Greetings from BarCamp Canberra 2011 in in Canberra, where John Sheridan, First Assistant Secretary, Austrlaian Government Information Management Office is talking about how he uses social networking in Government (AGIMO are sponsoring the event). After giving good advice on what to say (and not say) and how to use it generally (there is a “AGIMORead… Read more »
Greetings from BarCamp Canberra 2011 in in Canberra, where Pia Waugh and myself just talked on “Designing for Dialogue”. My notes are in “Designing for Dialogue: How do we design buildings and on-line systems for people to talk, learn and make decisions together”. I argued that the same buildings discussion and on-line systems used forRead… Read more »
Greetings from BarCamp Canberra 2011 in in Canberra, where we just had a presentation on Make Hack Void. This is a non profitCanberra based group which does hacking in the more traditional sese of the word. That is they make gadgets, mostly computer controlled, out of old bits and pieces. The group has a shedRead… Read more »
Greetings from BarCamp Canberra 2011 in the new Commerce building at the Australian National University in Canberra. There are about two hundred delegates for the free event, but there is room for a few more, so come along.The first session for the day is about how to give a presentation by Donna Spencer (@maadonna) .Read… Read more »
Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Manning Clarke Centre at ANU where Professor Ian Young, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor is discussing the preparation of a new strategic plan for ANU. The current plan is entitled “ANU by 2010”. It was decided not to revise this until the new VC arrived. He is outlining a process where staffRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Manning Clarke Centre at ANU where Professor Ian Young, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor is discussing the preparation of a new strategic plan for ANU. The current plan is entitled “ANU by 2010”. It was decided not to revise this until the new VC arrived. He is outlining a process where staffRead… Read more »
New reports indicate that attempts to drop water on damaged Japanese reactors have been unsuccessful. The USA has a robot helicopter water-bomber which might be safe and effective.In January 2011 U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) is reported to have successfully tested with an unmanned helicopter air-dropping a 4,400lb load. TheRead… Read more »
The draft presentation “Learning Commons Technology: The dos and donts in developing learning commons” (and slides) are available for comment. This is for the 2nd Annual Learning Commons Development and Design Forum, Brisbane, 30 March 2011, with a preview for BarCamp Canberra 2011, ANU, 19 March 2011.Critical infrastructure requirementsMovable furniture Do they create flexible spaces?AreasRead… Read more »