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A woodpecker, a genie and a snake

September 1, 2023

I’m giving a keynote at CompEd in India in December. My working title is “searching for computing’s soul”. I’m using the examples of ethics, sustainability and decolonising in the context of computing education. Very aware of being the white “expert” talking about these things in a colonised country with rich and varied understandings, I went […]

A virus, a pyramid, and a butterfly walked into a sustainable bar…

July 19, 2023

Adding to the collection of diagrams of sustainability. This time we add dimensions – so a triangle becomes a wedge and a pyramid And spirals and links become a pandemic. We finish with an ontological butterfly. 655. PlanetEarth Concept (if the planet is conceived as triangles) (Al-Thour 2016) 656. Washing machine (Mansell 2019) 657. SDGs […]

Six months in a freaky boat

June 13, 2023

Six months of Blowing Bubbles – summer, storms, travel and artificial intelligence. Featuring three conversations with Lucky Hawkins in the aftermath of the cyclone, recovery and renewed leadership. Adding to the archive here: 452. Undividing Digital Bubbles – Keld Hunia in Wainui 453. Possibilities of Bubbles – Greg Hughson in Caversham 454. Wild Whenua Bubbles […]

Bubbling Through a Winter Wonderland

August 13, 2022

Blowing Bubbles for June through August 2022 as we have the first Matariki Public Holiday, overseas travel is back, the COVID wave finally finds NZ, activists activate, and folks gear up for local body elections. Adding to the full list of Blowing Bubbles episodes. 406. Cheryl Adams in Central Dunedin More Smiling Bubbles 407. Steven O’Connor […]

May There Be Bubbles

June 3, 2022

Blowing Bubbles for April and May 2022. Adding to the full list of Blowing Bubbles episodes. 386. Heidi Renata in Dunedin Mana Rangatahi Bubbles 387. Mauricio Novoa in the Blue Mountains of Western Sydney Designing Living-Centred Bubbles 388. Steven Field in Roslyn Real Bubbles 389. Nancy Longnecker in Maryhill Communicating Bubble Science 390. Jason Lougher in […]