Winter has definitely arrived. There was even a dusting of snow on the ground this morning (impressive, considering it rained most of the night, so the ground was pretty wet). So far it hasn’t managed to get above 3o today, with a messy mix of rain, hail, and sleet (and occasional bursts of either real…
Yep, I’m back in Wellington again, for another conference. A bit different than the last one though – this time it’s the National Digital Forum, a conference/gathering for people on the technical side of the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector. Somehow I don’t think we’ll be decorating our name tags with glitter and…
have got a cat attempting to force her way on to my lap as I type this. I think it’s in protest over the fact that I haven’t lit the fire tonight, so she hasn’t got anywhere warm to sit. Not that it’s a particularly cold night (which is why I haven’t bothered to light…
I’d like to formally introduce you to: Parsnips and Pushkin Not quite the original names we’d planned on, but these ones somehow fit better (though don’t ask me to explain exactly why!). A few more photos, just because: I would have lots more, but not long after that one of the kittens managed to pull…
Sometimes I really love my job. This afternoon, the university’s HITLab (which stands for Human Interface Technology, for the uninitiated) had an open day. And as we have quite a bit to do with them (we collaborated on the CityViewAR app, for example), our boss suggested we go and have a look around the other…
irst Toastmasters meeting of the year tonight, and as always it was a lot of fun. I was the “Table Topics Master”, in charge of the impromptu speaking section of the meeting. I did have a set of prompts prepared to use to assign speaking topics, but as it turned out we had a huge…
