Profile of Cam
What’s your name? Cameron Hopkinson What are your preferred pronouns? They/Them What’s your title? Software developer How long have you worked at Ackama? 2.5 years…
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NZSL Dictionary – 25 year anniversary video
Since 2011, the NZSL dictionary has been available online. Ackama today supports the software that runs the online service. If you would like to learn some signs, you can take a look here. The Deaf Studies Research Unit researches,…
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Passing values between steps in Github Actions
We’ve contributed the setup-terminus action to Pantheon as their official method for installing Terminus in GitHub Actions, so you should now switch to using pantheon-systems/terminus-github-actions! GitHub Actions is a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that allows you…
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Remote success – a failsafe remote presentation guide
It’s never as simple as turning on a webcam, and continuing as before. Here’s a guide to giving a successful, inclusive, enjoyable remote talk! 1 – 3 weeks before the talk Know your audience Figure out who might…
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Ackama now on the NZ All of Government Consultancy Panel
Ackama are delighted to announce that we are listed on the AOG consultancy panel. You can see our listing in the Online Panel Directory! We are a tier 2 provider offering services in the Business Change and Operations Management &…
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Rules-as-Code: The Next Step for Policy Development in a Digital World
Rules-as-Code: The Next Step for Policy Development in a Digital World
Breccan McLeod-Lundy October 21, 2020Rules-as-code is steadily gaining interest in government as an approach to policy development and implementation (Ackama has over the last year assisted with several rules-as-code projects at the New Zealand DIA Service Innovation lab). I believe the key value of…
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Game accessibility and the representation of disabled characters in games
Game accessibility and the representation of disabled characters in games
Cameron Hopkinson August 18, 2020On the 12th of June, I had the opportunity to speak at the Freeplay Independent Games Festival on a couple of topics that are dear to me – game accessibility and the representation of disabled characters in games. The…
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The best way to store your dotfiles: A bare Git repository **EXPLAINED**
The best way to store your dotfiles: A bare Git repository **EXPLAINED**
Gabrielle Young August 3, 2020@durdn from Atlassian wrote an excellent tutorial on how to manage dotfiles using a bare Git repository . Your dotfile setup will be ship-shape within minutes! Yet, it took me hours to demystify the tutorial. It uses a bare repository in…
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Jacinda Ardern announced her COVID-19 budget last week – interesting snippets for Australian observers
Originally posted on LinkedIn. The New Zealand Prime Minister is certainly popular in Australia, and a great ambassador internationally for my home country. I travel between Wellington and Australia regularly for work and the enthusiasm for NZ has…
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Ackama and Midas Infomedia Join Forces
Ackama and Midas Infomedia are excited to announce the beginning of a transition process where Midas Infomedia will join the Ackama Group. Together they have been looking at ways to better weather the challenges of the current crisis and of…
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