It’s less than 24 hrs until I start a 2.5 week journey spanning a couple of days in Wellington attending Webstock 12 followed by two weeks at The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney getting stuck in to my Paul Reynolds Scholarship opportunity. Am I getting excited? You bet! Until now it’s all felt surreal and distant – but as I blog about this on the eve of my travels it’s now starting to feel very close [...]

After working on an eBooks and eReader FAQ recently I’ve become aware of just how important the consistent use of descriptive language associated with this space will be to helping people come to grips with it all. Case in point are we all talking about devices (electronic equipment that enables an eBooks  to be read) when we discuss dedicated eReaders, laptops, smartphones etc. or are we using other terms interchangeably during our conversations with the [...]

It was the first full day mixed with keynotes and breakout sessions, and I found myself wondering at the start how smoothly things would run. Why? I suppose it’s because last year I was so involved with the Dunedin conference so I guess it’s only natural that you do start to compare. On the whole I think it went very well. The keynotes were interesting, the vendors engaging and the breakouts (when you finally figured [...]

Today a new website (and associated social media channels) was launched to provide people and other organisations with information on the upcoming Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2001. The site is well worth a look – 3strikes.net.nz The amendment comes in to force on September 1st 2011 but the impact of it could well be felt from August 11th onwards in New Zealand because alleged infringements from this date will count . This is [...]