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Minds at Rest
Our friend Tess Brosnan filed this story on today’s historic neurosurgery decision for the facebook group Keep Neurosurgery in Dunedin. It is too good to hide only on facebook, so with her permission I’ve posted it here. SM A former Dunedin Neurosurgery patient, Casey Coombes, described her 8 years of recovery following surgery as an […]
Posted in: Dunedin
Dunedin Neurosurgery: a win for people power
November 10, 2010
Dunedin not only keeps, but expands its neurosurgery service. This decision will ensure that the South will continue to have a safe and viable neurosurgery service for decades to come. I’m really hopeful that this process sets the benchmark in both process and outcome: Process: This process was (eventually) a model of rational consideration and […]
Posted in: Dunedin
Variants and a couple of precursors
October 8, 2010
A few more for the collection. Some variants and a couple of precursors. 271. Triangle showing factors, on ‘geographic space” ( Nijkamp modified by Dourojeanni) 272. Diverse hierarchical levels and limits of universal lawlessness (Gasto et al 2009) The core problem of sustainability is given by not respecting the highest hierarchical levels, exceeding their limits […]
Can IT really lead to a sustainable city?
September 29, 2010
Here’s nine words – random to some, but describing a very big chunk of what I’ve been doing for the last few years: Augmented Reality; Sustainability; Heritage; Innovation; Education; Computing; Dunedin; Election. And it all comes together in one post! This week the DCC announced the successful Industry Development Fund projects: augmented reality of Dunedin’s […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability, Dunedin
Polytechnic geeks ace speed dating
September 23, 2010
Dunedin ICT Internship Speed Dating 2010 Originally uploaded by Samuel Mann Last night 22 of our students met with 14 of the city’s IT firms in a bid to secure much sought after summer internships. This is a perfect win-win-win. Last year 24 students from Polytechnic and University got internships and 17 of these resulted […]
Computing for Sustainability 
November 10, 2010
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