Where have I been?
So you haven’t heard much from me on twitter or seen a blog post lately and you’re wondering where I’ve been for the past few days (unless of course you’ve been watching my moblog… then you’d know), right?
Well, I have been away and now I’m back and I’m a little behind - I wish that were actually the case, I’ve been eating my way through Sydney this weekend and I’m sure my behind is not so little 
Travel account
I flew to Sydney early on Friday August 10th for the ICVET Learning Powerhouse 2007 - Sustaining the Spark conference. It was such a great day for sharing, collaborating, networking with colleagues and viewing product showcases. I must say, I gave my newfound blogging/twitter network a bit of a rap while I was there and I got some interest in the Web2.0 apps we are all using. I was very motivated by some of the speakers. You can see more on my moblog.
So what’s this about Steve Jobs?
On the flight, I was delighted to read in the QANTAS magazine that when recently attending the “All Things Digital” conference with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs was heard referring to recent statistics about iTunes becoming one of the most popular programs for Windows and stated; “It’s like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell!”
There’s some footage here.
What Field of Women?
So, we stayed in Sydney for the weekend for the AFL Field of Women 2007 event (and of course some shopping). This was an amazing event for Breast Cancer Network Australia with 100% of proceeds going to Breast Cancer. Great to see the Sydney Swans (yes I’m a fan) win. More photo’s on Flickr.
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What Blog Challenge?
And now…. to catch up on my tasks for the 31 Day Blog Challenge…
August 13th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Hi Alex
Sounds like you have a great time. We did miss you :(.
Frances and I have a question. With the photos you uploaded to Moblog do you actually send them from your phone, and if so how?
Sue
August 13th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Hi Sue (& Frances),
I signed up for a mobloguk account.
You then get an email address (which I put into my address book on my mobile), then you simply take a photo on your phone and click send > email > choose address…. (this is dependent on your phone menu of course)
You can add text, and if you add a subject line, that will appear as the post title. You can also log into the blog and update/ edit online after. You can do more with it, see the mobloguk help files.
I think it’s a great way to document something. I have been talking to several teachers who go out into the workplace to visit and photograph trainees at work about starting something like this up. I think the resistance comes down to cost (doesn’t it always?)
Alex