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	<title>stephen blyth's blog</title>
	<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz</link>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>No kidding, Chimay on tap</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/22/chimay-on-tap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/22/chimay-on-tap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beer &amp; kai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beer brewed by European monks stands out for its flavour and strength. The trappist monastery appellation is strictly controlled, though there has been known to be some scrapping, and the seven breweries accredited with the label all brew their strong ales with distinctive flavours.
In Aotearoa we get most of the trappist bevies: Chimay, d&#8217;Orval, de [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New rorohiko - here in a flash</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/21/new-rorohiko/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/21/new-rorohiko/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travels, whanau, life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday I finally decided how I&#8217;d rejig my computer set up. Because of the amount of work I do in front of a screen I thought I&#8217;d probably be more productive with a bigger one. Plus a couple of times recently, my presentations haven&#8217;t worked 100% because I included multi-media that can&#8217;t be handled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smell of ink</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/19/smell-of-ink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/19/smell-of-ink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Everything digital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I could find somewhere on the Internet everything I want to know about Google, plus tonnes I don&#8217;t. There are websites with search guides, how-to videos, gossip, a Google maps mash-up list and much more. 
Next week I&#8217;m running a one hour training course on effective search techniques for people working as elder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take me to the social web workshop, a report</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/07/beth-kanter-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/07/beth-kanter-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social networking, Web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hui, conferences]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I met Beth Kanter after having read her blog for several years she made a real impression on me. It wasn’t just her committed personal activism, wide ranging knowledge and willingness to share, so much as her phenomenal connectedness that struck me. Set loose on the keyboard and she connects with people, for just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My broadband saga concludes</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/07/broadband-saga-concludes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/07/broadband-saga-concludes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travels, whanau, life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Downstairs in my office I&#8217;ve got a webserver running. On Wednesday night it began hosting this blog along with some other websites, programmes and my email from its new possie. The only thing I know about keeping it going is how to switch the power back on if we have a powercut. 
I appreciate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy birthday www.commonknowledge.net.nz</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/06/happy-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/06/06/happy-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travels, whanau, life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was a year ago today that I purchased the domain www.commonknowledge.net.nz. This calls for raising of glasses and toasts. Not so much to celebrate the first birthday of a domain name, but to recognise I&#8217;ve been self-employed for my first year. 
Being self-employed has its up and downs but right now I&#8217;m feeling pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business card collection - Connecting Up 08 conference (updated)</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/19/cu08-business-cards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/19/cu08-business-cards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 04:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hui, conferences]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing I noticed when I hopped off the plane in Brisbane was not the humidity but the air conditioning. Pretty chilly. It’s something I’ll have to get used to. Representatives from community groups meeting to talk about using ICT in communities are meeting at the Hilton. This means living in a sealed, air-conditioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadband tale of woe</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/16/broadband-tale-of-woe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/16/broadband-tale-of-woe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 21:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travels, whanau, life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My demeanour as an ihug customer has changed from happy and unflappable to disgruntled and frazzled. I&#8217;m in the middle of a broadband tale of woe. 
It all started when I decided to switch ISP from ihug to TelstraClear. Faster cable broadband was the carrot, and slightly cheaper pricing a not unwelcome bonus.
TelstraClear&#8217;s customer service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Go-Betweens, the past is another download away</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/04/go-betweens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/04/go-betweens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 03:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travels, whanau, life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Go-Betweens album I last thrashed on the turntable was “16 Lovers Lane”, released in 1988. This was the band&#8217;s sixth and final album from their first time together. Typical of their aching literary pop it&#8217;s easy to be swept out to sea when listening to it.  
Since those heady days I&#8217;ve been wary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>yMedia challenge 2008 - roll up</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/03/ymedia-08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/03/ymedia-08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wikispaces workshop notes</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/01/wikispaces-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/05/01/wikispaces-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hui, conferences]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At my hands-on wikispaces workshops at the Engage your community mini-conference on 22 April, a couple of participants raced into action and set up trial Wikispaces for their organisations. Wikispaces covering accessible parking, a walking school bus and the Otorohanga arts project went online within the 75 minute session.
75 minutes sounds a lot of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital strategy 2.0 - online today</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/14/digital-strategy-consultation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/14/digital-strategy-consultation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[eDemocracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Policy, stats, etc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Zara, plus a press release from David Cunnliffe, I&#8217;ve found out that government today started consulting on the second edition of the Digital Strategy.
55 people on the Digital Future Summit 2.0 facebook group received a short alert from Zara letting us know that we can have our say.
Using online tools has been a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anybody using a wiki?</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/14/anybody-using-a-wiki/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/14/anybody-using-a-wiki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for the workshop I&#8217;m running next week I&#8217;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&#8217;m struggling to find anything run by a New Zealand community group. Within government there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gathering people together to take action</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/06/gathering-people-together-to-take-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/06/gathering-people-together-to-take-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social networking, Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was studying for my politics degree I doubtlessly would have taken a course on the intersection of politics and the internet. Had something like this been on offer, of course.  
Skip forward to 2008 this might have involved enrolling in a course by the farsighted Howard Rheingold (author of The Virtual Community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>479 nz blogs and counting</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/04/479-nz-blogs-and-counting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/04/04/479-nz-blogs-and-counting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;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&#8217;m sure in time they&#8217;ll have loads of advertising, but at the moment the site is uncluttered. And even though the people behind Kiwiology are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilco bootleg?</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/28/wilco-bootleg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/28/wilco-bootleg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travels, whanau, life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been searching around for a Wilco bootleg. After seeing the band play at the Opera House on Easter Monday, there&#8217;s something about the energy and intensity of the concert I&#8217;d like to recapture.
Already I&#8217;ve heard a couple of their live recordings as Wilco are prolific sharers and have embraced the Internet. 
Aside for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen reporting: biking in Christchurch</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/17/biking-in-christchurch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/17/biking-in-christchurch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Josh Campbell posted a short video to You Tube showing some of the dangers of cycling to work, called Biking in Christchurch. (Warning: content may offend!!)
It&#8217;s not  churlish, buffoonery, like the horrible tv reality programmes. But deadly serious. The 2 minute 57 second video records many near misses. It&#8217;s enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reviving citizenship to prevent run-away climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/16/monbiot-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/16/monbiot-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even before George Monbiot started his interview with Sean Plunket as part of the 2008 Readers and Writers week, the British journalist and climate activist had made a big statement.
Monbiot declined to travel to Aotearoa to speak. Instead, he agreed to participate only by a video link. This decision was based on his conviction that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festival showcases newzealand.govt.nz</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/13/festival-showcases-newzealandgotnz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/13/festival-showcases-newzealandgotnz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 powerful blogs?</title>
		<link>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/10/50-powerful-blogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commonknowledge.net.nz/2008/03/10/50-powerful-blogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Blyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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