Uncertainty ...
"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." - John Holt
How do we decide what to do during times or moments of uncertainty? It is not often that we
Kate Carruthers
Imagining Technology Futures - part 1
Technology is moving so fast, we tend to forget that the internet has only been available to us for less than 20 years. And technologies such as Wikipedia and eBay, which are now such an integrated part of our lives, had not even been imagined.
Most of us have had
Why work in IT? 17,500 jobs slashed at BT, Sun and Yahoo!
It was reported on ITWire 16-Nov-08 that 17,500 jobs are gone: "this has been a bad week for technology workers. As the economy continues to squeeze technology companies, staff are set to get crunched by swathing job cuts at BT, Sun and Yahoo!"
This just
Shopping plans - Grocery & Non-perishables
I've been thinking about my shopping habits & have decided to focus on grocery & non-perishables first.
Next generation of the web & Kevin Kelly's vision
I've been thinking a lot about the next generation of the web after reading Kevin Kelly's posts last year on the internet of things.
Recently Kevin spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit and discussed some of his ideas for the future of the web. The
List of things to simplify - finance
Thinking about things in my financial life that can be simplified or reduced:
* credit cards
* bank accounts
* superannuation fund accounts
* shopping
* insurance
Off to work out an action plan to simplify each of these - the goal is to make them simpler, cheaper and/or better value for money.
Shopping plans
I've never really bothered to plan my shopping & have traditionally just bought whatever appealed to me on the day.
But that is all about to change. I'm going to be planning my shopping from now on - checking labels and looking for good value.
Any frugal