Browsing articles from "June, 2011"
Jun
30
2011

Blogging

It's OK to Blog

Blogging this last month has turned out to be fun (for the most part) and not too dissimilar from the process one would apply to any other task you mentally say to yourself “I’m going to do this and stick at it”. That said I rank blogging a lot easier than say giving up cheese for a month I started this month having decided to partake in the #blogjune event. An event that has grown [...]

Jun
29
2011

NetHui

Nethui-white

If you have not yet come across NetHui this week you’re missing a treat. NetHui is described as “a conference that brings together everyone involved with Internet issues in New Zealand. The event is based on the format of multi-stakeholder collaboration successfully introduced by the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF)” Today was the first day of three and the range of topics covered across day one was just phenomenal. While I could not attend the [...]

Jun
28
2011

The earth is flat!

The Earth

…and people still use libraries as their primary source of knowledge when conducting homework, research etc.. – yeah right! I deliberately entitled this blog post with a statement after noting the last three posts I have written were all in the form of a question. I want to touch on the subject of Google in this post. Today I’ve attended meetings where I met with a vendor telling me about how hard it is for [...]

Jun
27
2011

When did the penny drop?

New Zealand Penny

Those conversations usually start along the lines of “it wasn’t until the end of the film when I realised Sam was a ghost’. Pennies drop at the most unusual times don’t you think? A sudden moment of clarity when everything lines up and if you had a bath tub and were the extroverted type you might leap up and yell eureka! I find myself thinking about this topic tonight because I’m pondering what makes a [...]

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