stephen blyth’s blog

I was looking forward to seeing what Kathy Sierra had to say about creating passionate users. She has been running websites that are ‘fun’ even when for serious for ages, and she spoke last year at the webstock conference to much acclaim.
Well, I was disappointed to find out today she’s not coming to Aotearoa New […]

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Yesterday deja vu struck me as Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ (ECO) hosted a website launch. In the same room as the new SeaNet was unveiled, three years ago ECO launched a similar webite focusing on the resource management act.
The new website has been set up to “help people and communities and environmental […]

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Yeeha!! We celebrated the first anniversary of The Couch today. Rebecca pulled together a celebratory breakfast for staff at the Families Commission. With lots of help we cooked up a big pile of pancakes, with lashings of fresh fruit, maple syrup and bacon. While 30 plus staff ate around an extended table, a birthday cake […]

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I can’t imagine what horse trading took place behind the scenes before the management at the State Services Commission (SSC) agreed to run a wiki for people interested in using the web for public participation.
If you believe the myths, wiki are risky as people can write what they want without regard to truth or honestly, […]

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