Posts by Geoff Lealand
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An interesting case of power relationships. I have encountered cases of researchers using their own children as actors ("respondents') in their media use research. I suspect it has a lot to do with the excitement generated when your own children start to reveal complexity and sophistication in their responses to media, and the world. It is not so much to do with the my-child-is-a-genius syndrome but with suddenly discovering that your own child is actively contradicting the stereotypes which circulate in the public discourse.
Nevertheless, I always try to exclude my own children from my research, especially when I go to their schools--and tend to regard their experiences as private and not for general circulation, even though they can tell a fascinating story or two. -
How do you get the araldite out of your ears afterwards?
I dissolve it with a quick squirt of mineral turps up the my left nostril! Obviously, the glue goes between the air bud and and the silicone thingy.
Interesting comments on the latest Big Film. I was talking to a class of Year 13 NCEA students the other day, asking them about their film-going. Interesting when I compared their experiences to mine; I went to 52 films at the cinema last year ( a nice synmetry) , and not one of them was in the top five b.o. films in NZ for 2008.
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2) tuck the excess cable under your sports bra strap so it doesn't fly around catching on things.
Can I vote against Jake taking more photos of this? Ta
One vote in favour, here! Tucking the cord between skin and shirt is a good idea--especially when gardening. Nothing quite stops the music like cutting through the cord with secateurs!
My biggest problem with the iPod is losing earbuds all the time. They don't dissolve in the ear (well, at least I hope they don't) but fall off much too easily. I use Bose earbuds (far superior to the iPod originals) and have resorted to a dab of Araldite on the fitting.
Any advice?
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I know that Andrew Shaw can shoot his mouth off, with little regard for the consequences, but he was doing his job, in defending the programme against ill-informed criticism. The question really is: What the hell is such a minor kerfuffle doing on the front page of our major daily newspaper? It does continue a long tradition of the NZH being obsessed with real or imaginary goings-on in Hobson Street.
Geez , I wish the missus would let me cancel our subscription to that damn newspaper! All I read of this morning's edition was the Travel supplement.
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That was just the image that came to mind, looking down from the mezzanine at people gambling on a weekday morning.
That was the image conjured up for me too, when I peeked through the black curtains whilst at the SPADA conference last year. Something akin to a joyless factory floor.
As for pokies, they involve too much work for the novice player--all those button and options, which conceal the possibility that all your coins are going down a one-way shute.
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Our David Haywood in 'Playing Favourites' with Kim Hill this morning was just the bees-knees.
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From today's Media Guardian (or Gruardian):
Social networking websites are harming children's brans, says
scientist. P31 DAILY EXPRESSNo, that is not my misprint!
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Did you talk with any obviously Orcon-sourced attendees?
I did have an interesting long chat with a fellow from Deloittes, and his teacher partner, who were sitting in front of us. But we were a bit trapped by the seating and I would have like to have introduced my wife Josephine Maplesden to folk, so she could get some sense of why I spend so much time on PA. There are so many connections which could be made--Josephine heads up the secondary teacher's professional/lobby group National Assn of Media Educators (NAME) and knows more than I ever will about new technology.
I am not the sort of person to go bounce up to people (more sort of hanging back and waiting for approaches) but I was just thinking of ways of making a great night even better.
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One more thing: will the Great Blend talks be posted here eventually?. I would like to refer back to them this year, for teaching.
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A great Great Blend last night. Scintillating conversations and the time just flew by..but I wonder if anyone else thought that Bruce Sterling came across as just a touch arrogant, scoring cheap points off Andrew Dubber.
One thought for the next event--it may be a touch geeky (and a bit Rotarian) but could we have name badges (worn voluntarily, of course), so PA posters can spot others in the room? I had a conversation with Paul Litterick but I reckon there would have been others I could have shaken hands with.