Tag: web2.0
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Sky Farm (Hobart)
I have an uncle who has a large piece of land on the side of a mountain overlooking Hobart. The view from ‘Sky Farm’ is spectacular; you can see all of Hobart, the bay, both the bridges, and the buildings down-town. I spent the afternoon there with three uncles and two aunts and one cousin…
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Penguin
Don’t you just love these type of photos? This is me standing in front of a giant penguin in the town of Penguin on the North West Coast of Tasmania. In fact, it is in this town that I started my academic career. I am a proud graduate of Penguin Primary School. This is my…
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Pooped!
This is my mother and her long time friend Geoff. My mother just retired from the Simplot potato processing factory two weeks ago after working there since the early 1970s. Her friend Geoff will retire soon after working heavy machinery for a similar amount of time. They are both approaching 71. They grew up in…
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Sub-prime
This is the house that I am looking after in Melbourne. It is sort of a good house; except it is rapidly returning to a more natural state. I have to look after the dog as well. One more week in Melbourne then back to big school.
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‘Google Generation’ is a myth, says new research
Press release ‘Google Generation’ is a myth, says new research New report reveals the information needs of the researchers and learners of the future 16th January, 2008. A new report, commissioned by JISC and the British Library, counters the common assumption that the ‘Google Generation’ – young people born or brought up in the Internet…
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Epistemic Networks and GRID + Web 2.0 for Arts and Humanities
Epistemic Networks and GRID + Web 2.0 for Arts and Humanities 30-31 January 2008, Imperial College Internet Centre, Imperial College London *Please note new registration information for this workshop* Data driven Science has emerged as a new model which enables researchers to move from experimental, theoretical and computational distributed networks to a new paradigm for…