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Minecraft presentation to Intelligent Communities Forum
Today I delivered a ten-minute presentation about our Minecraft project to the Intelligent Communities Forum Adelaide pitch. I was supported by Josh Roberts who drove Minecraft, while I did the speaking. Here’s the narrative: Hello again gentlemen. My name is Clayton and I’ve got a colleague Josh helping me today with the presentation. He’s driving…
Adelaide Virtual Tour presentation to Intelligent Communities Forum
Today I delivered a ten-minute presentation about our virtual tours for the Intelligent Communities Forum Adelaide pitch. Our virtual tours can be found at: https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/about-adelaide/smart-city-adelaide/virtual-tours-drones/ Here’s my narrative: G’day ladies and gentlemen My name is Clayton and today I’m going to take you on a quick virtual tour of Adelaide, my favourite city in the…
Victoria Square in Minecraft
David Cubic continues to use the Adelaide 2021 Minecraft world to build the city. A vision for Victoria Square is his latest creation, after the fantastic work he did on the Adelaide Town Hall interior and exterior.
Use Google Assistant to get answers on parking spaces and bin day in Adelaide
We’ve been doing a bit of work to incorporate a number of council information services into Google Assistant. You can now use Google Assistant to: Find out how many spaces are available at our nine city UParks Find out which is the closest UPark to park at Find out when your bin day is We…
Minecraft Town Hall continues to take shape
Our Town Hall Minecrafter is continuing his work – the facade is coming together nicely! Update as at 13 July…it’s nearing completion.
Stackla event support for #ADL40under40
We created a number of big screen event widgets for the #ADL40under40 event at the Adelaide Town Hall last night.
New chatbot & voice assistant page on City of Adelaide website
I’ve produced a new page that explains our chatbot and voice assistant project. https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/about-adelaide/smart-city-adelaide/ai-chatbot-voice-assistant/
Final three episodes of our inaugural Adelaide Living podcast series
We’re now down to the final three episodes in our inaugural Adelaide Living podcast series. The first series of ten episodes has flown by! A couple of weeks back we released our eighth episode, with the co-founder of IVF AI and imaging company Presagen/Life Whisperer, Michelle Perugini. On Monday this week, we released our ninth…
Bang the Table idea tool for Recover+Reimagine campaign
We’re using the Bang the Table ideas tool to capture suggestions from the community about how we can recover from COVID-19 and reimagine the city.
Why I hate it when people say: ‘we need to build an app’
I hate it when people say ‘we need to build an app’. Here’s why… Reason #1 – They should stop thinking up ‘solutions’ before understanding the ‘problem’ (if indeed there is a problem) When you say ‘we need to build an app’, you’re focusing on the ‘solution’ before understanding ‘why’ an app is required. As…
Arrr, me hearties – MS Teams frivolity
Liz went above and beyond again. Pirate hat with a galleon in the background. Very nice.
Chatbot case study from Hopstay
Hopstay have put together a nice case study PDF about the City of Adelaide chatbot.
Adelaide Living Podcast Ep.7 is live: Damon Gameau
You might recognise his face from his roles in films like ‘The Tracker’ and ‘Balibo’, or TV shows like ‘The Kettering Incident’, ‘Love My Way’ and ‘Underbelly’, but Adelaide-born Damon Gameau has found his true path behind the camera, as a filmmaker. His latest doco, ‘2040’, tackles the subject of the effects of climate change with a…
Many hats of video conferencing
Video conferencing fatigue was always going to set in at some stage with this COVID-19 business, so we decided from the outset to wear a new hat to every single meeting to keep it ‘fresh’. What I have learnt is that some of my team members have far deeper inventories of hats than I do.
Adelaide Zoom, MS Teams and Google Meet Backgrounds
Wish you were back working in the city, Adelaideans? Help relieve your longing for normality by installing one of our special ‘City of Adelaide Virtual Meeting Backgrounds’ for your next online meeting! We’ve got 20+ great city backgrounds to download right now. Not only will you look great on camera, you’ll also impress your workmates…
Stackla news feed widget for COVID-19
We’re using a Stackla news feed widget that aggregates COVID-19 from trusted news sources in South Australia, and we’re displaying the feed on the City of Adelaide website. The feed pulls in COVID-related content from SA Health, The Advertiser, the Federal Government Department of Health, as well as displaying COVID-related posts from the Premier, Steven…
Six podcasts down…more to come
Exhausted your Netflix playlist? Need a more wholesome pursuit after binge-watching Tiger King? Why not have a listen to the Adelaide Living podcast. We’re 6 episodes in, and after a short hiatus due to COVID-19, we’ll be publishing more episodes shortly. Listen to some great stories from Adelaide people right now – Mike Turtur AO,…
Adelaide Highlights virtual tour
We’ve just launched a fantastic new virtual experience of Adelaide with stunning drone and street-level photography. Visit here: https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au/guides-maps/guides/adelaide-highlights-virtual-tour/ Be sure to check out the special 360-degree Ecocaddy and TreeClimb experiences under ‘Family Fun’. Thanks to Lateral Vision and Naomi Tyson for the great product.
Hootsuite Breakfast Presentation about AI and chatbots
I did a presentation at the Hootsuite Breakfast Series in Melbourne in December 2019. The full video presentation can be found here: https://www.hootsuite.com/pages/landing/enabling-convenience The Powerpoint slides… IQ Meets EQ: Powering Customer Experience through AI and Emerging Tech Clayton Wehner, Manager, Marketing Strategy and Innovation, City of Adelaide In this session, Clayton shares key takeaways from…