Tuesday evening was a special and humbling experience. I had the opportunity to present a talk on the progress of Digital Inclusion Whanganui, sharing where we are at and outlining our first major milestone coming up : presenting a needs analysis report at Techweek 2025, scheduled for 19-20 May. This was, in many ways, my […]
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As we step into 2025, I am thrilled to continue advancing digital inclusion in Whanganui, embarking on a journey that holds immense promise for our community. My mission is clear: to bridge the digital divide and ensure that everyone, regardless of their background, can access and benefit from the digital world. This year marks a
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I’m so happy and pleased DORA is coming to visit Whanganui for two weeks from 18 November 2024. DORA (Digital On-Road Access) is Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa’s mobile learning centre. https://steppingup.nz/programmes/dora/ This year we have been focusing on helping people to learn popular online health apps such as Manage My Health, myindici 2.0, or The Doctors
Sometimes, to do your best to be new, it is better to be old Read More »
We don’t have the money, so we have to think. – Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) on Kiwi ingenuity (Image pottery sculpture by Robin Murdoch) https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rutherford-of-nelson-1972 Whilst not quite as of earth-shattering importance to the splitting of the atom, nevertheless , attention to quickly fixing the digital divide must be given more priority. Probably Rutherford would not
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This isn’t going to be easy! According to Jim Collins, the path to upping my game to the next level is by confronting the most brutal facts of my current reality. Crikey, achieving this will test my commitment to honesty, respect, self-discipline, and mindfulness to the limits. This construct is part of creating inputs of
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In my digital inclusion mahi, fragility is a constant state which motivates me to strive to stay strong to succeed. Fragility may be regarded as a weakness and debilitating condition for some, but I love fragility’s connection with exquisiteness, fineness, and brittleness.* Equally interesting to me is that their antonyms include roughness and rudeness, solidity
Nicholas Roerich, 1874-1947 Himalayas “Lamas speak about the Abode of the Great Rishis. Each one describes Shambhala according to his own understanding. The mention of treasures is correct, but they are described in different ways. Legends about Our Warriors exist all over the world and are not without foundation. There are also described many gates
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It seems incredible to me that I am now on the higher side of 75 years old. I can easily remember thinking in my twenties that being 45 years old was unimaginable. Looking ahead, every year that comes and goes with me participating will be a bonus. I want to do the best I can
A Sense of Purpose Read More »
Here is a write up about machine learning with images and a great Webinar run by TUANZ recently. Unsupervised machine learning has become highly influential in our lives and needs to be more widely understood. Here are some descriptions of some of the key concepts involved, discussion about the implications of its use, plus commentary
Machine Learning with Images for ALL Read More »
In the virtual realm, Paths unfold with quiet grace, Dreams chase, futures form. Image and haiku created by Alistair Fraser in 2023 by prompting DALL-E 3 and OPENAI ChatGPT4 Not sure about anyone else but I feel 2024 is going to be a huge and likely a seminal one for us all. Of course, on
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