Author Archives: Cam
What makes Huddle design great.
Huddle design is a service design agency that I am co-founder and owner of. We’re based in Australia, with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, and a presence in New York city. Huddle is a great company. It’s great because of … Continue reading
Mac OS X Leopard upgrade
I picked up a copy of Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on Saturday morning, and set out to upgrade our three Macs in the afternoon. All three installs went without a hitch on our 17″ iMac, 15″ MacBook Pro … Continue reading
Green Electricity – 100% Solar the way to go
A bit over a year ago I decided that I’d better take some action about our contributions to pollution and production of green house gases. So the first thing that I did was investigate my options for our electricity supply. … Continue reading
Mum and Dad are blogging their camping holiday
Mum and Dad are touring north-west Queensland in their 4wd and Kimberly camper. Mum’s started blogging the trip and every now and then when they can get a connection on their wireless broadband modem, they upload a new entry. If … Continue reading
New Belkin networked USB hub
Now this is what I’m talking about. Something that deals directly with the fact that peripheral manufacturers don’t produce network capable drivers for their usb products anymore (eg Canon). This device from Belkin, the Network USB Hub, allows direct connection … Continue reading
Nadine blogging her trip to India
My sister, Nadine, has started detailing her current trip to India – she’s in Ganeshpuri which is 2 hours out of Mumbai. Her description of the journey and her arrival at Ganeshpuri sounds wonderful. Her blog is at nadine.incoll.org
Made the switch from PC to Mac
It’s kind of funny, but I think I’m the PC in the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads, yet here I am sitting typing on my new Mac. Maybe the change doesn’t happen instantaneously. I’ll check again in the … Continue reading
Presenting tips follow up
By way of follow-up to my recent post about contrasting presentations styles, I am led to this round up of good advice for presenters via Vitamin News. The news article points to Nick Fink’s round-up post that sifts through the … Continue reading
Plants for bushfires and droughts
I found some links to sites that help us set up gardens that are less prone to being bushfire hazards, and also there are some drought tolerant plant sites too… Fire retardant plants – Indigenous Landscape Design Australia Do you … Continue reading
On communicating; and Vista remote admin
A Primer on Electronic Communication This site had some good suggestions, including paying attention to the following should optimize your chances of receiving a response to your emails to unknown people:Descriptive subject line Polite point-of-contact Succinct statement of the message’s … Continue reading