Presentation titled "Remotely connected: Remotely creative" shown at ISEA2011, Istanbul. This paper is a scoping paper of a project I am currently working, that explores the take up of mobile technologies in remote Indigenous communities in Australia. 'Remote connections' is a project that explores a number of existing initiatives and research as a starting point to develop a collaborative skill sharing project with remote communities. For more information, go to http://geokult.wordpress.com/projects/remote-connections/