It’s a little belated (and I apologise for the delay) but I wanted to get a few thoughts down after my recent Powerhouse interview. As you may know Megan Ingle (@megingle) interviewed me about my trip to the Powerhouse Museum as part of the Reality Librarianship: Up Close and Personal series held recently online. I found this a fun event to be part of and tried to push the creative boundaries a little further by [...]

I decided it was just easier to make a quick video for this upcoming talk I’m involved with. Hope you can make it along on the night. [dated video clip removed now] My thanks to the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ), Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), and friends, for their support of the Paul Reynolds ‘No Numpties’ Scholarship that allowed me to travel to The [...]

It’s been nearly seven days since I returned to New Zealand after spending two weeks with The Powerhouse Museum team. After getting back late on a Sunday night I took the Monday off to rest and recover from the travel and to just get some general housekeeping chores done. Tuesday saw me back at work but moving straight in to a new office space on a new floor of the main city council building that [...]

I’ve been in Sydney for just over a week now and during that time have been talking with a number of Digital, Social and Emerging Technologies (DSET) Powerhouse staff about what they do (and why) in the digital space. I’m very grateful to folks I’ve spoken with as they have been open about what they are up to and very kind in making themselves available to me during their typically busy working week. The Digital, [...]