Stephen Blyth's Blog

There is lots of great sharing going on at the monthly Wellington NGO webmaster networking events which got underway in November last year. We’ve touched lightly on a heap of topics, and dug into depth on a few. Hot topics include choosing a content management system, email newsletter distribution options and analytics. At yesterday’s session [...]

With so many entrepreneurs and start-ups going gung-ho developing Apps for this, that and the other. And with gazillions of bits of web content created every hour or is it now every minute. You’d think I’d be able to find an up-to-date and useful list of meeting venues in Wellington. It seems every single time [...]

I’ve promised to run the inaugural NGO webmasters networking event in a fast paced way. The exact words I’ve used in my promotional messages are “Snappy and fun – no sales pitches – no long speeches.” I’ve attended many networking events and public meetings where things drag on. At worst, it’s half time before even [...]

After the workshop I ran today on making regular usability tweaks and enhancements to your website at the Connecting Up conference in Wellington I really got the feeling everyone would have liked more time to swap notes, share good stuff and raise other nutty problems. With a few exceptions, no one was even close to [...]

So far the move has gone pretty smoothly. Last night everyone was able to find somewhere to sleep in our new place and we’ve all eaten. Most importantly, our cable broadband is installed and working. Much to my relief, things went far smoother than when I tried to switch to TelstraClear last year (see “My [...]

The creche our daughter attends is organising a novel fundraising event. Mix wind, exercise and play to create the inaugural Wellington Windwalk. It’s quite a walk from the Brooklyn village up to the lone turbine which frames the suburb. About 7kms return. But there are buses back to the start, for those struggling with the [...]