It’s getting closer to that time of Year… ride my bike more, go on a crazy shake diet, stop smoking, etc – Welcome to the New Year’s resolution countdown. Just mentioning these things makes me want to procrastinate… But why do we so often break our resolutions? Perhaps because we don’t really believe in them, […]
What is ‘Open Knowledge’ and why should I want to join the OKFN in Australia?
What is the Open Knowledge Foundation (for me) and Why should I want to join? You can read all about the OKF via their website, blogs, projects and much more… But I want to tell you what OKF is to me (and why it is different for everyone). Most importantly, I want to try and get you to volunteer […]
Melbourne Cycle Map Hackfest
We are pleased to announce a series of evening hackfests (6-9pm, March 6th, 13th, 19th, 27th) to create an Open Bicycle Map of Melbourne with Open data mapping tools. We’ll need data geeks, cartographers, programmers, graphic designers, sysadmins and most importantly Melburnians to help us design and produce a beautiful paper map useful to all […]