Quote of the day on women’s rights
Kate Carruthers This quote seems appropriate given the day .. “Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman!…
March 2008
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
Danah Boyd (2007) wrote an interesting discussion of class issues in America as revealed by usage of Facebook and MySpace. Her article , Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and…
Bad Ajax & Flash
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The Haters
Duncan has shared a good one (beware it does contain ‘colourful’ language) By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
IT failures and social media
It is worth having a look at Krigsman’s interview on IT failures and social media. Shel Israel, co-author (with Robert Scoble) of the influential book on blogging, Naked Conversations, recently…
Social media for PR
Jason Falls over at Social Media Explorer has noted a good (or blatant) use of social media for PR. Worth a look to check out their modus operandi. By Carruthers…
Obama – yes we can video
I wish Australian politics had such inspiring ideas as the Barack Obama campaign … By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
Climate Change Music
Fifikins mentioned desert island music today, which somehow got me thinking about favourites of mine. Mozart’s Requiem is one fave. Then I came to suspect that this little piece by…
Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change
I’m wondering why I have not seen anything about this in the mainstream media? All very interesting … Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change “Global warming” is not a global crisis…
Can Accounting Tools Lead to, Rather than Prevent, Executive Mistakes?
For the last two weeks I have been lecturing on information systems controls and using the recent internal control failures at Societe Generale as an example. Issues of internal control…