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Coming out creative

Posted in Humanity, Ingenuity, Zzz.. randomness on 3 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With some hesitation – even trepidation – I have published some pages about me and some of the things I’ve made. Why the worry? Well, because I’m no extrovert. Plus, I’m in some kind of transition phase, so it’s even harder than it usually is to talk about who I am and what I do. [...]

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Not so kooky after all

Posted in Zzz.. randomness on 10 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »

At work, people sometimes laugh at me for doing a drawing of a concept we’re discussing. But lately (very lately – yes, I’m slow) I am becoming aware that not only is there an exciting, flourishing field of data visualisation out there – but there is also a field of visual thinking. I have always [...]

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A Depression story in the National Archives

Posted in Zzz.. randomness, tagged , , , , on 26 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This post is an excerpt from a paper I wrote about findability of National Archives of Australia collection items for the 2008 Australian Society of Archivists conference. The idea is that anyone’s description of a record could be put to work in the service of findability. So the following is an example of a description, [...]

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Into the desert – audio blog

Posted in Zzz.. randomness, tagged , , , on 1 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The National Museum of Australia is exploring new territory, staking a claim in the blogosphere. It is a mission echoing its new blog’s focus – an expedition into the desert to find – amongst other things – fossils of the large marsupial lion, Thylacoleo.
Into the desert contains regular audio reports by desert archaeologist Dr Mike [...]

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Art swallows building in Paris

Posted in Zzz.. randomness, tagged , , , on 31 May 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Indigenous Australian artists have been commissioned to embed artwork into the fabric of a new museum in Paris. Walls, ceilings and glass will contain – or be contained by – artworks. Artist Judy Watson has said it is as if the artists are “swallowing” the building. For more, see the Sydney Morning Herald report.

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Prehistoric pine and platypus

Posted in Zzz.. randomness, tagged , , on 6 August 2005 | Leave a Comment »

In the Australian National Botanic Gardens the other day, I was stopped in my tracks by the sight of the cage that protects the young Wollemi Pine tree:

I remember when the news broke of its discovery in the depths of a rainforest gorge in the huge Wollemi National Park, just northwest of Sydney. A rare [...]

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