As promised, notes from my Wellington trip. They’re a bit disjointed, because I didn’t keep a proper travel diary, just noted down things that I wanted to remember to include in my blog. Of course, I could write them up into proper paragraphs and stuff, but where’s the fun in that? 😉 Wednesday There’s a…
ot home from Wellington last night, and almost immediately went back out again, to a games evening with Mrs Gwilk and mini-Gwilk – which was fun, but I’m feeling very very tired today. And today has been taken up with those boring but necessary post-holiday activities like washing clothes and buying groceries. Oh, and of…
Wellington’s famous wind has been blowing madly all night – according to the Met Service it’s currently gusting up to 98 km/h, and I reckon that’s died down a bit from what it was doing earlier. My room is on the top floor of the hostel, so as well as the whistling of the wind…
I’m glad I decided to stay up here for a few days instead of heading straight home yesterday (although I did miss out on the fun of showing off our award to all our colleagues). I’m having such a lovely relaxing time, with no particular plans, just wandering around, looking at stuff that takes my…
I’m in the Wellington library using their free wifi, and attempting to write this on my tablet, so this won’t be a long post, but I had to at least let you all know that CEISMIC won the award for Open Source in Social Service, and I gave the acceptance speech with no more than…
I’m off to Wellington in an hour or so, to the NZ Open Source Awards. I’ve got an acceptance speech memorised and well-rehearsed, just in case we’re lucky enough to win, and I’m only mildly terrified at the thought of having to actually use it. My bag is packed with books for the meetup with…
ot my flights all booked for going up to Wellington next month. After having it pointed out to me that the Friday of that week is a holiday (for Christchurch, anyway – it’s Show Day), I decided I would stay up there for a few days after all, because I’ll only have to take leave…
EISMIC has been shortlisted for the NZ Open Source Awards, so we’ve been invited to the awards dinner in Wellington. None of the bosses are available to go, so today they asked if I’d like to go in their place, and take one of the team with me. So I get to go to a fancy…
oastmasters tonight, and my fifth prepared speech, which means I’m half way through the first qualification, “The Competent Communicator”. Each speech is supposed to focus on a particular skill, and tonight’s was on using body language. I was instructed to pick a topic that would let me use lots of body language while talking, so…
etzirah said, in response to my anxieties about the community archiving course, “All you have to do is ask a few questions and let people talk. They will. You learn. Win win!” And she was absolutely right. I spent the first couple of hours just listening, then I started asking questions, and was rewarded with…