Category: General

Another trip to Christchurch. This time I went to EPIC (Enterprise Precinct Innovation Centre) which is housed in a large purpose built warehouse – and full of high-tech entrepreneurs including 2 elearning companies and several game developers. Now this would be an amazing place to work – just motivated people who want to spend time at work. Their vision – ‘With the help of both our partners and tenants EPIC has transformed from a creative post-earthquake shelter to a buzzing hive of collaborative energy and innovation’.  Although some of these companies are competitors they end up collaborating and helping each other. Had a go at walking through the universe – compliments of the virtual reality headset – all good until the ground disappeared beneath me and I was somehow lost in space!

Once back on earth I went to Spectrum – a street art festival held in the YMCA. Invited artists (both local and international) were asked to produce artworks on the walls. When you walk through the rooms you see the artwork from different perspectives – some of it only makes sense when you see the entire work.

And of course still a lot of great street art.  A very creative city.

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Well it’s certainly been an interesting year. Worked full time for a while but now back contracting full time and loving it. Had an interesting contract recently which involved visiting the Fire School in Rotorua – and luckily we were there when an assessment was on so we saw the firefighters in action. Not that all my contracts are like that…..

Went to a few L&D events this year – Top 10 authoring tools of 2014, Creating whiteboard video in videoscribe, elearnz conference in Oct, elearning showcase in Nov – and to L&D presentations by Beca, SkyCity and F&P Healthcare. All good.

Looking forward to 2016. I have some very nice clients and I’m sure there’ll be some very interesting projects from them.

Merry Christmas to you all.

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Helped out as a POPPYTEER on an art installation project. 59,000 steel discs were laid in a poppy shape representing all those who died or were wounded in WW1. Had a great day – my job was to show people what to do but I spent a lot of time just chatting to them about their personal stories.  Later that night I watched the Gallipoli movie which was projected onto the War Museum building.

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Christchurch has been inundated with giraffes. Giant fibreglass giraffe sculptures, 2.5 metres high, have been scattered round the streets and parks of Christchurch. They will be auctioned off in February with the money going to local charities.  I spent a week in Christchurch and managed to see about 50![metaslider id=308]

Had a great time in Dunedin wandering the streets looking at the street art. Most of it is in the Warehouse Precinct where developers are turning the old buildings into apartments – preserving the heritage buildings. ‘The art is thought provoking and ties into the history, the future, the buildings and the ecology of the warehouse precinct and Dunedin.’

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Last night I went to a book launch.  Years ago I worked with Jim Marjoram (an Instructional Designer) at The Learning Curve and he’s just written a book about coming out in a Christian world – It’s Life Jim…’. Publicity was helped by appearing on the 6 o’clock news as a result of an email he received from a Christian who didn’t agree with his beliefs. However the book launch went very well and I now have my own signed version – thanks Jim.