disability in South Australia” site we’d just opened at work. It came after a whirlwind of activity that turned into a marathon of cutting features to meet deadline. At that time I hinted at some of theContinueContinue reading “Re-Making History”
Cameras without wires
I notice Scoble’s testing Nikon’s S51C camera that has wifi built in. This has prompted me to write what’s been on my mind about the usefulness of cameras having wireless connectivity – of any kind. I use a Dopod 810 PDA. It’s my work and personal diary, phone, mobile web browser and doubles as aContinueContinue reading “Cameras without wires”
September Collisions
It’s strange how things happen. I could be cynical and say it’s strange how things conspire against you. Moreso though it’s strange the collisions that happen in one’s life. Often it’s almost a cosmic thing. Take today. It’s the 26th anniversary (memorial) of my accident. I wrote about celebrating the quarter century of survival hereContinueContinue reading “September Collisions”
Talking about Tools to OTs
The group of Occupational Therapy students at UNISA I spoke with yesterday about how to use tools to do life with disability. The course title is “Enabling Occupation” Occupation being any activity in this case. I like to simplify that to mean “Helping to do stuff”. Which ain’t a bad definition of what a toolContinueContinue reading “Talking about Tools to OTs”
How’s the weather there?
My Nephew is up swaning around the remote NW Western Australia outback. Following along by photos here, this sign on a shop, I think somewhere around Port Hedland, tickled me.
Isolated isolation post on Lifekludger
Sometimes I have troubles deciding where something I write fits. I’m torn between this blog or lifekludger. There’s so much of me that overlaps both. So, for those who might read this blog but not the other, there’s something over on my Lifekludger blog I wrote titled “Isolation kills” you might be interested in. IsolationContinueContinue reading “Isolated isolation post on Lifekludger”
I WoW
Saw UncleNick had a post with a flickr photo taged “iworkontheweb” … here’s mine. Not only do I work on the web, I wouldn’t be able to work too well without it. Even though I have tele-worked since before the web was open, it’s made it so much easier. If you want to know aContinueContinue reading “I WoW”
Isolation kills
Social Isolation kills – period. It kills a person’s hope, kills their spirit, and kills their potential. I know a little about this phenomenon but thankfully less than a lot in the realm of those people who are living with a disability. I know a lot more about it second hand too; the stories visitContinueContinue reading “Isolation kills”
Emporia Life Phone info sought
Back here I wrote about the Emporia Life Phone. The other day I got an email asking me about where to get one in Australia, which it appears you can’t. Can anyone help shelly? Are you listening Emporia? shelly wrote: EMPORIA PHONE These are not available in Australia at present and nobody I have spokenContinueContinue reading “Emporia Life Phone info sought”
