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Modern Life, Work

Meeting Jimmy Wales

Weeks ago I put my hand up to attend a seminar featuring Jimmy Wales – the founder of Wikipedia – then promptly forgot about it.

Personally while I find wikis useful in terms of finding information I haven’t really felt the need to edit a page but I recognise that as a part of Web 2.0 we need to “get on board”. Also I’ve been questioning my career aspirations lately – is this the right role for me – could my skills be used better, or at least in a way that engages my interest better?

Anyway suffice to say I had no expectations when I showed up for the seminar this morning.

The seminar was presented by education.au and started with a welcome to country – a very personal account and quite accessable WTC, although I got the feeling the organisers thought it went on a bit.

Then we had Marget Collins from the WA Department of Education. From her introduction I discovered two new things. First – she used the term Digital Natives rather than Gen Y, which was interesting… I suspect to qualify you have to grow up with computers, which makes me a digital immigrant…and I’m not sure I like that term! And she said that the average age for teachers is 46.

At first I was horrified … 46!!!! That seems so old! But I guess if you consider teachers retire in their sixties, and don’t start teaching until they are 21ish… well maybe that’s just past the median point… They are unlikely to be digital natives though and that was her point.

Me and Jimmy WalesThen we met Jimmy Wales. Chairman, Wikia Inc. and founder of Wikipedia.

[for fashionistas out there he was wearing a velvet like pin-striped jacket over a laced up cream shirt over a black tee, black trousers and black rubber soled shoes]

Here are some interesting points from his speech:

Jimmy predicted the cost of textbooks and other learning materials (videos etc) would drop to zero, and that laptops would drop to $100, decreasing the digital divide.

He talked about the next billion users online – and how they would change the online community – being from places like Africa, South America, China and India.

He quoted a Nature article which said Wikipedia had an average of 4 errors per page, while Encyclopedia Brittanica had an average of 3. And their differences in reaction – EB threatened legal action, Wikipedia corrected the errors!

Monocultures are unsafe.

Jimmy said when you think of social networking software many think of all the bad things that can happen and design gatekeeper models.

A restaurant using this model would have each patron in a cage in case they stabbed eachother with the steak knives.

Rather developers need to use the accountability model.

To set up a Wiki community Jimmy recommends:

  • Have a simple, clear vision for what the wiki is about.
  • Have a core of people – 5-10 to impel it forward in the first instance.
  • Allow, as much as possible, the wiki community to come up with its own solutions.

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He said that neutrality was important. That disputes should be editorial rather than political or personal.

But what I liked most about his talk was that he said “the entire project is one of love”. How many projects can say that?

Then we had a forum with a number of education focussed bods, which was quite interesting and a workshop where we talked about how to implement a wiki in a work situation.. The bottom line for our group was that people had to feel safe to contribute – in terms of their IP, and their job – and that to get buy-in people needed to feel adding/using a wiki would value add to their work.

It was truly inspiring to meet someone with such an altruistic ideal as Jimmy.

Yep. I’m a fan.

And I love the fact his laptop is covered in stickers!

Bridge, Extracurricular, Modern Life, TV, Work

Love in modern times

Just saw the photos of my imaginary friend’s wedding and they are lovely – makes me feel all soft and gooey inside. Awwwww. 🙂

It’s been a week for romance – not that I’ve been getting any with Groover “on location” – another friend announced her engagement this week. She proposed. By post-it note. Now that has to be original doesn’t it?

It was one of those electronic post-it notes and she left it up on her shared computer at home. You know, the will you do me the honour… I’m serious! kind of note.

Anyway eventually, after some prompting he turned the computer on and said yes. Love in the electronic age. Interestingly I wouldn’t have picked an electronic proposal from that couple… they just don’t seem geeky enough! 🙂
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She is so happy and it lifted my week to see her so.

In other news, I’m playing in the mixed teams again. Again with The Physicist but this time with another pair. So far 2 draws and we’re ahead half-way through the third match. And speaking of The Physicist – he is starring in The Einstein Factor this Sunday night. His chosen topic – the works of Mahler. Yes, I know all the famous people dahling…

One more day and I’m on a week’s holiday… heaven.

Modern Life, Work

Sloth

Somehow Big G’s done over 80,000 steps this weekend.  I gracefully throw in my peach and white This device was developed by Swedish doctor, Jorn Ege Siana , and is used in clinics and hospitals throughout the US and Europe by post-penis-surgery patients to ensure proper healing, generic levitra from canada and is also offered by doctors as an alternative to surgery. This is the reason it’s better to take some time to obtain the most cost effective for just about anything it is you require. cheapest viagra It is clear that quite a large number of males around the world have levitra viagra online got great relief from this treatment. We must maintain complete openness to creative solutions and possibilities buy super cialis while moving forward if that is the requirement in the moment. towel (didn’t like it much anyway) and walk away.

Looks like rain… no point cleaning anyone’s car today…

Modern Life, Work

Walking

I’m in a mini walking competition with one of the sport guys at work.  We sit next to each other and well – he doesn’t look that fit and I certainly am not so I thought yeah okay why not.

We strapped on our pedometers at exactly 11.00 yesterday and at the end of the day I was 200 steps ahead of him.

Imagine my horror and embarrasment this morning when I compare notes with… lets call him Big G… I’m on 6318, he’s on 23,206… Arghhhhhh!

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Hmmm – anyone for a walk?

UPDATE:  At 2.17pm… I’m on 13,467, he’s on 27,000.

Work

The Power!

Finally after two years in the new building we have monitoring in the toilets.  By that I don’t mean some girl in a uniform making sure you flush, or wash your hands, or worse – cameras! – but the ability to listen to the radio while using the loo.

This might sound bizarre to you but I work in a radio station and if you need to nip out for the necessary during a track, it’s less stressful if you can hear the song playing.  Likewise if you’re producing – you can keep tabs on what is happening.  We’re talking nipping out for a quick wee right – not a read the newspaper session.

Likewise if you’re stationed in Master Control and have popped out to put the kettle on in the nearby kitchen – it’s kind of nice to hear if the station goes off-air.

But.

The radio is piped in and there are no visible controls and the volume was set just at that annoying level which was loud enough to hear if you were… shall we say pants up on your own, but if there was any action, inaudible.

The techs have decided to keep the volume controls well separate so that they can’t be changed willy nilly (so to speak).

Today – I found out where those controls are.  Mwah ha ha ha ha!

 

volume controls

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Work

Your opinion please!

So you’ll notice the poll in the sidebar?

I had some professional shots done by David Dare Parker – only a Walkley Award winning photographer dahling! – and now I have to choose some suitable shots.

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Extracurricular, Work

Scandalous Gossip

The Nautilus

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Went down to the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition today at Cottesloe Beach. Fabulous as always. We broadcasted from there this year which was great fun. Anyhoo… we had a prize that a child could win the chance to go inside one of the exhibits – a giant representation of The Nautilus.
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Well our team went down for a look before broadcasting – it was still dark – and as they looked through the windows they thought they could see figures… “Oh” one said “There’s even scuptures of people in there…” “Um” said the other, “I think they are moving!”

Apparently a couple of the organising team hooked up last night and decided to bed down inside the sculpture! Ooops!

Memes, Work

Appraisal

I’ve been conducting and writing up appraisals this week. It’s a strange thing to appraise people I consider my peers – probably it’s strange for them too… anyway that is why when I saw From a LAN Downunder’s (cute name huh?) post “progress report on weekly kpi’s” I was kind of inspired to… well… copy the idea. Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery right? It’s either flattery or plagerism. Anyhoo here’s my…

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Watching: Preview tapes of The West Wing – now on at the unfashionable time of 9.30 Saturday night!

Stopped watching: Heroes – because I just can’t be bothered. Likewise The Biggest Loser.

Listening: The Keating! Soundtrack.

Stopped listening to: Ani Difranco Carnegie Hall. But only because I’m now listening to Keating!.

Reading: Holy Cow by Sarah McDonald

Drinking: [Little Creatures Pale Ale – very cold.] A fine suggestion FXH but not tonight – make mine cold and white.
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Eating: Anything I don’t have to cook with salad.

Sitting / reclining : On an expensively covered couch (which may or may not have a raw egg under the cushion).

Going to: Veg out somewhere cold.

Looking forward to: Playing in the mixed teams

Loathing: Hot Weather [ditto]

Fearing: Sleeping in after going into work at 11pm tonight for a colleagues on-air function.

Texting: Noone – as I keep leaving my mobile where I am not.

Work

Blush

Today I discovered that Nigel Paine – who you might remember I was raving about some time ago – he was the trainer from the BBC who came over and talked with us here in the West about the changing e-learning world – has not only created a blog but has added little ol’ me to his blogroll.

Not just me but my good friend and colleague – Miss Ali.  It was an ordinary day for Miss A and we were greatly cheered by his site.

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And do check out Nigel’s site.  If you’re interested in e-learning in any capacity – he’s the man!

Work

Last day of the school holidays

And because of the hours I put in over the weekend – I get to spend it with my kids. Sometimes life works out.

(my weekend from hell continued with a call at 11.50pm to come in and read warnings til 2am)

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