stephen blyth’s blog

After a successful yMedia challenge in Auckland last year, Pamela and the team are expanding. The challenge matches web savvy students with community groups who develop a practical website or make use of online tools over a two week period. Both Wellington and Auckland community groups are invited to participate this year.
Participating organisations last […]

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In preparation for the workshop I’m running next week I’m looking for examples of what wikis are used for. What I really want to find is examples of New Zealand community groups with a wiki, private or public.
So far, I’m struggling to find anything run by a New Zealand community group. Within government there is […]

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I’ve just been added to a website listing blogs about New Zealand and by New Zealanders. When I checked today (4 April 2008) there were 479 blogs on Kiwiology.
I’m sure in time they’ll have loads of advertising, but at the moment the site is uncluttered. And even though the people behind Kiwiology are a […]

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Just as the International Arts Festival was finishing, I finally made it down to the Festival Club at Frank Kitts Park.
It was a pretty early start, so the bar was closed. Instead the assembled punters got breakfast.
The performance was speedy. Just three acts. The plot: launch a new version of the New Zealand government […]

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I was going to start this post by making a note of how many blogs there out there in the ether, and finish with an updated figure.
Guess what? There are no accurate figures for the number of blogs being published, and certainly no data on how up-to-date they are nor the quality of content.
Left […]

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I was looking forward to finding out about some new websites when I saw this week’s Listener. “Strike the best sites on the internet” was the bold claim on the cover.
Springing to mind were the 100 useful websites listed by the Guardian newspaper and the annual list of Webby finalists. Perusing both lists are […]

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I’m really pleased the new e-rider website went live last week. On the site you’ll find all you need to know about the new IT advisory and support service available to community and voluntary organisations in the Wellington region.
Perhaps even bigger news is that the e-rider service is actually underway. Last time I […]

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Although I work pretty much full time on Internet or related projects, I’ve actually only got a very, very small collection of books. Mostly I rely on articles, blogs and discussion online, and my own trial and error, I mean experiential learning. The world wide web changes so quickly I tend to think of books […]

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I can’t decide if I liked the crumbed Plichard skewers with their strong oily flavour, or the ever-so tender seared Skipjack Tuna with mild wasabi. These fish, along with a couple of others, were served up by chef Martin Bosley at the launch of the 2007-08 Best Fish Guide today.
The guide ranks 75 fish […]

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To accompany a second version of the Webguide (see my earlier post “Connect your community, again”) , Miraz Jordan has set-up the Groupings blog and is sharing round duties to keep it up-to-date. A small team of people working with community groups are contribuing posts. I’ve agreed to make the occassional posting […]

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