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I’m still alive

By AndrewBoyd • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: About, Life, Recent posts

…just going through a weird patch in my life at the moment - the new job that nominally gives me more after-hours space for blogging has been fairly intense. So I have more downtime but less motivation to blog somehow
C is for Content (the third in the alphabet series) has been half-written for […]



Bloggers who work too hard….

By AndrewBoyd • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: Blogging tips, Life

I wrote an article a short time ago on Work/Blog/Life about signs that you’re working too hard (and thanks to Gary Barber for compiling the list).
I found that I had seven out of the ten signs of working too hard - something I’ve often felt - and this list brought the issue into sharp relief […]



Golly, Jeanette, I think I’m having an election!

By AndrewBoyd • Oct 14th, 2007 • Category: Aussie Blogger, Life

Neerav Bhatt sent me an email today:

Hi Andrew
The Australian Federal election has been called for 24th November 2007.
Due to changes in electoral laws if people’s details on the electoral
roll are wrong they won’t be allowed to vote.
Please urge your Aussie blog readers to read this article
http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/enrol-and-register-to-vote-you-can-make-a-difference/
so they know how to fix their details and be […]



Oz-IA Moblogging: Followup

By AndrewBoyd • Oct 9th, 2007 • Category: Life

I had a whale of a time blogging live from Oz-IA.
What I’ve ended up with is a heap of posts written in mobloggerese - shorthand notes that don’t mean much of anything to anyone but me. Here’s an example, based on a presentation on ethics by my friend Donna:
I will… not you should…
Designing in an […]



Free Burma

By AndrewBoyd • Oct 4th, 2007 • Category: Life



Five tips for conference bloggers

By AndrewBoyd • Sep 22nd, 2007 • Category: Life

I’m writing this post from Oz-IA on Saturday afternoon.
It’s getting late in the day and there are lots of sideways looks going on around me - people are seeing who else is about. I’m given to wonder why - are they reevaluating their currentĀ  personal relationships or just tracking business rivals and potential employees? […]



If you can’t help, at least don’t make things worse

By AndrewBoyd • Sep 9th, 2007 • Category: Blogging tips, Life

Helen and I are looking at moving house soon - more room means the possibility of more furniture, so we’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of days looking at lounge and dining options. Apart from sore feet, we haven’t really achieved much so far, but at least we’re coming to a […]