Information Revolution/Evolution
Kate Carruthers Amusing take on information and the web from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Kansas State University. His other stuff is also very interesting, e.g. Web 2.0…
2007
Jambalaya
Of recent times I have been obsessed with the cooking and eating of jambalaya – in this case a Louisiana Creole inspired dish. I got this basic recipe from here,…
Mac horror moment
The other day I saw a side of my Macbook that I was never supposed to see. The horror of it! I was helping out with some cross browser testing…
Forget Summer Heights High – Gormsby is the answer
Many people in Oz have been laughing along with Summer Heights High, which I’ve found to be only mildly amusing. But a friend recently put me on to a Kiwi…
Call for Participation – First call for papers Computer-Mediated Social Networking
Here is the call for papers that just came out for this conference … To be held in Dunedin, New Zealand 11-13 June 2008 The International Conference on Computer-Mediated Social…
Web 3.0 – What is it?
I’ve been wondering how wild and crazy we can get with web x.0 labels before someone makes the point that it’s all a bit mad. Now Ross Dawson has raised…
Rules for a Career in IT?
Here are some rules, according to Mark Gibbs (CIO Magazine 04 September, 2006), that you must observe if you plan to have a career in IT: Rule No. 1: Do…
Six things about marketing in the world of Web 2.0 that the CEO should know
According to George F. Colony here are Six things about marketing in the world of Web 2.0 that the CEO should know:?One: Your Company Is Inside-Out In An Outside-In World…
Randy Pausch – Part 2, on Good Morning America
Here is Randy Pausch being interviewed on Good Morning America about his ‘last lecture’. More food for thought. I know I’m sort of obsessing about this, but I wonder how…
Simulated Web 2.0 start up game
this is too funny – and really helpful for optimistic start-ups to play via Aide-mémoire