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Nasty taste with poor quality ...
"The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of meeting schedules is forgotten." -- Kathleen Byle, Sandia National Laboratories
Kate Carruthers
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Social Implications of Social Computing #3
* Growth of knowledge * Too much knowledge to keep in our heads * No more epic poetryIn our tribal past there was a need to keep knowledge in our own heads for use by the individual and for sharing with others, hence the popularity of oral learning such as epic poetry. For
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And how do YOU decide how/what/when to blog?
Unlike the esteemed SilkCharm who tapped me to answer this question my blog is essentially self-indulgent. This blog is called Aide-mémoire for a reason, primarily because I wanted a place to record my musings and ideas that seem interesting to me. It's a personal blog. For some reason
social computing & social media
Social Implications of Social Computing #2
Consumption of media is now happening on the user’s own terms. I can access what I want when it is convenient for me, and in the media format that I prefer on my preferred device. This means that the consumer of today has a lot of personal discretion, and
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Action = wisdom?
"Action should culminate in wisdom." -- Bhagavad Gita
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Sydney 1-5 Dec 08: 6th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing
Just wanted to let people know about the 6th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2008) which will be held in Sydney Australia 1-5 December 2008. This has been described as the "top-tier academic conference in the area of service-oriented computing, an area of ICT focused on enabling
social computing & social media
Social Implications of Social Computing #1
Social computing has exploded and is changing the world we knew in a number of ways that impact on education. But social computing is not so much changing the world as it is changing student’s expectations of what kind of technology they should use in their everyday life and
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6 Things, 6 Tags (Chain Letter ‘08)
Before I re-launch normal transmission, I must play the 6 Things game because @shoesmitten tagged me. So, here are Six (Interesting?) Things About Me That You Might Not Have Known : 1. I am the eldest of five siblings - some have linked my bossiness to this. 2. All of my
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Over web 2.0 and not talking about it any more
Bye Bye Web 2.0 In fact, I've always been uncomfortable with the term web 2.0 and it is seriously starting to annoy me now. Thus I have decided to excise it from my vocabulary. Henceforth it shall be referred to throughout my domain as social computing
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Change & acceptance ...
"We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses." -- C. G. Jung, Psychological Reflections
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Success & failure ...
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Sir Winston Churchill
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From Microwaves to Light: Biomedical Applications of Numerical Electromagnetics
Anyone who has some time to spare on 27 Oct should check out this seminar by an eminent woman in engineering Prof. Milica Popovi?. She's from the McGill University, Montréal, Québec in Canada. Venue: Macquarie University, North Rye, Building E6A, Room 133 Time: 2-3pm, Monday 27 October, 2008