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You can attend Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp at Web Directions South at a bargain price (according to my buddy @trib). Register here and quote the discount code - W2BAL - with this deal you're getting a hefty discount to the normal price. BTW, Web Directions South is
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We are seeing a fluidity in the way techies interact with different technologies today. This topic came up in a conversation with @ceibner at Microsoft Tech Ed earlier today. In the past people focused on a very narrow (often proprietary) technology stack, such as Java or .NET. However, now with
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Had some fun today with @ceibner and @alegrya at Microsoft TechEd, also ran into @rog42 and @nickhodge - a few pics are up on Flickr Also was on panel session for high school students at TechEd this morning with @nazzer and Dorothea and Ms Megabyte talking about ICT careers for
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Download r285135_1214670.mp3 Had a slightly surreal indoor rockclimbing experience in Sydney this week when a few friends and I were interviewed for a vox pop on the ABC Insiders program this week, it was our 2 minutes of fame (podcast here) John Robens & Colin Atkinson
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It's not the technology that is the problem with adoption and implementation of enterprise 2.0, rather is the people, culture and habits we have built up in the workplace. For years we have imposed technology on the enterprise from the top down with little dialogue and engagement
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Another fun event with some of the @STUB (Sydney Twitter Underground Brigade) crowd. Suspect division into teams on gender lines led to spectacular EPIC fail where both teams got zero points. Nevertheless can recommend the Wednesday night trivia at the Marlborough Hotel (aka the Marly) in Newtown. The place has
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Chatting with Mark Jones, Paul McKeon and Frank Eliason on The Scoop podcast this morning about corporate Twitter. It was fun to talk with these folks and have a chance to think about Twitter in a corporate context. Frank described Twitter as "instant messaging gone mad", which is
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Finally some regular IRL activity around the web start up community in Sydney is getting traction with initiatives like FITSBAD (aka Friday Information Technology Silicon Beach Australia Drinks ). Generally FITSBAD folks can be found gathering somewhere at the Shelbourne Hotel (usually on level 2) in Sydney CBD from 5.00
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Spoke at the Enterprise 2.0 for Information Professionals conference in North Sydney yesterday - my slides are on slideshare - and was grateful for the opportunity to consider enterprise 2.0 adoption. Some really good questions from the floor (HT: @chieftech, @innotecture, @kdelarue) about how it relates to innovation
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Stopped by for a breather and to recharge my laptop battery today at the Sydney Westin Hotel. There was no place available for me sit, have a refreshing beverage and also to charge my laptop. So the staff relocated a small table to an unused corner next to a power
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For years I've been telling people that delivering successful IT projects is not 'rocket science'. After all we've got a huge body of past experience to learn from, we've even got a Project Management Body of Knowledge! But still we see projects
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Busy week - will be speaking at the Enterprise 2.0 for Information Professionals Conference in Sydney on Thursday 14th Aug on topic of stakeholders and enterprise 2.0 adoption . It has been very interesting to think about this issue again. It becomes increasingly apparent that adoption of web 2.