GRID permissions – better data sharing for NRMs
As the wind howls outside the window on a decidedly wintery week in what should be spring (it should be... Continue reading →
A second trip to Wonderland…
Last year in October, I fell down a rabbit hole at my first Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) conference, and... Continue reading →
2017 Dieback Information Group Conference
Tracey and I recently attended the 2017 Dieback Information Group (DIG) Conference, held at Murdoch University. The conference theme this... Continue reading →
Citizen Science Showcase for Local Government
The Natural Area Managers Network (NAMN) Forum on Citizen Science was held on 26 September and hosted by the WA Local... Continue reading →
Supporting Students – and an Announcement!
A couple of weeks back, I was in the basement of Flux, a co-working space in Perth, being a mentor... Continue reading →
Symbolise in GRID just got a whole lot more interesting
Natural Resource Management (NRM) staff and Landcare groups have been using our Geographic Reporting and Information Database (GRID) system for... Continue reading →
What do I want from taxonomy?
Recently, Alex and myself attended the Perth workshop on the “Decadal Scale Strategic Plan for Taxonomy and Biosystematics”, from the... Continue reading →
Serverless Architecture at the Small Scale
On Saturday, 16th September 2017, DDD Perth was held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. DDD is one of... Continue reading →
Queensland – supporting small businesses
I have very much come to think that the title of this blog could well be a good marketing slogan... Continue reading →
What’s new in WCAG 2.1
Recently I’ve volunteered to co-ordinate the Brisbane Website Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup group. I used to run the Perth... Continue reading →
State of Natural Resource Management (and Coasts) in 2017
Last week, Tracey and I (with a cameo from Chris), attended the 2017 State Natural Resource Management (NRM) and Coastal... Continue reading →
Sharing, Data and GRID
We launched another GRID instance a week ago with a final training session for their staff and community groups, run... Continue reading →
A new home for Australian Citizen Science
We’ve recently redeveloped the website for the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA) website: http://citizenscience.org.au. We’ve provided a range of support... Continue reading →
Wildcare Helpline
Another of our apps for the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (formerly the Department of Parks and Wildlife) has... Continue reading →
Fantastic Malleefowl and Where To Find Them
Back in January, we started talking to the Great Victorian Desert Biodiversity Trust (GVDBT) about a project that would identify... Continue reading →
Discovering Queensland
Earlier this year Gaia Resources applied to join the Testing Within Government (TWiG program) as part of Advance Queensland. With... Continue reading →
Marine Parks App for Android
We blogged in September 2016 about our work on an iOS app for the Department of Parks and Wildlife, now... Continue reading →
Historical Mosquitoes
As part of our previous work on the Atlas of Environmental Health, (such as our previous blog here) we have also... Continue reading →
Revisiting Training in the South-West
Last week, Tracey and I did a (long!) day trip to Bunbury to deliver some training for the South West... Continue reading →
Filtering in GRID
As a project manager at Gaia Resources, I work on a range of projects involving development of environmentally focused systems,... Continue reading →