If you routinely plan events, you may find that SignUpGenius can help make the execution of your plans easier. Using the its five-step wizard you can create a variety of electronic sign-up sheets to email to potential attendees. More »
Most Australians my age learnt about Halloween through dubious US TV specials. But is that always going to be the case? More »
There are plenty of dedicated gift registry sites, but they can be hard to customise to your tastes and they often require everyone else to sign up. Lifehacker reader Paul got around that by using a shared Google Docs spreadsheet. More »
At Lifehacker, we’re unabashed fans of Creative Commons, the licensing approach which makes it easier to share content. Australia is running a series of free workshops around the country across September, which is a great chance to learn more about the legal issues and how Creative Commons licences are being used. More »
Whether you’re planning an informal get-together or fancy sit-down meal, striking the right balance between too many and too little guests can make or break a party. Here’s a quick rule of thumb to follow. More »
Doodle, the fast, free, and clean poll-maker/event-scheduler we last visited about two years ago, has updated with some helpful power-user features and web hook-ups that make organizing your parties and meetings easy. A new “Power Doodle” option appears when creating a meeting planner or poll, letting people answer with “If need be,” hiding certain poll options from certain respondents, and other tweaks. Doodle also has added exporting to Outlook, Google Calendar and other iCal-based calendars, and a Facebook app that lets you poll your friends without a separate URL—they don’t have to install the app, and non-Facebook-users can still be added. All in all, a pretty cool and non-spammy way to organize a party or meeting. Doodle [via Download Squad]
Back in February, we broke the news that the One Laptop Per Child charity was set to come down under – which was great news for people interested in helping with the development of its uber cool open source laptop, the XO. OLPC Australia has just announced it will host its first OLPC Techfest in Sydney on Sunday, 1 June. It will include demonstrations, workshops about the OLPC hardware and software, and developer tutorials. If you’re at all interested in the OLPC, I strongly recommend you attend this event, as a lot of its very cool features are best demonstrated when you can network a bunch of the machines together, as will no doubt happen at this event.For full details, check out the OLPC website. [via]
A new group has started in Sydney called Geek Girl Dinners. An offshoot of a group which started in London, the Sydney group organises through a Facebook group and has already held several events. The group exists to get girl geeks together for technical discussion, a meal and some laughs.If you are a woman geek you are welcome and encouraged to come along – it makes no difference what kind of a geek you are or how small or large your level of technical knowledge. The intention is to learn & share some technical fu, have fun and connect with other women in IT. If you’re a guy geeks who has a female geek friend willing to escort you are also welcome to attend.I noticed that this month’s Sydney dinner is already booked out but if you watch the blog or join the Facebook group you can go to the next one.
And for Melbourne girl geeks – well, watch this space. :) More »
