I watched the Apple WWDC presentation this morning and was excited to see the announcement of Shortcuts. Siri Shortcuts Streamline the things you do often with shortcuts. Siri can now intelligently pair your daily routines with third-party apps to suggest convenient shortcuts right when you need them. So if you typically pick up a coffeeContinueContinue reading “Siri Shortcuts stands to be a boon for people living with disability”
Category Archives: My life-tools
In search of the Ubiquitous Mouthstick
Mick (email on request) sent me this very pertinent email the other day about the un-ubiquitous nature of mouthsticks. Lads is it just me or do we all use any given mouth-stick for a broad variety of tasks? I ask because I find that many of the solutions offered for a specific issue -in thisContinueContinue reading “In search of the Ubiquitous Mouthstick”
The Great Automatic Light Saga or How to control a WeMo light from your PC
Summary: Control a lamp with a script on your PC via WiFi and a WeMo Switch This is going to get a bit convoluted so try and stick with me. I moved house the end of last year and, as happens every time, I left behind all the alterations and small tweaks I’d done toContinueContinue reading “The Great Automatic Light Saga or How to control a WeMo light from your PC”
Ray Ozzie knows about Mouthsticks … do you?
Wired recently ran an article about Microsoft CEO Ray Ozzie. One incident in particular introduced Ozzie to the magic that comes when people connect via computer. He had taken a part-time assignment helping a professor finish writing some courseware. The prof lived on the other side of town, so Ozzie collaborated with him remotely. OzzieContinueContinue reading “Ray Ozzie knows about Mouthsticks … do you?”
Lifekludger does ARATA08 Conference
‘Assistive Technology – creating value through participation’ conference by Australian Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association (ARATA) at the convention centre in Adelaide, South Australia. I was encouraged by Hugh Stewart, from the School of Occpational Therapy at UNISA to present a paper on what I’ve been doing online and around social media with AT -ContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger does ARATA08 Conference”
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”
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”
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.”
Lifekludger in Sydney Morning Herald
November 23, 2006 LiveWire “Quadriplegic, podcaster and blogger Dave Wallace tells Fran Molloy how he uses technology.” Sydney Morning Herald I woke early today and wandering around my feed reader found my interview article has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald online site overnight. Will wander physically down street later and see if it madeContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger in Sydney Morning Herald”
occupational therapy lecture
Just like last year, I gave my lecture about my life with disability and the things I’ve learnt along the way to a class of OT students at UNISA a couple weeks ago. Another big group and two hours trying talk loud as I could meant I was buggered aftewards but very fulfilled. I changedContinueContinue reading “occupational therapy lecture”
People who give a damn!
This post started as an email reply to Frank Arrigo. Frank was kindly answering another of my questions about Bluetooth and PDA interoperability. My response evolved however into something that really needs to be more widely heard, hence I’m posting it here. > Unfortunately the news isn’t good > > I haven’t been able toContinueContinue reading “People who give a damn!”
Bluetooth & My PDA – my ongoing saga
Over at Frank Arrigo’s blog he has the low down on a kludge to get VoiceCommand to take commands straight from a BT headset. frankarr – an aussie microsoft blogger : K-JAM, Microsoft Voice Command, Bluetooth earpiece and a registry hack Longtime readers will know the ongoing battle I’ve had with this BT stuff onContinueContinue reading “Bluetooth & My PDA – my ongoing saga”
The perfect productivity tools
The Lifehacker was reporting on what tools she uses everyday. In addition to using Yahoo! Calendar as detailed previously, I carry around a 70 sheet spiral notebook with a cardboard cover which cost about a buck at the local drugstore. In it I write down my daily to-do’s and project lists. I manually transfer itemsContinueContinue reading “The perfect productivity tools”
Enabling Occupation
After a lecture I gave to some Year 2 Occupational Therapy Students at UNISA back in September which I wrote about on my personal blog, I was invited back today to give the speel to some Post Grad Students. This group was smaller compared to the 60 odd last time. I had a great timeContinueContinue reading “Enabling Occupation”
Thunderbird’s QuickText
There’s a great extension for the equally great open source email program, Thunderbird called QuickText. This bit of software is installed in Thunderbird and acts like a macro typing device that can input long pieces of text with few keystrokes or the click of a button. QuickText is especially for email as it can recognizeContinueContinue reading “Thunderbird’s QuickText”
Rotary switch adaption
Was sitting here in my office on a 31C day thinking it feels a bit hot. Was just then I remembered I could turn the ceiling fan on thanks to a switch mod my father did recently. I’d had many similar mods on rotary switches of many types done previously and as I cannot gripContinueContinue reading “Rotary switch adaption”
