Was at the farm several weeks ago when I was invited to speak with Prue Bentley on ABC Victorian Statewide Drive about our research on food waste in the quick-service restaurant sector. Since I was close by I decided to pop by the ABC Ballarat studio and do the interview in person. Statewide Drive is … Read more
ARC Linkage grant success – last week moved so quickly that some amazing things did not quite have time to land. Between Digital Design work, national media interviews for our End Food Waste project (QSR Sector Action Plan) and everything else in between, this news sat quietly in the background for a few days. I’m … Read more
Two weeks ago, I popped by the ABC Southbank studio for a national radio interview with Phil Clark for ABC Nightlife. Phil interviewed me from Sydney, I wanted to do it in the studio for better audio quality. This one is a long-form conversation, so great to be able to unpack further on the impact … Read more
Belonging doesn’t only happen in physical classrooms – it also happens in digital learning spaces. A short excerpt from my video for RMIT University’s new Graduate Certificate for Tertiary Teaching. I was invited to develop a video series – this one around inclusive learning and teaching through digital experiences. Over more than 2 years, as … Read more
Yesterday started at 5am. Up very early getting ready to front media – and not to sound like a cranky toad on breakfast radios. 🐸 This was for our End Food Waste Australia CRC Quick Service Restaurants Sector Action Plan – with research team Caroline Francis, Karli Verghese, Ruby Chan and Sam Quirk, exploring food … Read more
The Problem of Pace – full presentation at the Global Dialogue on Art and Technology forum in Beijing this week. I was invited to speak alongside China and international practitioners across a vast range of disciplines in arts and culture including immersive technologies, film and media, games, theatre and sound – unpacking how the integration … Read more
Google Design just posted a newly launched design system for Android XR experiences – Jetpack Compose Glimmer. With the race towards display AI glasses – Apple entering the space, Meta positioning away from VR and leaning into wearables, Google reattempting smart glasses (full circle from Google Glass, remember Glassholes?) – very interesting time in the … Read more
At work, I spend a great deal of time where regenerative futures is discussed as strategy, aspiration and ambition. This Lunar New Year, I took two weeks break for some needed restoration – preparing myself for a very hectic semester ahead. Sitting with my army of chickens at the farm, I have been reading Design … Read more
Valentine’s Day has just passed ❤️. Amid flowers, heart balloons and candlelit dinners – I read a piece on Gizmodo about someone who took their AI chatbot out on a date. Literally – phone propped up in front of them at a nice wine bar. “He was attentive, obsessed with me, and sometimes hard of … Read more
I got a new keyboard. Small acquisition – but it brought me a disproportionate amount of joy and happiness. I care a lot about keyboards – not as accessories – instruments. It is the mediator between the thinking and the screen. I treat my keyboards like a wardrobe, different keyboards for different occasions and different … Read more