Paul Reynolds (commentator) explained

Paul Reynolds
Birthname:Paul Séamus Reynolds
Birth Date:4 October 1949
Birth Place:Scotland
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation:Internet commentator
Spouse:Helen Smith
Website:http://www.mcgovern.co.nz/

Paul Séamus Reynolds (4 October 1949 – 23 May 2010) was a New Zealand internet advocate in the cultural sector. He was an early advocate of IT systems and the Internet in the cultural sector in New Zealand.

Biography

Born in Scotland on 4 October 1949, Reynolds studied at the Middlesex University, graduating with a BA in the history of ideas in 1983.[1] He then completed an MA in social and political thought at the University of Sussex in 1988.[1]

Reynolds moved to Auckland, working part-time in a Parnell bookshop and becoming a book reviewer.[1] He founded McGovern Online, an internet consulting company, with his wife, Helen Smith, in 1995.[1] For many years a commentator for Radio New Zealand on information technology, he was also an active advocate for the use of public-facing information technology by cultural institutions.[2] He worked with libraries, museums and similar institutions to develop websites that informed, educated and engaged with the general public.

Reynolds held a number of roles, including as a member of the Governance Group of Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa,[3] board member of the National Digital Forum, adjunct director (Digital Library) to the National Library of New Zealand, board member of the Auckland War Memorial Museum and member of the New Zealand government’s digital strategy advisory group.[4]

Reynolds died of leukaemia in Auckland on 23 May 2010.[5] [6]

Legacy

In 2010 a scholarship was established in memory of Reynolds from funds contributed by the National Library of New Zealand, Internet New Zealand, and friends of Reynolds. The grant, administered by LIANZA, is known as the "Paul Reynolds (No Numpties) Grant", and allows people working in the digital space to spend time at an overseas institution to develop or research specialist digital knowledge.[7]

Scholarship recipients

Past winners of the Paul Reynolds Scholarship are:[8]

YearRecipient
2011 Paul Hayton[9]
2013 Virginia Gow[10]
2015 Adam Moriarty[11]
2019 Gareth Seymour[12]
2022Mike Dickison[13]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Paul Reynolds: navigator of the netscape . 31 May 2010 . Dominion Post . 5 May 2019 . Bernard . Carpinter.
  2. News: The imagineer . Hamish . Keith . Hamish Keith . The Listener . 12 June 2010 . 5 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Paul Reynolds and the People's Network . 1 . June 2010 . Newsletter . Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa . Sue . Sutherland . 5 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130505201115/http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/sites/aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/files/NewsletterJune2010.pdf . 5 May 2013 . dead .
  4. Web site: National Library mourns Paul Reynolds . 24 May 2010 . National Library of New Zealand . 5 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Reynolds understood the power of the web . Peter . Griffin . 24 May 2010 . Griffin's Gadgets . 5 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Burial & cremation details . Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium . 5 May 2019.
  7. Web site: LIANZA Grants & Awards . 2022-07-23 . LIANZA . en-US.
  8. Web site: Paul Reynolds Scholarship recipients . LIANZA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093936/https://lianza.org.nz/paul-reynolds-scholarship-recipients . 5 May 2019 . 5 May 2019.
  9. Web site: 12 April 2019 . Paul Hayton is also No Numpty . 2022-07-23 . Libraries Aotearoa . en.
  10. Web site: 5 April 2019 . Virginia is No Numpty . 2022-07-23 . Libraries Aotearoa . en.
  11. Web site: 10 May 2019 . Adam Moriarty — Paul Reynolds Grant Recipient . 2022-07-23 . Libraries Aotearoa . en.
  12. Web site: Gareth Seymour, recipient of the 2019 Paul Reynolds 'No Numpties' Grant . Libraries Aotearoa . en . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200117003156/https://www.librariesaotearoa.org.nz/gareth-seymour-recipient-of-the-2019-paul-reynolds-lsquono-numptiesrsquo-grant.html . 2020-01-17 . 2020-02-19.
  13. Web site: 31 August 2022 . 2022 Paul Reynolds 'No Numpties' Grant winner: Mike Dickison . 2022-08-31 . Libraries Aotearoa . en.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Paul Reynolds (commentator)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.