I just sent this email out to my work colleagues and I am very excited:

Hi Advocacy and Partnership friends

GIS Day is coming up next Wednesday. For those who don’t know, GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems (a fancy way to talk about maps) and it’s actually a legitimate thingThis year GIS Day at ANGLICARE is being postponed to Thursday ( Read more... )

I love being an Anglican. It's not because of the bishops, or the Thirty Nine Articles, or the prayer book, or the baptising of children. It's definitely not because of the odd mish-mash culture of grumpy-loving-complaining-hopeful-closeminded-openhearted-conservative-creative Anglicans here in Sydney. It's not even because of the Queen (although ( Read more... )

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Again, in celebration of GIS day...

My five favourite map-related moments from the West Wing:

#5: "Josh, Toby. On my girlfriend's life, your troubles end 98 miles right down that track."Josh, Toby and Donna get stranded in a series of small towns during Season 4. It wouldn't have happened if they knew more about local geography. Or if they had a ( Read more... )

Happy GIS Day!

I have done a few things to celebrate today, and one of them was creating a map-themed treasury on Etsy.

Check it out for some of the coolest crafty map products available!

It was just another subtle reminder that nearly everyone I work with is a Christian. This note was left stuck on the cupboard above the sink in our kitchen:


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Last Wednesday was International GIS Day!

According to the official website, GIS day is typically celebrated by raising awareness of the awesomeness of GIS in your workplace, and by making a celebratory GIS cake. It's also celebrated in schools by teaching children neat GIS skillz ( Read more... )

I was off work sick yesterday with a headache exacerbated by allergies. In the morning it was a relief to stay home, but by the afternoon I was missing it and ready to go back ( Read more... )

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I have a new job!

My Liberal Studies degree is leaving me with two majors, one in Social Policy and one in Geography. And get this:
Anglicare has offered me a part time job in their social policy department making mapsI am so so excited! Was there ever a more perfect job? My friend Natalie (a girl from church, although not from my congregation) ( Read more... )