stephen blyth’s blog

Social service organisations in the Rotorua area will soon be able to access better IT support and advice. The Rotorua Community ICT Trust is looking for somebody with a technology background to work as an e-Rider in the area.
The empahsis of the service is going to be on strategic advice, eg records management, security, IT [...]

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The 2007 Computerworld Excellence Awards were announced on 27 July 2007 with the Louise Perkins Foundation receving the top award in the Not-for-Profit Organisation category.
The Foundation, which is known publicly as Sweet Louise, offers a whole suite of practical help and restorative therapies, helping women with breast cancer to lead more positive lives. It’s services [...]

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Some pretty sizeable grants have been made as part of the 2007 round of the Digital Strategy Community Partnership Fund. Over $10 million in grants was allocated, virtually exhausting the $17 million fund.
Announcing the successful applicants on Monday 30 July 2007 Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said the community-based ICT projects will [...]

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Having sat through many updates about theWhanau Link project at Wellington Region 2020 Communications Trust meetings, I was delighted to join with fellow Trustees and Wellington 2020 staff at the launch of the expanded Whanau Link project on 25 July.
Now a total of six hospices in the lower North Island have laptops available for [...]

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According to website 101 advice, regular evaluation of your website is imperative, so is making incremental changes. As June Cohen says in The Unusually Useful Web Book “you launch the site, study how it’s used, and make continual changes to improve it”. Yet as evaluation takes time and effort it’s not always completed in [...]

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Technology is going to take over.
Technology is going to be everywhere – embrace it!
Internet is vital nowdays, just like water, food and shelter.
These are just a few of the comments about the technology in the future from some members of the Wellington-based Tech Exec. The Tech Exec are a group of senior high school students [...]

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As an advocate of a DIY approach to creating websites, John Anderson is helping people in a really practical way. He’s teaching a short course on how to Build a Community Website.
Coming up on 7 July he’s offering the course at the Global Education Centre in Wellington. Topics being covered include an introduction to the [...]

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I’m holding in my hands a hardcopy of the Webguide. The booklet aims to help Aotearoa New Zealand community and voluntary organisations get a web presence. I helped out with the contents early on, so I was really pleased to see it released earlier this year.
In 94 pages it covers everything from beginning to [...]

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When I visited the Community Sector Taskforce’s new website I actually had a few problems signing up. An RSS-feed was broken, I couldn’t find my profile to change a password and an unsubscribe email address didn’t work. These niggardly things were more irritating than earth-shattering.
Thankfully within a couple of hours of sending an email [...]

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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 [...]

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