Stephen Blyth's Blog

I missed Jim Mora’s show today, but I wish I hadn’t. Paul Reynold was talking about “three online projects [he] thinks exemplify the best of community lead web projects”. The projects he raved expounded on were: One Laptop Per Child – Niue Aotearoa People’s Network – free Internet and help in public libraries, plus open [...]

We’ve been a bit coy of singing too loudly that a new website for the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector is coming soon. With major website developments timing can be fickle. It’s really difficult to be sure you have enough to show others. But later next month, we’ll be unveiling CommunityCentral. There’ll be spaces [...]

Monday night marked a significant milestone for the Wellington e-rider IT service. After all the planning, discussion, highs and lows, we held a big celebration. As the banner and invite said, “We’re up and rolling”. About 50 odd people turned up to help us celebrate at Internet NZ’s boardroom. There was a great buzz, and [...]

Setting out to build a new website or set of online tools can be pretty nerve wracking. No matter what research and insights have been captured, how many people have been surveyed, and advisors consulted it’s hard to know if anyone will actually find what you’ve done as useful and exciting. The syndrome of “build [...]

It didn’t take long before I was scribbling down a list of resources and websites to look into after meeting Aba Maison, from the London Advisory Services Alliance (LASA). While on a two month trip around New Zealand, Aba took time out from her sight-seeing to swap notes about using IT to support community groups. [...]

I’m really pleased the new e-rider website went live last week. On the site you’ll find all you need to know about the new IT advisory and support service available to community and voluntary organisations in the Wellington region. Perhaps even bigger news is that the e-rider service is actually underway. Last time I wrote [...]