Category Archives: ABC

Queensland Floods and the Web

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Bryn

Floods have devastated Queensland and other parts of Australia. The area underwater is greater than France and Germany. At times like these I am always amazed at the great and positive ways how Web 2.0 technologies are used; whether social … Continue reading →

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Broadband for Arnhem Land

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Bryn

From the ABC’s 7:30 report, a good news story about the Broadband Revolution coming to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. A fibre optic cable has be laid into Arnhem Land. This is great story in so many ways: The … Continue reading →

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ABC (au) Radio National launches Pool

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Bryn

via Boing Boing ABC Radio National has launched Pool: It’s a place to share your creative work with the Pool community and ABC producers – upload music, photos, videos, documentaries, interviews, animations and more. It’s a collaborative space where audiences … Continue reading →

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Negroponte on why OLPC needed to be non-profit

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Bryn

The Science Show (Radio National, ABC Australia) recently broadcast Nicholas Negroponte’s address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston. He spoke about the OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, being interested in both education and technology … Continue reading →

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.. and now it is time to turn out attention to the Senate

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Bryn

The ALP has a majority in the new House of Representatives, so Kevin Rudd is the new PM of Australia, but what about the Australia’s upper house, the Senate. For people on the left of Australian politics the Senate results … Continue reading →

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ABC (au) uses Google Earth to show APEC Exclusion Zone

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Bryn

ABC (Australia) is using Google Earth and Maps to show the APEC Exclusion Zone. The Australian national broadcaster is offering a kmz file showing the CBD Exclusion Zone on their web site. http://abc.net.au/kmz/apec.kmz The same information is available using Google … Continue reading →

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