This is us
Personal pronouns are complicated in Te Reo Māori (the indigenous language of Aotearoa/New Zealand). For example, the English word “us” can translate into Te Reo in at least three ways…
Accessible toilets (are not so accessible)
I created a video for Changing Places New Zealand, which campaigns for truly accessible public toilets…
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Happy Disabilities Day!
Today is the International Day of Disabled Persons! (3 Dec 2018). The UN’s theme for 2018 is “Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”…
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Changing Places
Today (19 November) is World Toilet Day! Hurray! For quite some time now I’ve been working on a secret project which I had to keep under wraps until the formal press release. As of today I get to tell you, and I’m very excited…
#BadlyExplainYourProfession
Challenge: badly explain your profession in 25 words or less…
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Hate is no joke
The true story of when Salman Rushdie schooled me on the topic of authoritarian hate and intolerance…
Using text variables in Microsoft Word
I created a YouTube video based on some tricks that I learned while taking a course in Advanced Microsoft Word (with over 120k views!)
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Putting diversity in the picture
I was preparing a presentation for early tomorrow morning, poaching photos off the internet for my slides, when I noticed a distinct lack of diversity in my search results…
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KiwiSaver and cluster bombs
A few days ago I saw an article which really threw me for a loop. Most New Zealand “KiwiSaver” retirement savings schemes (including mine) have shareholdings in…
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