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Sometimes I think that judges have not quite joined the 21st century! Suspect this one does not know what RAM actually is and how it is used? Talk about things that make you go hmmm ... here is an interesting ruling that was recently reported on ZDNET by Greg Sandoval, CNET
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The BBC documentary the Great Global Warming Swindle went to air on the ABC TV in Australia last week and it gave rise to some vigorous debates in our office. It led to an interesting discussion about relativism and scientificity. Some people argued that, since the majority of the scientists
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The World Society for the Protection of Animals is one of many animal care organisations that is campaigning for a universal declaration on animal welfare. Why is it important? Because recognized principles of animal welfare could help achieve: * Recognition of the importance of the welfare of sentient animals; * Improved practices
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The Wyld Report, is worth a read. It is published by the IBM Center for the Business of Government, discusses the implications of web 2.0 for government. It also provides a good history of blogging and gives some case studies about government application.
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itnews.com.au has an article discussing The good and bad Of Web 2.0 tools Worth noting that there is more buzz about Enterprise 2.0 now. All this leads to the need to think about how IT departments will deal with user communities (who often have better tools
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Interesting article at Entrpreneur.com about "What Your Sign-off is Really Saying - Find out what business etiquette experts have to say about the expressions we use to end work-related e-mails. It makes you think - 'cheers' is my favoured casual sign-off , but 'regards' seems
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Good piece over at Life Hack on 'how not to suck at socializing' - I am often lost for conversation at functions. I especially liked their most important point: have
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At dinner with some gen x and baby boomer friends the other night it became clear that there is a generation gap between gen x, baby boomers and gen y et al. This generation gap is different to that which existed between my parents and my grandparents. The old generation
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Just had a great customer service experience. An excellent example of how good customer service can transform a bad experience into good PR. I was trying to purchase a new leather folder online via Corban and Blair and the online transaction failed to process successfully. After three goes I resorted
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Just found this nifty gadget called Snap Shots and am experimenting with it - not sure if I like it or not yet. It gives visual previews of the linked site without having the leave the originating page. At least it gives the user the ability to opt out by
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After my musings on web 2.0 and the enterprise the other day it was amusing to attend Ross Dawson's Sydney Web 2.0 extravaganza last week, more about it from Ross at Web 2.0 in Australia: The birth of Silicon Harbour? Ross managed a jam packed
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Recently stumbled upon an article by the late Kurt Vonnegut on How to Write With Style, his key points in summary are: 1. Find a subject you care about 2. Do not ramble 3. Keep it simple 4. Have guts to cut 5. Sound like yourself 6. Say what you