Kate Carruthers
Lambdacats - more LOLcat madness
Given my obsession with LOLcats and LOLcode
In praise of proper capitalisation & punctuation in emails
PsyBlog posted about some research on the use of emoticons & capitalisation in emails and:
"They found that, sure enough, using correct capitalisation and emoticons tended to make a better impression on readers. The reader's personality also influenced how emoticons and capitalisation were perceived. Readers high in
What if Microsoft did the iPOD?
This is very amusing (hat tip to Mands for the clip)...
https://youtu.be/yvh5k1RWER4?si=4ofhQw1tENMXxEvi
Hype Cycle for Social Media
It seems like we are moving through the traditional technology hype cycle for social media (just like every other new technology that we've seen in the past).
The social media hype cycle appears to be heading away from the 'peak of inflated expectations' and towards the
Discussion: Customer blames bankruptcy on IBM IT failure
I have been using the following article as a bit of a case study with my students (who are currently studying project & SDLC management) this past week. It is such a good example of why this stuff is important to get right. Here a company has attributed bankruptcy to
Conference presentation on social media & web 2.0
Off to Melbourne tomorrow to speak at the Ark Group's Demonstrating the Strategic Importance of Internal Communication Conference - which is all about "enhancing recognition of the internal communication function by demonstrating tangible results".
My session is about "Web 2.0 in practice: effectively employing social