September 2008
6 posts
Online Identity Issues
In a small group, first names are enough to uniquely identify everyone. In a larger group such as a school or even a city, full names usually suffice as unique identifiers. On the internet, as I’ve discovered, full names are often no longer enough to uniquely identify people. In a world of 6 billion people it would be naive to think an average two word name is unique. In the past this wasn’t...
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Victory
On Tuesday night I won a prize for best use of innovation in the NBR Audacious Business Plan Challenge! How did this happen? This isn’t my first such victory. Last semester I was a winner in the Audacious Idea Competition with a concept for a Facebook application called MeetYouThere. It’s like a teaser for this competition. My entry this time around was a web application for small and medium...
Exam Tip – Engage your audience
When journalists write they try to establish a connection with their audience. To them it’s common sense, they need to engage their audience to earn a living. What many people don’t realise is that this principle applies to all writing. It applies when writing a business plan, resume or even an exam script.
We always have an audience and most of the time our audience is distracted....
Comment so I don’t look like a fool!
As part of my crazy new scheme to become a serious blogger I’ve added comments. I mean I’ve added the ability to add comments. Whatever.
Also. My photos aren’t here anymore but you can still see them on Flickr.
Sweetcron – An experiment in Lifestreaming
I’ve been through many blogging styles (and blogs) over the past 2 years. Lately I’ve been trying to maintain a mixture of quick updates and longer article form posts so lifestreaming with segregation of full blog posts seemed to be the natural next step.
A month ago I discovered Sweetcron, a self hosted lifestreaming framework from YongFook. It’s not like Blogger, Tumblr (the magic...
August 2008
8 posts
Award presentations
Yesterday I recieved my Gold Duke of Edinburgh and Queens Scout awards at a ceremony at Government House (Wellington). I had this to say on the matter:
“I have really enjoyed working towards my Queen Scout and Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards over the last 2 years. Highlights were learning to fly at the Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School and leading the Ngaio Venturer Unit. I have a passion...