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Happy to report that I survived BarCamp Canberra #1 in spite of the fact that the town was overrun by Australia 2020 Summiteers. Instead we were ensconced in the cosy ANU computer science building for some geek mayhem. I was impressed by the variety, passion and enthusiasm for technology that
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Made it down to Canberra for their inaugural Bar Camp at ANU - good turn out and some interesting presentations so far. Will post a summary later tonight. It was a good drive down from Sydney this morning, but lots of police on the roads and a few radar traps.
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It often amuses me to see the ads that Google places on Cameron Reilly's G'day World site. Today was a combination of apocalyptic insights and some Christian podcasts. Given his oft repeated religious beliefs Google's ads are pure gold ;) By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http:
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Have been thinking a lot about innovation recently and pondering if it is the result of nature or nurture in the workplace. In business we spend a lot of time encouraging innovation with suggestions from staff and brainstorming activities. But I still wonder how much of that drives true innovation?
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Appointment of Ms Quentin Bryce AC as Australia's next Governor General is good news. She has had a distinguished career as a lawyer, academic, senior public servant and governor of Queensland (not to mention the 5 kids & several grandchildren). IMHO an excellent choice as Her Excellency (although
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Here is Garrick Schmitt's presentation for the IA Summit on consumer behaviour and Web 2.0 called Do Real People Really Use Tag Clouds?: Research To Help Separate Web 2.0’s Hits From Hype. It builds on the consumer behavior research AARF did late last year and
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One of the largest gaps in our security is email. An example from a recent experience reported in Business Week highlights the risks: "The e-mail message addressed to a Booz Allen Hamilton executive was mundane—a shopping list sent over by the Pentagon of weaponry India wanted to buy.
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Described by its unorganisers as "A free unconference for the innovation, media, web, and development communities focussed on sharing, learning and new ideas." I went to the recent BarCamp Sydney and had fun, met some nice people who are passionate about technology, and learned some new things. Worth
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You know who you are and you know what you're doing ...
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I went to Philip Argy's retirement lunch today, it was strange to be amongst the legal glitterati of Sydney and it was very kind of Phil to invite me. Special guests were former Chief Justice, Sir Laurence Street, and Senator Helen Coonan (who assured us she was not
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Now there is a shorthand means of communicating the particular nature of your geekiness - the Geek-i-odic Table of the Elements. Invented by @Alegrya and @JodieM for #barcampsydney3 it has been great fun By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=
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One of my favourite strategic thinkers is John Nagl. He has written intelligently on counterinsurgency for many years. I first came across him via his book Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, which is about counterinsurgency lessons from Malaya and Vietnam. He has been serving with the US forces