I spent the morning on Second Life meeting with others from around the world involved in non profit ventures. There was a heap of people there and it got quite crowded and noisy from the typing. Unfortunately the audio wasn’t great so I had a bit of trouble hearing and staying engaged. It didn’t helpContinueContinue reading “At the Mixed Reality Meetup in Second Life”
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We are Human beings not human doings
JP has some thoughts about humans multitasking which came out of something Edward Hallowell said in an article about what Mr Hallowell terms ‘Attention Deficit Trait’. Quoting the bit that sparked this from an article from the The Economist (not the interview article linked above): ……. “Mr Hallowell says that people who work in physicalContinueContinue reading “We are Human beings not human doings”
Latest Extraordinary Everyday Lives Podcast up #007
Extraordinary Everyday Lives #007 : Mungefest The latest EEL Show, which I host with Mike, over on The Podcast Network has gone online. Go and have a listen or subscribe here. We had heaps of technical probs this time, mostly due to my link I think. I ended up on telephone. So I patched itContinueContinue reading “Latest Extraordinary Everyday Lives Podcast up #007”
Latest Extraordinary Everyday Lives Podcast up #007
Extraordinary Everyday Lives #007 : Mungefest The latest EEL Show, which I host with Mike, over on The Podcast Network has gone online. Go and have a listen or subscribe here. We had heaps of technical probs this time, mostly due to my link I think. I ended up on telephone. So I patched itContinueContinue reading “Latest Extraordinary Everyday Lives Podcast up #007”
Is Doc Searls a fashion model for Second Life?
So as readers would be aware from here, here, here and here, I’ve been dsipping my virtual feet into Second Life. A story behind the news is when first landing in SL, my repressed 70’s leanings emerged and I decked myself out with a standard issue tie dye shirt that SL has in their inventory.ContinueContinue reading “Is Doc Searls a fashion model for Second Life?”
Like trying to find a needle in a ….
When Doc quotes Christopher Carfi and within the context comments about the new service Haystack as an example of what Don Marti calls 2GI, or 2nd Generation Intermediation. Its a new form of mediation that gets older forms out of the way. It’s the shortest distance, for example, betwen users and the people who createContinueContinue reading “Like trying to find a needle in a ….”
Mixed-up Reality Meet-up
Techsoup.org are having a mixed reality meetup in SecondLife on 18th. Beth has all the info. over on her blog. I’m intending to be there virtually and I knew Mike would be interested so I helped him get into SL and ramped up last night so if we get the chance we can go there.ContinueContinue reading “Mixed-up Reality Meet-up”
MessageEase
The other day I got a message fom Nathan who read my AcerC200 tabletpc review. He told me about an onscreen keyboard, text input alternative he uses on his PPC device that is also available for TabletPCs, Origami, cell phones or it looks like nearly anthing else requiring text input. Hi Dave, Just read yourContinueContinue reading “MessageEase”
Talking iPod – Eyes off!
The other day on Gday World, my mate Mike Seyfang was talking about how he could put a video iPod in his pocket and still listen to the audio, negating having to actually look at the screen in circumstances where that would be not possible or less desirable (like crashing his bike or walking intoContinueContinue reading “Talking iPod – Eyes off!”
Life on the edge
Doc talks about it, JP adds substance to it, now I want to give a Lifekludger view. Shift the context to a disability perspective. While Doc and co’s thoughts are around the Net Neutrality debate, it’s the humanity aspects outlined that perked my interest. JP says eloquently: The edge is about people. Control has passedContinueContinue reading “Life on the edge”
EEL Podcast up – #6
The latest edition of the Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show is out. Scoot over to the podcast network and grab it – this edition we talk to Dr Lloyd Walker, Rehabilitation Engineer and currently the Director of NovitaTech….plus the usual frivolities.
EEL Podcast up – #6
The latest edition of the Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show is out. Scoot over to the podcast network and grab it – this edition we talk to Dr Lloyd Walker, Rehabilitation Engineer and currently the Director of NovitaTech….plus the usual frivolities. Dave
Some days are diamonds, some …..
Yep, today was definately a stone. Thanks mostly to inflexible workplace support arrangements courtesy of the inflexible, dehumanising Australian Federal Government. I was in a meeting with four, yes four, people paid to tick boxes so they can fit me into the dictated ‘support’ arrangements so I can have the assistance required to fulfill myContinueContinue reading “Some days are diamonds, some …..”
Ewan’s lucky dip
Ewan Spence, extreme podcaster , is moving house and instead of moving stuff he’s selling it to anyone who’ll pay 5 pounds – only you don’t know what you’ll get. It’s called… “Win Ewan’s Stuff” and you’ll find mroe details on my blog http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2006/07/02/win-my-stuff-everyone-gets-a-prize/ Basically, anyone in the world can Paypal me £5, and I’llContinueContinue reading “Ewan’s lucky dip”
Craigslist, Second Life and the law – disability, society and openness.
I’ve written something over in my personal blog around the title of this post, Craigslist, Second Life and the law – disability, society and openness, that readers of Lifekludger might find interesting. This cross-post has brought to the fore something about my blogs. Lifekludger was started as an offshoot of my personal blog to largelyContinueContinue reading “Craigslist, Second Life and the law – disability, society and openness.”
Craigslist, Second Life and the law – disability, society and openness.
I see via tech.meme and outlined over on law.com that the net community is struggling with issues of discrimination with a law suit that’s been filed against the popular online classifieds site, Craigslist. To fill you in from law.com: Google, Amazon.com, AOL and Yahoo are helping defend online peer Craigslist against a lawsuit that wouldContinueContinue reading “Craigslist, Second Life and the law – disability, society and openness.”
RockYou
Found this neat site called RockYou via Mike that lets you do neat Photo Slideshows. It’s extremely easy an neat. I put this show together below from my Darwin trip to show what’s possible. http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=30626865 Update: Did I say it is neat?
Dancing
Yep, I’ve been line dancing……in Second Life. Sad, isn’t it.
Silliman reads Confused who reads Lifekludger
Dunno who Silliman is exactly, except he has many followers and a wikipedia entry. But he lists the “Confused of Calcutta” blogroll as one he likes a lot. And I’m on that roll, well my Lifekludger blog, with lotsa other good blogs, so that makes me feel happy…..in a sort of ‘second degree of seperation’ContinueContinue reading “Silliman reads Confused who reads Lifekludger”
EEL Podcast up – #5
Latest Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show is up at the show’s blog over on the amazing, the wonderful, the splendiferous…..extraordinary – The Podcast Network. Subscribe folks……..please. Use iTunes or any other podcatcher and you’ll get the shows auto-delivered by our extraordinary podcast pidgeon named “proto”. [gee …I need to get outta here]
Alternate touchpads
Over on Binary Bonsai blog, some thoughts about the Scrollwheel Sensitivity of the fifth generation iPods caught my interest: Did you know the iPod scrollwheel, on 5G iPods at least, is sensitive enough to be operated through the leather pouch that comes with the iPod? It’s true. It’s even sensitive enough to be operated throughContinueContinue reading “Alternate touchpads”
Point 13
Back in 2003 Scoble wrote his 20 point “Corporate Weblog Manifesto”. Point 13 says: 13) If your life is in turmoil and/or you’re unhappy, don’t write. When I was going through my divorce, it affected my writing in subtle ways. Lately I’ve been feeling a lot better, and I notice my writing and readership qualityContinueContinue reading “Point 13”
BlogFlowers
Came across this neat site that creates a graphical representation of a website. WebsitesAsGraphs is what it’s called. I pointed it at a few sites, including this one, lifekludger, TPN and our Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show site and came up with these you can see on this Flicker page. It occured to me that, asContinueContinue reading “BlogFlowers”
Hob-knobbing with the Governor
Just got back from town where I attended the Dawn Slade-Faull Awards ceremony. It was held where I work and my Boss, who was ill, was suppossed to meet and greet the Governor of SA, Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson. All other Staff had prior engagements so the batten passed to me at the last moment.ContinueContinue reading “Hob-knobbing with the Governor”
Re-presenting – Two presentations in three days
This week Mike (Seyfang) and I have been on the heady Adelaide talk circuit. Silicon valley’s got nothin on us! [grin] [mike and dave at adelaide uni – 7-6-06] We’ve been presenting our ‘Building communities through weBLOGS and PodCasts’ talk we first did at ConnectingUp at the beginning of May. This last Monday we presentedContinueContinue reading “Re-presenting – Two presentations in three days”
