We pulled together a farewell video for Liz. Kudos to Hayden L for the production work.
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.
Happy 1st birthday, City of Adelaide website
Launched on 27 June 2019, the City of Adelaide is now 1! Liz cooked an awesome baked cheesecake and threw a surprise party.
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/
Eye in the sky
Our man Hayden went above and beyond today. At the top of a cherry picker in Victoria Square to take some nice photos in the pouring rain. Thankfully the weather cleared a bit, but now poor Hayden has vertigo…hang in there buddy. All captured on our Vic Square webcam: https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au/webcams/town-hall-south/
Adelaide Living Leaderboard
Below are the top 25 articles on Adelaide Living, by Page Views, since the ‘new’ AL platform went live in August 2019. Content queen Georgie S takes out the top spot, with her ANZAC biscuit recipe taking the cake (or the biscuit?). Overall, AL has had 72K users and over 124K page views since August 2019.
UniSA students share the stories of the city in a content collaboration with City of Adelaide
In addition to our content collab with Wakefield Press, we’ve also entered into a collab with UniSA, too. Back in 2019, Jeanmay H got in touch with Dr Ben Stubbs at University of SA. Ben is the author of ‘The Croweaters’, a book of stories about South Australia (it’s a great read BTW), and he’s…
City of Adelaide content collab with Wakefield Press
We’ve been working with Wakefield Press on a little content collaboration for our online storytelling platform, Adelaide Living. Wakefield Press is a proudly South Australian-owned and operated independent book publisher, based in Adelaide. Many of their publications are inspired by Adelaide local identities, events and places, which makes them a great fit for Adelaide Living. Since…
The Adelaide Town Hall…in Minecraft
Twitter user David Cubic tweeted his Minecraft creation over the weekend. Inspired by the ‘Adelaide 2021’ world, he’s built the Adelaide Town Hall in its full grandeur. He’s also built the pipe organ on the inside…will try and get some screenshots for a future post.
Daniel Goleman’s 12 emotional intelligence traits
The best leaders exercise emotional intelligence. The ‘father’ of emotional intelligence, Daniel Goleman, identifies these 12 traits of the best leaders: Emotional self-awareness: knowing your strengths and limitations Emotional self-control: calmness under pressure and ability to recover quickly from upsets Adaptability: agility in the face of change and uncertainty Achievement orientation: desire to strive for…
UGC for background images on City of Adelaide website
We like to use user-generated content (UGC) for our website home page backgrounds. This one has just gone up on the Explore Adelaide home page. A misty winter morning in the Adelaide Park Lands. Photo credit to Ben Campbell. https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au/
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.
Historical Maps of Adelaide and SA
I love working on new technologies like chatbots, drones and augmented reality, but I’m even more passionate about our history and heritage and making it available through electronic means. Here’s a little content piece we’ve done recently: an online collection of historical maps, charts and plans of Adelaide and SA, drawn from the City Archives…
Australia Quiz via MS Teams to keep up morale during COVID-19
I ran an Australia quiz via MS Teams this week. A bit of a morale booster for people working from home due to COVID-19. Here are the slides:
Adelaide Living Podcast Ep. 8 – Michelle Perugini
The eighth episode of our Adelaide Living podcast is now available and features local femtech entrepreneur Michelle Perugini, co-founder of AI fertility startup Life Whisperer. Michelle and her colleagues have pioneered a system that uses imaging and artificial intelligence to identify the most viable embryos for IVF. After a 3 year business journey, the first…
Minecraft Adelaide on NITV website…but not in a positive light
Our Minecraft Adelaide project has attracted some negative criticism. The following article appears on the NITV website: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2020/05/31/computer-game-project-draws-fire-undermining-adelaides-true-history For my part, there was no ill intent, or deliberate aim to exclude the Kaurna nation, in the work that we have done to date. Our Minecraft worlds were built in January/February and we chose to release…
Every video doesn’t need to be a masterpiece
The City of Melbourne posted this earlier today… https://www.facebook.com/cityofmelbourne/videos/679590365936310/ Shot on a mobile phone. No dialogue. No branding. Bit jumpy in places. Very simple audio track. But very effective – because it is timely, topical, informational and tells a story. Some people argue that this sort of product reflects poorly on an organisation’s brand. I…
City of Adelaide podcast covered in SA Life magazine
We got a nice write up in SA Life magazine for the Adelaide Living podcast. Here’s the text: Among the latest arrivals on the South Australian scene is Cityof Adelaide’s Adelaide Living, launched in January this year andhosted by Dr Christina Hagger. Produced by Radio Adelaide’s Podcast Works, Adelaide Living has so far featured interviews…
Context statements added to the City of Adelaide website
As the City of Adelaide website is a series of ‘destinations’ – different subdomains intended for different audiences – it’s important to provide some distinction between them, and some understanding of context for users when they first arrive. So we’ve made a small change to provide context through some on-page statements that have been baked…