Stephen Downes

It was great to see & hear Stephen Downes larger than life yesterday.

Prior to the conference he had travelled in South Africa and in New Zealand. (Auckland to Wellington by bus!)

He said after all that he had information overload. Most people get it he says, from getting 1500 emails. He can handle that — but he got it from real life!

eFest

I'm off to efest elearning conference tomorrow to hear Stephen Downes' keynote address. I'm looking forward to it.

Here's a link to a potted bio of Mr Downes on the eFest conference site.

Is anybody out there?

Seth Godin mentions using Google Analytics in his list “The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do”
He says “Google analytics [is] Useful and addictive and free.”

He's right. Every morning I log in to my Google Analytics account to see who's been to visit. Today I learned that I've had a vistor from Makati. It's in the Phillipines. I had to Google it. And one from Kathmandu (not the shop), plus others from the US & closer to home in Oz & NZ.

Google Analytics is easy to join, informative and, I have to agree with Mr Godin, addictive.

(I've also signed up Purrgatory — but no-one from Makati has visited there yet.)

Pericolo di morte

Hmmm. . . Jessica Helfand's article today on Death'n'stuff (at Design Observer) is thought provoking.

"We're all at risk. We're all affected. We're all mortal. Consider yourself warned." she concludes, in her posting about labelling, warnings and attitudes to mortal danger.

Be Afraid. . .

Don't go there Dominos! They don't need any encouragement.

Don't tell the Sisterhood!

I've taken up golf. Just learning. Today was our first day out without the coach. We played this game of our own invention where you play your own shot if its' reasonable, but you play Tracy's if your shot is cr_p. It worked for us. Plus it's a beautiful, sunny, early spring day out there.

Big Discover

I work alongside a property manager. One of his tenants has just emailed to say there is a big Leek in the 3rd floor men's loos!

Peace, perfect peace

Over at Purrgatory, Angelo has written a post with the same name. Slightly different content, but.

Eveytime I go to Picton I photograph this. The war memorial.

In the name of Godzone

New Zealand?
New Zeeland?
Aotearoa?
Link

Small change

Along with the change in our coinage (50, 20 & 10 cent pieces), there has been another change to something we see everyday that seems to have gone unheralded (and largely unnoticed)?

The font used for our number plates has changed. From the mid Ds. They now look like Australian numbers. Maybe they're being made there now?

Update
Wikipedia says "The lettering used for this system was sans-serif until the start of the three-letter codes beginning "DG" (March-April 2006), since which time a heavier serif font has been used." link

Seen around

Literal logo


Graffiti with flair?