Remembrance Day 2012
Kate Carruthers “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” These words from Horace have survived since ancient times. Yet more often nowadays we read it in other contexts like: Ezra Pound: “some…
2012
Existential Caturday
To celebrate Caturday I give you Will Braden’s award winning Henri 2, Paw de Deux…
The future of business is the future of technology
Recently Rebecca Nash from ABC’s The Business asked me to consider the future of business over the next decade. Here’s some thoughts from that conversation. The future of business has…
Digital economy and the digital revolution
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the digital revolution and the changes that it is driving in the economy. We are seeing a bifurcation between the old 19th and…
On the Continued Economic Decline of the West
Jon Moynihan, Executive Chairman of PA Consulting Group, made a presentation at the London School of Economics in July 2012 titled The Continued Economic Decline of the West. He dissects…
Your blog your brand – tips on getting started with your blog #wcsyd
Here are some thoughts on getting started with blogging from my talk at WordCamp Sydney 2012 at the University of Sydney today: https://www.slideshare.net/carruthk/your-blog-your-brand-tips-on-getting-started-with-your-blog
Asking for a friend: Awesome coder wanted for awesome venture
A mate reached out to me today asking if I knew any geeks who would be interested in working with him on a startup project. Here are the details he…
Real time, right time – it’s all about ‘me’ – so what about Twitter?
A recent article The Future of Mobile is Right Time Experiences by Maribel Lopez got me thinking about mobile and the future of the web. It is an especially important…
Social media for social good #socent
I discussed Social Media for Social Good at a City of Sydney Talk on 27th June 2012. It is an important issue. There are many decrying social media for increasing…
Your Blog Your Brand at Wordcamp Sydney 2012 #wcsyd
I’ll be discussing blogging and building your brand at Wordcamp Sydney 2012 – it’s on at University of Sydney 21-22 July 2012. You can register here. Some info about my…