It’s the 2nd day of the VR Days conference and we’ve changed venue to this funky warehouse location. I spent the morning listening to sessions on VR training but it’s the set of afternoon sessions on “Use Your Brain 4.0” … Continued
Continuing on Day 1 of the Vision and Impact Conference of VR Days Europe and I’m listening to Brandon Harper talk about ambient experience. In his session he mentions a game the team plays called Judgment Call to look at … Continued
It’s Day 1 – Vision and Impact Conference of VR Days Europe and I really loved the session by Dominic Eskofier addressing the problems with enterprise VR (or really all the devices). The part that resonated was getting people to … Continued
I happened upon SheEO earlier in the year and signed up as a first year Activator in Australia. It sounded novel and much of the message resonated with me and what I’d seen in a lot of our local community. … Continued
Photo Credit Muses JS Muses run JavaScript and Node.js workshops for women, non-binary and trans folk around Australia. I’d mentored a bunch of different events, but I hadn’t made it to this one yet. Today that changed – and I … Continued
Back in March last year, my friend James challenged me to the AI Ethics challenge. While I intended to write a blog post and had lots of ideas I decided I’d fulfil the challenge with a talk instead. 50 Shades … Continued
Let’s talk about rubbish! We’ve been running DDD Brisbane for a few years now (this is our 8th!) and did a few things here and there to be friendly to the environment. At the end of the 2017 event we … Continued
Over my career, I’ve tried to engage, share and help the community. Originally, it was more in the technical community or the upcoming technical community. More recently I’ve tried to broaden that as I’ve been involved with wildlife care and … Continued
Last year I tried something a bit different and was the “Agile Coach” for the 3rd year university students for their industry project. Throughout the year, I coached (I prefer mentored as coach makes me think of PE at school … Continued
Saturday 1st December we kicked off our 8th DDD Brisbane. We arrived bright and early for the 3rd year at the beautiful University Campus in the Advanced Engineering Building. The coffee team arrived early to caffeinate our volunteers and early … Continued
We wandered around Halong this morning – in search of coffee and to stretch our legs before our boat journey. There’s a heap of construction so the area will look very different in a few years time. We walked to … Continued
After a good rest we get up for an early learn to make your own lunch. Pork spring rolls, mango salad and beef with lemon grass. Were too full by then to make the 2nd main. We had intended to … Continued
Our last shift at EPRC today. They put us both on the hill in the soft release area. We got to feed the langur sweet potato and the gibbon did come down for food while we were there. Our final … Continued
This morning was a similar routine of feed in the morning, I feed 2nd shift while John helps repair cages. \ It’s really humid today and we’re just dripping. There’s a new volunteer/researcher arrived and he’s staying for 6 months. … Continued
Today was a busy work day. Overnight, on of the Gibbons had given birth so there’s a new baby at the centrey. It was hot and humid. What’s hotter than that? Being on burn duty! I got to stand in … Continued
Usual morning of feeding and clearing today. Had a slight miscommunication for the next session so we wandered around to grab some more pics. The babies are always so full of energy and inquisitive. While the adults are happy … Continued
This morning I did the perimeter check. This was super tricky in the wet as it was a bit flooded and very slippery. On one hand I regretted wearing my gumboots as they are heavy and don’t bend and on … Continued
Today we ensured we arrived well before 6:30am. We spent the first session watching the Langur introduction between a male and female. They’d spent some time next to each other in the enclosure before the main door was opened. They … Continued
Up early to start our first day at EPRC (Endangered Primate Rescue Centre). We’re told to be there at 6:30am for the morning shift (if we were up to working). We arrived and started changing shoes and the keepers were … Continued
We had what seemed like an extra busy last couple of weeks so I think we felt extra relieved to get this break. We’ve not seen much of each other with me working late many nights and weekends full of … Continued
Yesterday I took part in judging the year 7-8 students for the Brisbane entrants of Young ICT Explorers. I’ve been involved in this event for quite a few years now and it always brings a smile to my face what … Continued
If you ever create an app registration in Azure and then want to delete it – you may find the Delete button is disabled. Easiest way to get this to light up is to click the manifest icon Goto the … Continued
Today we leave the West Fjords and head south on the car ferry Ferjan Baldur. It’s a 3 hour boat ride and we had internet connectivity the whole way. I still got a little bored and had a nice nap … Continued
Today’s highlight was the trip to Dynjandi. We’ve seen a lot of waterfalls by now but I think Dynjandi is the prettiest with it’s wide veil. You see this waterfall many k’s away and it gets more impressive the closer … Continued
Saturday – Our run of good weather has ended for now. It’s been a pretty bleak drive to get to Ísafjörður. We’re taking the opportunity to rest and enjoy staying in the one hotel for 2 nights in a row … Continued
Day 14 – After a disappointing night, and a bleak outlook we weren’t keen on an early start so took out time to head west today. First stop to break up the drive was Goðafoss. I’d had it on my … Continued
It was really overcast this morning so we took the opportunity of having the same hotel for 2 nights and getting some sleep. With the long sunlight hours we’ve been having long days on the road and we’re both pretty … Continued
This morning we set off on a little adventure to find the location of a photo I’d spotted – Bjolfur. It’s just before the turnoff to Seydisfjordur. It’s a small gravel road and all I have is my memory of … Continued
After being told about the previous night’s Northern Lights I woke about once an hour and looked out the window in hope of the elusive green in the sky to no avail. Up early for sunrise to head back to … Continued
While we slept last night there was a great Northern Lights display….bummer. The hotels really need a “Please wake me if there’s Northern Lights option. I had checked the forecast earlier in the day and it was cloudy..must have cleared … Continued