Last week I was at the Horizon New Media Consortium 10 Year Retreat – The Future of Education. It was a fascinating glimpse into the world of bright-eyed educators and a few museum people who want the future of education to be something far better than it is now. If that sounds a little utopian, [...]
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Back to reality. Returning from the Horizon Retreat.
February 1st, 2012 2 Comments
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Call for submissions: Epic Fail at Museums & the Web 2012, San Diego
January 25th, 2012 1 Comment
Jane Finnis (Culture24) and I are hosting the closing plenary at Museums & the Web in San Diego this year. We’ve called it
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Culture + heritage + digital at Web Directions South 2011
October 18th, 2011 2 Comments
Luke Dearnley and I were last minute additions to the Web Directions South lineup last week. Coaxed by Maxine Sherrin to do a ‘fireside chat’ we sat comfortably by a digital fire and talked broadly around some of the exciting projects that are happening in the digital heritage space right now. We tried to cover [...]
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Upcoming talks & workshops for Qtr 1 2011
January 11th, 2011 No Comments
I’ve got a bunch of talks and workshops coming up in the coming months on a range of topics. I hope you can join me for some of them. February 1-4 ALIA 2011 Information Online Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour This year I’m really excited to be doing one of the keynotes at the bi-annual [...]
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Sketchy notes from Picnic 10 (part 2 of 2)
September 30th, 2010 No Comments
More minimally edited notes from Picnic 10. Adam Greenfield prepared a top selection of panelists for his workshop on ‘networked Amsterdam’. As we sat in one of the Picnic yurts (!!) we heard a series of short presentations on Amsterdam as seen through different technological lens. First up was Usman Haque (Pachube) who spoke broadly [...]
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A couple of interesting free events for cultural sector people – Mike Edson Oct 15 & Amped Oct 16
September 27th, 2010 3 Comments
We’ve got two really exciting free events coming up at the Powerhouse for everyone who is interested in the ways in which the cultural sector is and can do exciting and impactful things with digital. What’s more they are back to back on October 15 and October 16. Despite being free both need pre-registration. On [...]
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Sketchy notes from Picnic 10 (part 1 of 2)
September 25th, 2010 1 Comment
Picnic 10 has been very rewarding – Picnic is why I’ve been in Amsterdam delivering two presentations and helping organise three sessions on different issues in cultural heritage. In the main pavilion in amongst interactive promotions from various major companies and a healthy smattering of startups was a pop up Fab Lab run by the [...]
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Upcoming digital talks & events for October/November
September 11th, 2010 Comments Off
We’re going back into a cycle of talks with a lot of new things to talk about and announce. There’s a whole swag of previously unspoken about goodies going live in the next 8 weeks, and everyone has been head down working hard. However, it being conference season again means we’re going to be getting [...]
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Report from THATCamp Canberra
August 30th, 2010 Comments Off
Ingrid Mason who is working on the Museum Exchange project for the Powerhouse went to THATCamp in Canberra on the weekend to talk about the project (more on that in a post shortly!), and to absorb some new thinking from Australian ‘digital humanists’ (the opposite of ‘analogue fundamentalists‘?). I asked Ingrid a couple of questions [...]
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Upcoming talks: Sydney, Taipei, Canberra, London, Albury
May 21st, 2010 Comments Off
Tomorrow I’m speaking at TedX Sydney at Carriageworks. Unsurprisingly this has turned out to be a massive event and is now being webcast live on the ABC. There’s an invited audience in the auditorium but the foyer space is simulcasting live along with Q&A sessions and extra performances – it is free to come along! [...]
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