Net Hui is coming up this week – Wednesday to Friday June 29 to July 1 – and I’m looking forward to clearing my work desk and heading to Auckland for it. Net Hui is a conference embodying a series of discussions about the internet in New Zealand. No doubt broadband speed will come up, [...]
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Below are three parts of a four-part video series on innovation and remixing by Kirby Ferguson called ‘Everything is a Remix‘. I came across them via Idealog on Facebook. In the videos, Ferguson walks through the evolution of ideas and art ranging from the Apple Macintosh to Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. I’ve read about many [...]
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I was at the National Digital Forum conference in Wellington earlier this week mingling with people involved in digitising and curating New Zealand’s cultural heritage material – people from museums, galleries, archives, libraries. I was struck by a few commonalities between the cultural heritage sector (known as GLAM – Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) and the [...]
Taking time out for Net Hui 2011