My friend and fellow Bowen Islander John Dumbrille is beginning to engage with issues of accessibility for Web sites. He has some recent posts on his blog which look to me to be the beginning of a white paper. It will be interesting to see how his thinking evolves along these questions: The first phase of standards implementation has missed the mark. Designers served pages that didn�t offend anyone � but which, like a drab casserole, were universally disliked. �Simple� or �common� does not make for great design � �appropriate� does. A person who has had a brain injury that …
Good luck to my friends in Te Tau Ihu as they continue with their hikoi to protect Maori rights along the foreshore and seabed in New Zealand. This is a busy week upcoming in Maoridom. Follow all the news through Google.
Ten or so pieces of notable linkage: Healing the Impact of Colonization, Genocide, Missionization, and Racism on Indigenous Populations via Jeff Aitken Indigenous Environmental Network: “”A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice and maintaining the Sacred Fire of our traditions.” Creativity resources from Martin Leith, Charles Cave and mycoted. Culture and Commerce: Traditional Arts in Economic Development (big .pdf) via The Urban Institute and The Fund for Folk Culture Online Papers in Philosophy via wood s lot Noosphere Evolution and Value Metabolism: An examination of the nature of behaviousr and the …
In response to my post on the Emergent Organizations paper, Anne Stadler sent me a James Broughton poem which captures the essence of her thinking at the moment on emergence, responsibility and action: This is it. The is really It. This is ALL there is, And it’s perfect as it is. There is nowhere to go But Here. There is nothing here But Now. There is nothing now But This. And this is it. This is really It. This is All there is, And it’s perfect as It is. Broughton, by the way, had a wonderful aphorism that reminds me …
My office at the moment There is something interesting happening. As I write, my office is being torn apart as the local plumber replaces our home’s hot water tank. There is a lot of chaos, with the washer and dryer moved out of the bathroom and into my office proper, and the plumber and his little Jack Russel darting around the place. The more we get past the hot water tank, the more little problems we find, like the fact that my main water shut-off valve isn’t working anymore. So we’ll replace that too…if we can find the shut off …