… While advances in personal technology continue at a rapid pace, at times their designers seem to forget about the population that could perhaps benefit from it the most. Stabelfeldt says just the ability to charge a phone with a wheelchair didn’t even exist until a few years ago. But features like Apple’s “Home” appContinueContinue reading “How a Smart Home Empowers People with Disabilities”
Category Archives: People
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”
Lego Prosthetic Leg – [video]
Christina Stephens, aka AmputeeOT made an amazing time-lapse of building her own Lego prosthetic leg. [wp_youtube]W8fdXNN0irI[/wp_youtube] via MAKE
The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device
The social web offers a means of engagement that trascends the technology and transforms lives. Strangely or not, I tend not to see myself as disabled. Maybe that’s why I tend to focus on sharing more about what I’m doing than who I am or what I think about disability specific things – whatever thoseContinueContinue reading “The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device”
The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device
The social web offers a means of engagement that trascends the technology and transforms lives. Strangely or not, I tend not to see myself as disabled. Maybe that’s why I tend to focus on sharing more about what I’m doing than who I am or what I think about disability specific things – whatever thoseContinueContinue reading “The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device”
Adelaide Tweetup at Kappys
Went to my first Tweetup today. Was held at Kappys in Flinders St. Was great meeting some of the Adelaide twitter folk (oh, and @silkcharm, who is an ex-Adelaide girl). Some I already followed and now have some new ones. Here’s some pics: (more here) UPDATE: @silkcharm has posted a qik video: http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer4.swf Dave
Roy’s Because Effect
UPDATE: Roy was interviewed on the show about Visual Facilitation – see the youtube video here. My mate Roy Blumenthal from South Africa, who is the man behind my portrait on my lifekludger blog, has scored himself a gig as a weekly co-anchor of CNBC AFRICA’s business magazine show, ‘Kaleidoscope’ where he employs his visualContinueContinue reading “Roy’s Because Effect”
Mark Pesce feed munger
After chasing all the places Mark Pesce chooses to write his missives, a tweet sent by @stilgherrian this morning asking Mark if he had a feed which gathers his writings from all the places it’s thrown spurred me on to creating one. So this evening I threw together a yahoo pipe of Mark’s feeds. GetContinueContinue reading “Mark Pesce feed munger”
Lifekludger vision from outside
The other day my vanity feeds came up with another connection – this time in the shape of a photo on flickr that references Lifekludger being used in a blog post. The post was by Mike Poole who’d used a photo of a drawing Roy Blumenthal had started for me when designing a logo forContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger vision from outside”
People don’t scale, People Networks do.
I read with interest my good mate, Hugo Ortega’s UberTablet blog. Hugo was the very first guest on our Extraordinary Everyday Lives podcast and, outside of my regular colleagues, has been the single biggest supporter of my Lifekludger endeavours, and indeed myself, in a substantial way – providing equipment to try with my mouthstick especially.ContinueContinue reading “People don’t scale, People Networks do.”
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”
WE the people, WE the bloggers
The other day I read a post titled “Shared Cultures” on the Naked yak blog, the the ending part of which read… ….We should use the potential openness of social networks to make a difference, to shape the future into a much more intimate place – a world of ‘we’. This comment about ‘we’ resonatedContinueContinue reading “WE the people, WE the bloggers”
The Fourth Platform clarified – the Social Sector
Over on her blog, Laurel does as brilliant job of expanding on a very important penny that was dropped and jelled at the Connecting Up Conference earlier in the week. It’s reflected in the comment I jotted down here while liveblogging. During his keynote, Daniel Ben-Horin from Compumentor made reference to the emergence of aContinueContinue reading “The Fourth Platform clarified – the Social Sector”
sticky signals – radio baily springs to life again
The other day one of the feeds in my reader came alive and I notice radio baily is back on the air. Gday UnclePaul. Stickyness of connection only works if you don’t kill the signal (feed). Dave
change and the digital generation
In the light of what Nick and I talked about on this podcast I posted last night, this video presentation is a brilliant synopsis. A must look. From Park Paradigm, via JP Just wish I had a clearer view…persevere, it’s worth it. Edglings – some previous thoughts about life on the edge Dave
twitter fragmentation
I like Kent Newsome. Besides the fact he has good taste in the blogs he reads (mine!), he seems to carve out his own way amongst the goat tracks on paddock blogosphere and stick to it. Recently he developed another of his own guides to direct his twitter use and is only going to followContinueContinue reading “twitter fragmentation”
Lifekludger geekstory video on OnTen.net
The Geek Stories: David Wallace the Lifekludger Nick now has video of me and my geek story from the other day out on Microsoft’s Channel 10 site – http://www.onten.net Check it out…if you’re game.
Lifekludger and Munge brothers geek out.
Just had a visit from Nick Hodge and Mike Seyfang. You’ll know Mike as my co-host and co-hort in all things geeky and new media and Nick is from Microsoft Channel 10 and start_geek. We were doing some geeking out while Nick shot some video and tell my geek story. Keep an eye out forContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger and Munge brothers geek out.”
dkart exhibition at Bradley U opening in SL
The other day I had an exhibition of my Second Life art. I was invited to show it at the opening of the building and resources that Bradley University have established on Information Island. I took the opportunity to capture the opening and snipped together my versy first video with iMovie and on YouTube. SeeContinueContinue reading “dkart exhibition at Bradley U opening in SL”
Suffolk ‘n’ Cool Second Life T-shirts
So here’s how a net works. Mike emailed me about Peter Clitheroe (suffolkandcool.com) saying he’s a mate of Pete Cogle (pcpodcast.podsahow.com) and how he was heard on his podcast talking about having tshirts in Second Life and needing a hand with getting them out in-world. So, I left a comment on the suffolk ‘n’ coolContinueContinue reading “Suffolk ‘n’ Cool Second Life T-shirts”
tools = freedom
Back on Jan 16 and 18, posts by JP alerted me of a video of Lawrence Lessig speaking at the 23rd Chaos Communications Congress. Here’s a link to the video. JP says: One of the key points made by Lawrence Lessig in his 23C3 speech is how code, once used solely to make things work,ContinueContinue reading “tools = freedom”
Share Overlap Connect
Well it seems too much is happenning in my life at present. Which annoys me. It annoys me because I desire connection and in the world of connection sharing is key….another word I spin on that sharing meme is openness. But it takes time to share. And right now I don’t have time to share.ContinueContinue reading “Share Overlap Connect”
Cam The Podfather
Cam’s had a write-up in the Age about TPN and podcasting. Way to go Cam. Check it out here at the Sydney Morning Herald site. This was a piece by Fran Molloy as part of her series on how people use technology. Fran is the same person who featured me as Lifekludger a few weeksContinueContinue reading “Cam The Podfather”
Beth’s Birthday Mash
Beth is a blogging contact who is turning 50. She’s running a competition where you do a mashup for her birthday and submit it to her flickr pool. The winner gets $50 donated to a charity of their choice. Here’s the details. Here’s my entry. Now the mashup might not be obvious unless you areContinueContinue reading “Beth’s Birthday Mash”
