Wrap up #ndf2012

Wrap up
Andy Neale (@andyhkn), NDF Board
Andy Neale is the Manager of DigitalNZ at the National Library of New Zealand and Department of Internal Affairs. He is a current member of the NDF Board, and is most well known as the founding technical lead of DigitalNZ and New Zealand's Mix and Mash competitions.

Risk with conferences like this is if it's too inspirational it can seem out of reach, detached from everyday life. Don't be put off by this, by lack of funding, no designer, whatever limitation.

It's okay to beg and borrow if necessary - that's how we all get started. No-one comes along with a bucket of cash and time. All have to find a way.

Don't need to do everything. Used to come away buzzing and wanting to do it all. Digital envy. We want all these amazing things for our customers and institutions but neither possible nor necessary to do everything.

If you like something and think it's relevant to you, talk to the people involved and find out if they can share / extend it. None of the stuff seen here was achieved on their own. Everything built on top of the work of others.

Take whatever ideas you've got - talk to someone in another organisation - pick up the phone, email, tweet until they respond... and continue the conversation. Turn it into collaboration and new ways of working.