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156 posts. Every post since 2007, newest first.

2025

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6 Jul OpenAI's new device is a data capture tool, because we've reached Peak Token Academic, data science, Technology
25 Jun Book review: Technocolonialism by Mirca Madianou Academic

2024

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8 Dec State of my toolchain 2024 Research, Technology
2 Nov The OSI's Definition of Open Source AI heightens the need for better dataset documentation practices Academic, data science, opensource
10 Aug When abstraction goes wrong: ISP-hobbled firmware prevents using VoIP with a modem router Technology
29 Jun Digging where she stands - Meredith Whittaker in conversation with Vanessa Toholka at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne Activism, Research, Technology
5 May Towards an integrated academic conference service offering Academic, Research
2 Mar Dark Printers Technology
27 Jan Scaling Python: dipping my toes into dask data science, Research, Technology
4 Jan Book review: The Sound of the Future by Tobias Dengel with Karl Weber Reading, Technology, voice and speech technology

2023

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21 Dec State of my toolchain 2023 Research, Technology
10 Dec ALTA2023: The 21st Australasian Language Technology Association Workshop Academic, Technology, voice and speech technology
18 Jul Why are universities reluctant to join Mastodon and the Fediverse? Academic, opensource
25 Apr Help me with my PhD research on voice dataset documentation by completing this survey Research, Technology, voice and speech technology
15 Apr EverythingOpen: connecting open* communities EverythingOpen, linux.conf.au
19 Feb The Mycroft Mark II and the wind-down of Mycroft AI: it's all about ecosystems, infrastructures and the friction of privacy hardware, opensource, Technology, voice and speech technology

2022

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13 Nov State of my toolchain 2022 Research, Technology
27 Jul Building a database to handle PhD interview tracking using MySQL and noco-db Academic, Design, opensource, Technology
25 Jun Solving MaxQDA error 1001: Error while converting the project! Research, Technology
14 May Building a Linux video production workflow for the SRA22 Social Responsibility of Algorithms conference Design, opensource, Technology

2021

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16 Nov A review of Taguette - an open source alternative for qualitative data coding opensource, Research
2 May State of my toolchain 2021 Data visualization, Design, opensource, Technology

2020

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27 Dec Setting up an academic writing workflow using Pandoc, Markdown, Zotero and LaTeX on Ubuntu Linux using Atom Academic, opensource, Technology
26 Jul linux.conf.au 2020 - Who's watching? linux.conf.au, opensource, Technology
8 Feb Picks from #fosdem2020 Uncategorized

2019

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29 Dec My talk picks for #lca2020 - Who's Watching? linux.conf.au, opensource
27 Oct Book review: The Reflective Practice Guide by Barbara Bassot Reading
5 Sep State of my toolchain 2019 Data visualization, Design, opensource, Technology
4 Feb linux.conf.au 2019 Christchurch - The Linux of Things linux.conf.au, opensource, Technology

2018

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17 Sep DDD Melbourne 2018 Technology
25 Jun State of my toolchain 2018 Data visualization, Design, opensource, Technology
18 Jun Developer Experience as a fitness function for platform teams Technology
2 Feb linux.conf.au 2018 Sydney - A little bit of history repeating linux.conf.au, opensource, Technology
5 Jan My talk picks for #lca2018 - linux.conf.au linux.conf.au, Technology

2017

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1 Nov Book review: Technically wrong: Sexist apps, biased algorithms and other threats of toxic tech by Sara Wachter-Boettcher Reading, Technology
23 Aug Joining the Dots Data Visualisation Symposium 2017 Data visualization, Technology
16 Jul VALATechCamp 2017: Libraries as the vanguard of digital literacy opensource, Technology
14 May 'Essentialism - the disciplined pursuit of less' by Greg McKeown - a book review Leadership, Reading
27 Jan linux.conf.au 2017 Hobart - The future of open source linux.conf.au, opensource, Technology

2016

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29 Dec Linux Australia expense breakdown - a data visualisation in d3.js Data visualization
17 Dec My talk picks for #lca2017 - linux.conf.au linux.conf.au, opensource
19 Oct Geelong Libraries by branch - a data visualisation Data visualization
17 Oct Australian Internet Governance Forum 2016 Technology
30 Sep State of my toolchain 2016 Data visualization, Design, opensource, Technology
1 Sep Valentine's Day: A data visualization to learn Chords in d3.js Data visualization, Design
10 Aug BuzzConf Nights - Controlling the Future BuzzConf
2 Aug GovHack Geelong 2016 GovHack
19 Jul We've reached Peak Hackathon and this is what we need to do about it Barcamp, GovHack, opensource, Technology
2 Jul My #ausvotes 2016 experience - a trail of #UX fails General rants, Technology
10 Apr The Light Clock Design, Interesting stuff, opensource, Technology
9 Apr Learning Bitcoin and the blockchain with the 21.co bitcoin computer Interesting stuff, opensource, Technology
19 Mar linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay linux.conf.au, opensource, Technology
28 Feb BuzzConf 2015 - Emerging technology festival Body hacking, BuzzConf, Interesting stuff, Technology
17 Feb Your organisation's new website - what you need to know opensource, Technology

2015

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8 Mar What I learned at #DrupalSouth 2015 opensource, Technology

2014

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12 Oct Ada Lovelace Day 2014 - Maia Sauren Technology
20 Jul GovHack 2014 GovHack, opensource
2 Feb Installing the Wacom Intuos Pro PTH-651 under Ubuntu 13.10 Design, Technology
15 Jan Wrap up of linux.conf.au 2014 linux.conf.au, Technology

2013

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16 Dec My must see list for #lca2014 linux.conf.au 2014 linux.conf.au
22 Sep Software Freedom Day Melbourne 2013 - Free software in a free society Software Freedom Day
19 Mar Wrap up of BarCampMelbourne 2013 Barcamp
3 Feb Wrap-up of linux.conf.au 2013 linux.conf.au
3 Feb linux.conf.au #haecksen presentation - Less flack, moar hack linux.conf.au
5 Jan Getting my new Win8 ASUS R701V to dual boot into Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit linux.conf.au, Technology

2012

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8 Nov Linuxcon Europe - Day 3 linux.conf.au, Technology, Travel
7 Nov LinuxCon Europe 2012 - Day 2 linux.conf.au, Technology, Travel
6 Nov LinuxCon Europe 2012 - Day 1 linux.conf.au, Technology, Travel
17 Oct Ada Lovelace Day - Sae Ra Germaine Leadership, Technology
14 Oct Lake District and Derwentwater Travel
13 Oct Open Source Systems - Mobile FOSS workshop Technology
14 Sep Open Source Systems - Enablers and barriers to the use of open educational resources in Africa Technology
14 Sep Open Source Systems - Keynote #6 - Carol Smith on Google's Summer of Code programme Technology
12 Sep Open Source Systems - Keynote #4 - Mark Gayer on Microsoft's Open Source Initiative Technology
12 Sep Keynote #2 - Simon Phipps on what's driving open source Technology
11 Sep Keynote #3 - Monty Widenius on the MariaDB MySQL story Technology
11 Sep Women in Open Source Breakfast at #OSS2012 Technology
11 Sep Open Source Systems - Day 1 Technology
10 Sep Ruins of Carthage Travel
9 Sep The journey so far.. Travel
7 Sep Leading Geeks by Paul Glen Leadership, Technology
27 Aug Adult Ribbed Lily jumper in Yarn Barn 8-ply Knitting
28 Jul Anki presentation at BarCampMelbourne 2012 Barcamp, Technology
26 Apr ASUS gBook A1050 not booting - and how to fix it Technology
23 Jan Wrap up of linux.conf.au 2012 linux.conf.au, Software Freedom Day
22 Jan linux.conf.au talk - 'The best event in the world and how you can do it too!' linux.conf.au, Software Freedom Day

2011

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27 Dec Hike plan: You Yangs Travel
8 Oct VLC Media Player - HDTV XSPF playlist for DVB-T broadcasts in Melbourne and Geelong Technology
7 Oct Ada Lovelace Day - Donna Benjamin Technology
17 Sep Software Freedom Day Melbourne 2011 focusses on community building Software Freedom Day
13 Sep Woohoo! Got accepted to speak at at linux.conf.au 2012 Technology
14 Aug Ignite Melbourne #4 Ignite, Technology
11 Jul Lilypad Arduino LightScarf Knitting, Technology
17 Jun Ben's Finagle hat Knitting
16 Apr Freedom: a choice Software Freedom Day
28 Feb Beware - Domain Renewal Group scam domain name expiration notice General rants, NonprofIT, Technology
8 Feb Classic ruffles scarf Knitting

2010

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28 Dec Kemos hat Knitting
19 Sep Software Freedom Day 2010 - WordPress for the win! Software Freedom Day
9 Sep Silkwinter jumper Knitting
5 Sep Gearing up for Software Freedom Day 2010 Software Freedom Day, Technology
24 Jul Weight bias in employment - and society in general General rants, Interesting stuff
19 Jul Open source in name only? Software Freedom Day, Technology
20 Jun Intro to PHP talk at LUV Beginners PHP
4 Apr Trying to get my Seagate external hard drive to work under FC9 Linux Technology
24 Mar Ada Lovelace Day - Donna Benjamin, Brianna Laugher, Lorna Jane Mitchell and Elizabeth Naramore PHP, Technology
14 Mar How the Kogan digital photo frames stack up Technology
24 Feb StixCampNewstead postponed Barcamp
12 Feb Spread the word - StixCampNewstead to be held ANZAC Day weekend, 24-26 April 2010 Barcamp
25 Jan Bonnie Scotland, Moaning Moira, Widders and the Toon Travel

2009

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18 Oct The rudest woman in the world General rants
27 Sep Software Freedom Day 2009 Software Freedom Day
27 Sep BarcampMelbourne 2009 - awesome, exciting, stimulating Barcamp
30 Aug Gearing up for BarCampMelbourne 2009 Barcamp
9 Aug Call for sponsors - BarCampMelbourne2009 12th-13th September 09 Barcamp
19 Jul Ruby's Oriental Lily dress and scarf Knitting
12 May Netregistry nurses make me sick General rants
24 Mar Ada Lovelace Day - Quinn Norton Interesting stuff
22 Mar StixcampNewstead - Donna Benjamin's talk on Inkscape Barcamp
22 Mar StixCampNewstead - Zach Miller's talk on separation of data and presentation using the MVC model Barcamp
21 Mar StixCampNewstead - Paul Fenwick on 'Hacking other peoples' brains' Barcamp, Leadership
21 Mar StixCampNewstead - Brianna Laugher's talk on Wikipedia Barcamp
14 Mar StixCampNewstead - Jodi Crisp's talk on pervasive gaming Barcamp
14 Mar StixCampNewstead - Gian Wild's talk on accessibility Barcamp
14 Mar StixCampNewstead - the journey begins Barcamp
27 Jan StixCampNewstead is go for 14th-15th March - call for sponsors Barcamp, Uncategorized
17 Jan HDTV working using GadgetGeek USB tuner and BlazeDTV Interesting stuff
7 Jan Eliciting website requirements for non profit organisations NonprofIT
3 Jan Seven things Uncategorized

2008

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14 Dec The 9000 day manifesto General rants, Leadership
2 Dec HDTV - myth or reality? Interesting stuff, NonprofIT
14 Nov Making Links 08 - Intensive Web Day NonprofIT, PHP
1 Nov Go Girl - Go for IT! 2008 Leadership, NonprofIT
18 Oct The benefits of describing ITIL incidents in object-deviation format ITIL
18 Oct Software Freedom Day - Free and open source tools in education NonprofIT, PHP, Software Freedom Day
18 Sep A good customer service experience - Servers Australia General rants, Leadership
13 Sep Preparations for Software Freedom Day Melbourne are in full swing Software Freedom Day
10 Sep BlueSoleil - what a piece of rubbish! General rants
3 Sep Kepner Tregoe: Is it useful for ITIL Problem Management? ITIL, Uncategorized
31 Aug Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture Leadership
31 Aug Remember me when I'm gone - memory book project Interesting stuff, PHP
20 Jul Impressed with CiviCRM PHP
13 Jul Software Freedom Day 20 September 2008 PHP, Software Freedom Day
13 Jul Jen's Open Star Stitch Scarf Knitting
27 Jun Jen's Open Star Stitch Beanie Knitting
24 Jun Write a best practice in PHP article and win a copy of Zend Studio PHP
17 Jun Designing my first jumper pattern using software design principles Uncategorized
14 Jun World Wide Knitting In Public (WWKIP) day Knitting
11 Jun Kepner Tregoe article published by itSMF ITIL
9 Jun My article was plagiarised - is the offender's response sufficient? General rants, PHP
8 Jun Tricia's Canada Jumper in Paton's Inca Knitting
9 Apr Paton's One Piece Jacket finished! Knitting
9 Mar One piece jacket - from Patons Inca #1231 - almost finished! Knitting
24 Feb Highlights from BarCampMelbourne2008 PHP
24 Feb BarCampMelbourne2008 rundown PHP
24 Feb How I cast 'resurrect' on my Blog... Cats are evil, PHP