Podcasts

Cheese, iPads, people: Aged slowly. Polished off quickly.

January 31, 2023

A many layered cheese slogan gets me thinking about a good old age

photo of cat inspecting a drawing of life as a big scribble, blurb as a tiny dot.

Your bio-blurb is a tiny dot in the colourful scribble of your life

May 21, 2020

It’s time to write the bio-blurb for my new book. But life is a colourful scribble, not an elevator pitch. Do you struggle with this task?

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Nethui! The internet’s big challenges: safety, privacy, copyright, freedom of expression, open government, blockchain, digital inclusion for seniors…

September 19, 2019

Here comes NetHui 2019, “New Zealand’s favourite internet gathering”. Are you in New Zealand, and do you care about safety, privacy and well-being on the open internet? (Surely… ) Have you noticed how digital inclusion for seniors can make life easier and more fun for older people? Check out the programme, starting with keynote address […]

Cat thinkies—opening the cat door

September 17, 2019

Despite her genius intelligence, Ursula the cat has never figured out how to get through a cat door. Here she seems to be confused by a reflection. Which is the cat door? Does the handles go left or right? As any UX designer knows, don’t blame the customer when an object fails. Blame the designer. […]

Keeping up with selected blogs your way: follow and fix WordPress settings

March 19, 2018

Once there were RSS feeds, and I had one on my blog. For months it shuffled people to the wrong URL—my fault, and what a waste. Some people still prefer RSS feeds, and who am I to suggest a change? Changing online habits is such a pain, and I myself resist it with a little […]