Ignite Melbourne

If you’re in Melbourne and free on Wednesday evening, why don’t you come along to Ignite Melbourne at The Apartment on Little Bourke Street?

There will be a bunch of presenters, and I’ll be one of them. My talk is titled Give Your Users a Hollywood Experience. Here’s a sneak peek at my first slide …

Ignite events are run worldwide and follow a unique format—every presentation has 20 slides and lasts only 5 minutes, with each slide advanced automatically every 15 seconds. This is the first time I’ve given a presentation in this format, and I’m excited about being part of it. I’ll also have a few copies of my kids’ book available for sale on the night, if you’re looking for a Christmas present for a little person.

Hope to see you there!

posted: 26.11. 2011, 23:57 Comment (0)

How To Donate Hair In Melbourne

About to get a haircut? Hold up there, sailor! Have you considered donating your hair? Donated hair can be made into a wig for someone who has lost their hair from radiation treatment for leukaemia or another form of cancer.

If your hair is long and in good condition (see the checklist on this American site) then your lovely locks may make excellent wig material.

Here’s what you need to do in order to donate your hair to be made into a wig for cancer patients in Victoria, Australia:

1. Grow your hair long. Obviously. 30cm is the minimum length for it to be useful. 40cm is better still.


2. Use several hair ties to bundle the hair into a number of pony tails—the longer the better. What’s important is that the hair needs to be kept together using that hair tie. If any hair falls on the ground, it’s useless and should be binned.


3. Cut the tails off below the hair tie. Keep the hair tie on, to hold it together.


4. Place the hair into a bag and post it to the following address:
   

   Louis Barnett & Sons
   312 Lennox Street
   Richmond 3121 VIC

   Include a note stating that the hair is a donation, and the wig will be sent to the Cancer Council of Victoria. You also might want to include a card with your contact details should you like to hear back from the recipient of the wig. If you’re lucky they might even send you a photo of them with their new ‘do!

5. That’s it! Go enjoy your new, lighter head and that fuzzy feeling that you’ve brightened up the day of someone who probably needs it!

Was this post useful? Do you have any feedback or experience with donating hair? Let me know in the comments!

Related links:

• Cancer Council of Victoria
Tags: cancer, donate, hair, melbourne, wig

posted: 19.05. 2011, 00:31 Comment (0)

What We Know About You: Getting More From Web Analytics

A video recording of my first public speaking gig — at the REMIX10 conference at the start of June, a talk called What We Know About You: Getting More From Web Analytics. It requires that you install Silverlight on your machine to view. It’s a bit choppy (maybe something to do with Silverlight?) but if you have a decent broadband connection and a ton of patience (ie. you’re my mother) then it’s infinitely watchable.

That said, watching this was a little difficult for me, as all the things that I wish I hadn’t done jumped out at me and made me wince (lots of umms, pacing with my hand in my pocket, showing one slide but talking about something else, repeat questions from the audience for the recording). But given this was the first time I’ve done this, I’m still pretty proud of the end result, and it’s all useful to take note of for the next time I decide to give a presentation.

Watch other videos from REMIX10.

posted: 27.06. 2010, 00:11 Comment (0)