Rob the Geek

Month: October 2009

  • Google Maps Navigation

    Oh very very cool… and if you are lucky enough to be able to source an Android 2.0 based phone (like the Motorola Droid) it’s also very very free. Couple this with the just announced Google Music service and Google Voice and you have a take everywhere, contact, entertain and communicate solution – Not much […]

  • TEDx Auckland – Session Two: Wendy McGuinness

    Second to the stage was a ‘Reluctant Futurist’ namely Wendy McGuinness from Sustainable Future, an “independent think tank specialising in research and policy analysis.” Wendy spoke on “The Danger of Now” which, in summary, was about ensuring you take into account whereabouts you (or your project/strategy) fits in the grander scheme of things. Some takeouts […]

  • TEDx Auckland – Session One: Michael Henderson

    As I alluded in my initial TEDx Redux, the inaugural Auckland event was awesome. In the next three posts I will briefly cover my perspectives on the presentations delivered at this, the first TEDx event in Auckland, New Zealand. The first speaker was a fascinating guy called Michael Henderson [UPDATE: Looks like something ‘weird’ is […]

  • Ideas Worth Spreading – My Journey to TEDx

    TED. Three letters, a veritable treasure trove of new ideas, challenging thinking and incredible people with finely honed presentation skills. I first stumbled across the TED initiative in 2006 when I was shown a presentation by Hans Rosling using Gapminder to do some incredible data visualisations. From that day onward, they have been a regular […]

  • TEDxAkl Redux

    What. an. event. There is simply too much to type to do justice to what I got out of last nights event, so I’ll post this entry as it is, unfinished, but linking to some of the cool stuff which was discussed… Keep up with the tweets surrounding the event here – and I’ll be […]

  • Education and the Future of Learning

    As I gear up for this weekends unconference, I’ve been looking through my Delicious bookmarks, specifically on things around Education, which is one of the sessions I’d like to run, if nothing else – to get a different perspective from that discussed at this years BaaCamp where I was part of a similar session. I […]

  • TwitterSheep for NZRob

    Below is the Tag cloud for the start of October 2009, based on the keywords in the biographies of the people I follow on Twitter. I created an earlier snapshot of this in February – it’s quite interesting to compare the two. October 2009: February 2009: