I picked up this meme from Stilgherrian (they are catching like colds those memes) and thought I’d give it a try too. The results are interesting.

Grab the nearest book.
Open it to page 161.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence [...]

Previously known as ‘turn off the TV week’ brought to us by the folks at ADBUSTERS and it is supposed to be held 21-27 April, but you could really try it any time.

The idea is to “take your TV, your DVD player, your video [...]

Happy to report that I survived BarCamp Canberra #1 in spite of the fact that the town was overrun by Australia 2020 Summiteers.

Instead we were ensconced in the cosy ANU computer science building for some geek mayhem. I was impressed by the variety, passion and enthusiasm for [...]

Made it down to Canberra for their inaugural Bar Camp at ANU – good turn out and some interesting presentations so far. Will post a summary later tonight.

It was a good drive down from Sydney this morning, but lots of police on the roads and a few [...]

It often amuses me to see the ads that Google places on Cameron Reilly’s G’day World site. Today was a combination of apocalyptic insights and some Christian podcasts.

Given his oft repeated religious beliefs Google’s ads are pure gold

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Have been thinking a lot about innovation recently and pondering if it is the result of nature or nurture in the workplace.

In business we spend a lot of time encouraging innovation with suggestions from staff and brainstorming activities. But I still wonder how much of that drives true [...]

Appointment of Ms Quentin Bryce AC as Australia’s next Governor General is good news. She has had a distinguished career as a lawyer, academic, senior public servant and governor of Queensland (not to mention the 5 kids & several grandchildren). IMHO an excellent choice as Her Excellency (although I do [...]

Here is Garrick Schmitt’s presentation for the IA Summit on consumer behaviour and Web 2.0 called Do Real People Really Use Tag Clouds?: Research To Help Separate Web 2.0’s Hits From Hype. It builds on the consumer behavior research AARF did late last year [...]

One of the largest gaps in our security is email. An example from a recent experience reported in Business Week highlights the risks:

“The e-mail message addressed to a Booz Allen Hamilton executive was mundane—a shopping list sent over by the Pentagon of weaponry India wanted to buy. [...]

Described by its unorganisers as “A free unconference for the innovation, media, web, and development communities focussed on sharing, learning and new ideas.”

I went to the recent BarCamp Sydney and had fun, met some nice people who are passionate about technology, and learned some [...]