UPDATE 2006-10-26: The podcast episode featuring the chat with Nancy is now online over at the Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show page Nancy White is in Australia on a whirlwind speaking tour. She was in Adelaide today and Mike was playing chauffeur and tour guide. Nancy, Mike and I took the opportunity to meet at myContinueContinue reading “A Full Circle, LearnDog Lifekludger Moment”
Category Archives: People
Oz loses another opportunity
In case you missed it, Cameron Reilly, the esteemed leader of The Podcast Network, where my Extraordinary Everyday Lives show is hosted, is leaving Australia bound for the US to try and get some deserved support. He was on the front cover of The Bulletin this week featured in an article on how Australian entrepreneursContinueContinue reading “Oz loses another opportunity”
My first appearance in an online video
I don’t believe it. Mike has unearthed a video online over at googlevideo of him and I presenting at the Connecting Up conference earlier this year. I knew these things would be used for unsavoury purposes, but never dreamt it would be this shocking! Dave
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”
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”
Portrait of a Lifekludger
Roy Blumenthal is an artist from South Africa who paints – ‘inks’ – what do you call it – portraits on a TabletPC. After a comment on one of my posts on my Lifekludger blog and some discussion we had Roy went and did a portrait of me in my natural state – Lifekludging! ThanksContinueContinue reading “Portrait of a Lifekludger”
Empowering a conversation based on Focused Intention
Caught up with Dr Lloyd Walker today. He was in at where I work with some 5th year biomedical engineering students he gives lectures to about rehabilitation engineering so he dropped by my office. We were talking about the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bid and the desire to engage people with disabilities, and those whomContinueContinue reading “Empowering a conversation based on Focused Intention”
Who’s the Turkey?!
I don’t believe it! Mike keeps a Turkey Journal? No wonder he’s right into blogs….he’s been paper-blogging all along…I wonder if he pasted hardcopy pictures in there….
Happy Birthday Jed
Was my son’s 5th birthday today……he got a bike.
Mental Health gateway for kids
I didn’t know our (SA) Govt. was doing this until I serendipitously came across it today. Will look closer when I get time. Headroom http://www.headroom.net.au/
Youth Depression
A Mission Australia media release reports: A national survey of around 11,300 young people, aged 11-24 (94% between 11-19), has found that ‘suicide/self harm’, ‘physical/sexual abuse’ and ‘family conflict’ are issues of growing concern…… Two in five young participants were significantly concerned about suicide, and one in three about depression. 1 in 3! Astounding. MissionContinueContinue reading “Youth Depression”
How to Move your Identity
I started this post a few days ago, on the 24th (a whole 2 days ago…geez internet time flies). Note to skimmers…..if you can’t be bothered reading it all, skip and read the end….that’s where the point is. 24th… Cam has started a discussion all by asking if he should move his blog. Some respondentsContinueContinue reading “How to Move your Identity”
Screenagers
LearnDog has a post that directed me to an interesting article in the New York Times about teenagers and the way they are interacting with the digital world. Here’s some thoughts I had on it. “These young kids are very sophisticated and phenomenally intuitive,” he said. “This is the first generation that’s been born intoContinueContinue reading “Screenagers”
It’s all about the people!
My friend Mike’s been to Melbourne and made good connections. In a post titled CONNECTING to people behind the BLOGs he says: This was my first experience of meeting people I’ve been ‘reading’ (connected to via RSS). It was really quite empowering! I think I understand why people do, and write about ‘geek dinners’ andContinueContinue reading “It’s all about the people!”
disintermediation
It’s amazing how I know so little. I came across this word, disintermediation, while reading comments about what Mike’s trying to pull together over at LearnDog As I look around at what’s going on in what Mike terms this “Web 2.0 world of disintermediation”, it occurred to me to draw a comparison to a situationContinueContinue reading “disintermediation”
learndog vision
Long Audible Noise My mate Mike Seyfang over at LearnDog has unveiled the first draft of what he terms the “Master Plan” for the developing media company whose goal will be to “Help kids through recognition of their vocational skills” In the document the aims of the venture are stated as: Become the world’s mostContinueContinue reading “learndog vision”
o2 hard reset – not alone
Strong Beginnings It’s always nice to know you’re not alone. It’s just a pity sometimes the common ground isn’t as nice.In the case of the hard resetting pda like I just blogged on it seems Cameron is also having reset issues.
asylum
forget death and taxes, seems i can’t get away from work and beetroot lately. so much to do (blog), so little time. kayla, over at devil’s playground seems to get it…or not get it – which is what we’re on about – “Why don’t Subway have beetroot?” she muses in this blog entry about thingsContinueContinue reading “asylum”
