I couldn’t get to the Adelaide Festival of Ideas but I have been following along and listening to some podcasts Mike has been un-earthing. As an easy way to grab them I made a pipe of the podcasts from his feed. Subscribe here if you want the podcasts. Dave [tags]AdelaideFestivalofIdeas, podcast, adelaide, arts, culture, ideas,ContinueContinue reading “Adelaide Festival of Ideas podcast pipe”
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Naked
Got a track back to a post I wrote last year about openness on the Net. It was a link from a post on what appears a fairly new blog called naked yak. Looking around, turns out it’s the blog of a team of people from Naked Ltd who is a start-up company working onContinueContinue reading “Naked”
Thinking about Three Levels of Technology Access
Overview: * Getting hold of technology, operating it and getting value from it are challenges when the mode of access falls outside the intended design parameters. * Access to technology needs to start with a person focus not a technology focus. * Gaps in access should be approached from the bottom up with an opennessContinueContinue reading “Thinking about Three Levels of Technology Access”
Mobile phones, PDAs and Bluetooth with a disability.
Photo by agg.alex Operating Mobile phones, PDAs and Bluetooth with a disability. I often get questions about different devices and things via email. I will as much as possible answer these publicly here so we all can benefit from each other’s experiences via comments etc. So if ever you write email to me and don’tContinueContinue reading “Mobile phones, PDAs and Bluetooth with a disability.”
The reason why we MUST NOT build walled gardens!
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace Couldn’t sleep last night and so read this essay by Danah Boyd This sentence stood out to me: “The division around MySpace and Facebook is just another way in which technology is mirroring societal values.” – Danah Boyd There exists in society too much division already -ContinueContinue reading “The reason why we MUST NOT build walled gardens!”
Roy Blumenthal on The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show #029
The latest edition of the The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show is up. We speak with Roy Blumenthal. Artist, writer, producer, cartoonist, Corporate Facilitator, Coach, Creative Thinking Specialist, Performer, published poet and general self-described ‘common-or-garden creative type’. Roy is widely known for his art created on his Tablet PC and for hanging around in Coffee Shops.ContinueContinue reading “Roy Blumenthal on The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show #029”
Making History
I try not to talk too much about work but I’m laid up here in Horizontal HQ (bed) and a certain pixie has been on my back (figuratively speaking) to blog yet my mind’s a bit of a haze from a cold. So I thought I’d show you what we been working on as itContinueContinue reading “Making History”
Lifekludger Links Weekly #22
I think I may’ve missed a week somewhere in the haze that’s my life at the moment. Anyway, here’s a few more interesting things I’ve seen. A few of these links I’d really like to offer some more detailed thoughts about but unfortunately you can’t scale time. # Car Laptop Holder Adjustable arms. Could possiblyContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Links Weekly #22”
Lifekludger Links Weekly #21
# Computer picture frame for cubicle workers Could be used for so much more. Memory cues, instructions etc. [Popgadget] # DIY A/C zone controls Example of possibilities for electronically controlled ventilation etc. see also DIY zoning [Hack a Day] # The DIY Zoning Project DIY temperature control site. Information about designing and implementing the DoContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Links Weekly #21”
Will my Second Life land sell on Facebook?
Okay, time we put this Facebook thing to the test. I’m trying to sell my waterfront land in Second Life so have just listed it on Facebook Marketplace. Let’s see the famed power of this ‘social network’. Funny how I couldn’t list it in $Linden. 🙂 Here’s the slurl to the land Listing on slexchange.com
Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show #28 with JP Rangaswami
The latest edition of The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show podcast is out. On this show we have a special guest, JP Rangaswami from Confused of Calcutta blog. JP and I have been chatting via the blogs for a year and JP graciously agreed to come on the show and have a chat. The Extraordinary EverydayContinueContinue reading “Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show #28 with JP Rangaswami”
Lifekludger talks with JP Rangaswami
The latest edition of The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show podcast is out. The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show #028 – JP Rangaswami On this show we have a special guest, JP Rangaswami from Confused of Calcutta blog. JP and I have been chatting via the blogs for a year and JP graciously agreed to come onContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger talks with JP Rangaswami”
Weekend with Dad
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Lifekludger with the olpc
I’ve had a guest living with me the last two weeks – his name was SparkySparky is a laptop from the olpc people. Called an XO, it is one of the 2500 BTest-2 hardware units built by Quanta, sparky had 128Mb RAM, Sugar interface and is green.I was keen to see if someone with abilitiesContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger with the olpc”
Kent swivels
Here’s my submission of blogs for Kent’s Swivel feeds experiment.jp rangaswami – confused of calcutta – http://confusedofcalcutta.comjp is a kind of information hero of mine. something about how he sees things just clicks with me in totally perpendicular ways. he’s the cio of bt global services.nick hodge – mungenet – http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/Uncle Nick is a MungeContinueContinue reading “Kent swivels”
South Australian State Budget out of touch with Information/Knowledge Economy
In an age where information is the key to a emerging knowledge economy I was amazed at the SA Governments decision to kill nearly half its’ budget for advocacy and information. What’s more, I was stunned by the fact that nearly a third of that was from where I work. Over half our total budgetContinueContinue reading “South Australian State Budget out of touch with Information/Knowledge Economy”
Lifekludger Links Weekly #20
# THE GALLERYDRIVE PROJECT HOMEPAGE // WHEELCHAIR MODDING DIARY A modified wheelchair that follows a line automatically. Built for a gallery robot. Schematics, videos, images, descriptions etc. [via Hackaday] # iPod Laptop AKA iTop An ipod modded so screen flips up. More devices need a fold up screen like this. When they’re flat on aContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Links Weekly #20”
Robot arm makes my brain ping
Something about this makes my brain go ‘ping’. [link]There’s some potential real world usefulness for disability, even for those without the range of motion, out there on the fringe somewhere for this kinda stuff. Just can’t pin it down yet.[via hacked gadgets]Technorati Tags: robot, arms, servo, makers
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
That’s one of my chief guiding principals. If something does the job, go with it until it doesn’t.So, turns out there was something I wanted to do on this blog that my ole WordPress v1.5 install wouldn’t support, so I’ve just upgraded it to v2.It went fairly painless. I disabled plugins, copied the directory overContinueContinue reading “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”
Back on the air after 48 hours
I don’t believe it. Mark of the beast?I’m actually back connected to the outside world after over 48 hours of two of my phone lines being out of order – one of them my ADSL connection.I felt helpless as I rang Telstra again and again with them saying that its a ‘major fault” (no shitContinueContinue reading “Back on the air after 48 hours”
Lifekludger Links Weekly #19
Yes, I know. I’m really, really late with this weeks links. I been busy with work, blogging other things on my personal blog, and podcasting. And then my connection went down for 24hours.# Remote Controlled Switch SocketRemote controlled power sockets, plug and play. US only as far as I can see. Great things for cheapContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Links Weekly #19”
Second Life and text – taking it beyond ‘just a game’
I’ve been sitting on this thought for ages. I have to get it out.I’m of the opinion that what’s stopping Second Life (SL) moving from the ‘game realm’ to the ‘useful business platform realm’ is a four letter word – TEXTSimply put, SL needs to integrate text in-world.The only talk for ages has been aboutContinueContinue reading “Second Life and text – taking it beyond ‘just a game’”
New media activism
A brilliant example of new-media activism from Texan, Greg Hewlett, on YouTube. Link for more info. Hat tip Kent. Reminds me of the audio mashup I did back here to get attention of Cam and Father Bob. More reason to make sure people are empowered to have a voice.
David Weinberger’s boat and archaic language
While I wait for my copy of “Everything is Miscellaneous” to wend its way across the oceans to Australia; after ordering it via Amazon, as the local book stores tell me it’s not released here in Australia yet (cough); I while away my miscellaneous time reading about the book in Mr Weinberger’s blog. While deeplyContinueContinue reading “David Weinberger’s boat and archaic language”
What do YOU call community?
After events of recent times, like the podcast with Laurel, this blog post by Kent and my response here and the Facebook boom, I really like this following quote from Adam Fields, via Doc. “There’s really only one rule for community as far as I’m concerned, and it’s this – in order to call someContinueContinue reading “What do YOU call community?”
