When I opened my inbox earlier and saw a message announcing I’d won a $100 dollars I reached straight for the delete button. Bloody spam I grunted.
Luckily I stopped just in time to see it was a genuine email. A few weeks ago The Listener was enticing readers to join a regular online panel to […]
Entries from May 2007
Spam? You’ve won a $100
May 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Aotearoa New Zealand · Websites
DonateNZ - web award winner
May 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Bravo for Claire Sawyers and the team behind the DonateNZ website. This site was the winner of the Community or Government website in the 2007 People’s Choice Netguide Web Awards.
DonateNZ was launched in February 2006 to match people with stuff or time to share and schools, childcare centres and not-for-profit organisations who might have a […]
Tags: Community groups · Aotearoa New Zealand · Websites
Fogged in after the Govis 2007 conference
May 13th, 2007 · No Comments
My mind is a bit foggy after three days in the sheltered conference land of government information system managers, IT policy makers and techies. And no, it’s not due to repeated use of the key ring pictured.
I’m foggy because of the hyping of Web 2.0 and too much riskease. Murky from the vendors touting expensive […]
Tags: Social media, Web 2.0 · Aotearoa New Zealand · Hui, conferences
NZ household ICT stats
May 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments
A snapshot of how many New Zealanders are using information and communications technology (ICTs), and what for, was released by Statistics New Zealand on 27 April 2007. So far a short “Household Use of Information and Communication Technology” hot off the press report is available.
A full report is due for release later in the year, […]
Tags: Policy, stats, etc · Aotearoa New Zealand
How to drink beer and save the world
May 4th, 2007 · No Comments
A few years back I jokingly suggested drinking beers brewed by small companies was a way of supporting local community economic development. Sure, any excuse to drink beer everyone said. Just now I’ve learnt that brewers are also good for the environment. Not just another excuse I say….
Last week I strayed on a news item […]
Tags: Activism · Beer & kai
GreenMyMac - webby winner
May 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
After reading today’s announcements of the Webby Awards I’ve become the 45,297th subscriber to Greenpeace’s emails about their Green My Apple campaign. Not only that, but I’ve engaged in a cheeky bit of cyber activism by hugging my mac (which I could do from the comfort of our lounge). You can see a dodgy photo […]
