running on an even keel
It’s been a productive few weeks. Yesterday we launched the new Sleep Apnoea Association of ACT site. It was in desperate need of a refresh, probably the of the best examples of severe neglect I’ve seen actually. Took me right back to the Web 1.0 days! Anyway, I ran the spirit of their design through [...]
Making Links 2010
What follows is my three day coverage of the conference “Making Links“. It’s where “social action and technology converge”. This year it was held in Perth. I attended, representing CASE. Today’s workshop “Building Websites From The Ground Up” has proven very valuable for us and I assume everyone else. We’ve had a range of diverse [...]
Hello, Perth
A quick update from the road (I guess sky) touched down in Perth this afternoon, quite tired. A short walk and some nice asian chicken later and I’ve got nothing bad to say about the city! Tomorrow kicks off three days of conference action, for details about this large event that deals with social action [...]
an update
Been pretty busy on various things. Dad’s 58th over the weekend, we hosted a dinner party. I cooked a three course meal for fourteen people and somehow it all came off without a hitch. The menu was selected from the recipes I’d had most experience with, so starter was pumpkin and cumin soup, mains was [...]
on the network this month
A lot of interesting content floating around at the moment; Elroy just won’t quit with the reviews, Baccano, Chicago 10 and Sealab 2024 Season 4 all get a look-in. Speaking of all things Elroy, we’ve got “With The Band” which was a live portal to the AVCon event held earlier this month in Adelaide. Morgs looks [...]
on the network this month
A whole bunch of home grown content on the network this month. Elroy has reviewed Frisky Dingo Season 2 and Tokyo Gore Police. He’s also been ramping up the Twitter action for Powers Cosmic so if you’re not following yet, make sure to add @powerscosmic. To chat to the stars you can always add @elroyonline, [...]
Catchup – ConnectingUp 09
Monday and Tuesday of this week saw me in Sydney for Connecting Up 09. This is an annual conference that focuses on technology in the Australian community services sector. This year the emphasis was on Web 2.0 and the ideas that surround it. It was a massive two days, almost an overdose, but the quality [...]
Three Sweet WordPress plugins
I’m developing a list of recommended extensions and plugins for members of CASE. There is some excellent free software out there. BuzzMoo.com has been running on WordPress for quite some time now and there are a few plugins I just can’t do without. Here are my current top three! (in the top three because they’re [...]
Joomla tutorial videos
I keep forgetting to mention that I’m slowly producing a series of simple video tutorials for Joomla 1.5. They’re for CASE (since we’re all about Joomla these days) and all available on the CASE Youtube channel.
CASE Podcast 2 – Content Managment Systems
There’s a golden rule when it comes to content. If you’re doing a series, have a few episodes complete before going to air so that you have a buffer. That was the plan and of course we haven’t followed it. So I’m pleased to replease Computing Assistance Support & Education Podcast Episode 2! In this [...]
CASE Podcast – Episode 1
In the background I’ve been working away on a podcast series for Computing Assistance Support & Education. I’m happy to report that the first episode is now ready for download. In episode I Darrell Burkey, president of CASE, talks about the history of the organisation. We look at the ideas behind providing shared IT services [...]
CASE in The Canberra Times
Computing Assistance Support and Education, or CASE to its friends, had a visit from The Canberra Times last week and made a nice article in Monday’s Canberra Times Computer section. It looks at CASE’s history and structure and also details the recent work with the Dharriwaa Elders Group in the remote community of Walgett. If [...]
CASE’s One laptop per child open day – brief review
Just back from CASE‘s One Laptop per Child Open Day, held this afternoon in Belconnen. We had a good time with a dozen or so people showing up. Visitors were introduced to the laptop and then had the opportunity to play with them and experience the feel of one. This stimulated a good amount of [...]
breaking news: OLPC XOs come to Canberra
I’m pleased to announce… ===== For Immediate Release 14 October, 2008 One Laptop Per Child Open Day Computing Assistance Support & Education (CASE) will be hosting Canberra’s first One Laptop Per Child Open Day Monday 27 October 2008 3.00pm at Volunteering ACT 55 Chandler Street (corner of Chandler and Cameron Streets) Belconnen. Pia Waugh, open source software [...]
iDEF site goes live, CASE gets a FaceBook Page
The latest product out of the e-Shack has been launched today: www.idef.com.au is now live and populated with information regarding the International Digital Entertainment Festival to be held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Southbank, from 14 – 16 November. The International Digital Entertainment Festival (iDEF) is the platform for events and activities from an industry, [...]
