by Erin McCuskey | Nov 11, 2010 | blended learning, Creative Media, eLearning, Erin M McCuskey, Michael Gwyther, sae ra germaine, yum studio, yumproductions
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic’s song Closing Time today is my last day as a yummy… kinda sad really but exciting at the same time. I’m off to spread my wings in the big smoke. ballarat has always been a...
by Erin McCuskey | Oct 26, 2010 | blended learning, Creative Media, eLearning, Erin M McCuskey, Michael Gwyther, sae ra germaine, yum studio, yumproductions
a fortnight ago I ventured into strangely familiar territory. a land that your everyday people get very confused by… Armageddon firstly it sounds a bit daunting, and if you were walking past the Melbourne Convention Centre on that sunny weekend you would have...
by Erin McCuskey | Feb 22, 2010 | blended learning, eLearning, Michael Gwyther, sae ra germaine, yumproductions
thursday 11th of feb marked the return of the VETiS Creative Industries (Media) class. after some careful and crazy amounts of planning I think it’s going to turn out to be a fantastic year. even more so that we are running 2 classes now instead of 1 due to...
by Erin McCuskey | Jan 20, 2010 | blended learning, Creative Media, eLearning, Erin M McCuskey, Michael Gwyther, sae ra germaine, yumproductions
Nerd camp has been one of those things where it’s become a bit of a tradition for the nerds of Australiasia to go on an annual pilgrimage to the host city for linux.conf.au. This year it’s in NZ… in the past there has been a decent group from...
by Erin McCuskey | Nov 3, 2009 | blended learning, Creative Media, Erin M McCuskey, Michael Gwyther, sae ra germaine, yumproductions
I’ve seen some occurrences the past couple of weeks (hence the delay in my nerd diaries). The most comforting thing I’ve seen is the sense of family/community when it comes to hanging out with the nerds, it’s amazing the support you get in a gaming...
by Erin McCuskey | Oct 7, 2009 | blended learning, Creative Media, Erin M McCuskey, Michael Gwyther, sae ra germaine, yumproductions
As the “Resident Nerd” at yum, I feel that I need to prove that while I don’t fit the look of the stereotypical nerd I do hang out with them and do VERY nerdy things. I go to comic book stores, I watch my sci-fi movies/tv, I sadly understand all the...