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It is worth having a look at Krigsman's interview on IT failures and social media. Shel Israel, co-author (with Robert Scoble) of the influential book on blogging, Naked Conversations, recently interviewed Michael regarding on social media and IT failures. He used the interview to summarize his views on
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Jason Falls over at Social Media Explorer has noted a good (or blatant) use of social media for PR. Worth a look to check out their modus operandi. By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%
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I wish Australian politics had such inspiring ideas as the Barack Obama campaign ... By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
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Fifikins mentioned desert island music today, which somehow got me thinking about favourites of mine. Mozart's Requiem is one fave. Then I came to suspect that this little piece by Mozart is good climate change music ;) The words translate as: Day of wrath, day of anger will dissolve
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I'm wondering why I have not seen anything about this in the mainstream media? All very interesting ... Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change “Global warming” is not a global crisis We, the scientists and researchers in climate and related fields, economists, policymakers, and business leaders, assembled at Times Square,
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For the last two weeks I have been lecturing on information systems controls and using the recent internal control failures at Societe Generale as an example. Issues of internal control generally lie at the heart of corporate failures be it deliberate fraud (as at Enron) or general incompetence. Each corporate
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IMHO the greatest productivity improvement in my life in recent times has been the release of Google Calendar Sync. This has finally allowed me to combine multiple calendars & get a consolidated view of my life. Microsoft Outlook remains my favourite email client. I've tried many of the
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The Definitive Lolcats Glossary sumtiems teh kittehs gets teh letters mixed up This iz titled: "TEH DEFINITIVE LOLSPEAK GLOSSARY O hai n welcum, Lolspeakrz n chzfrenz! This wiki is designed to be the definitive collection of key lolspeak terms and phrases, both native and borrowed, as well as an
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Agen teh kitteh leads teh wai ... see more crazy cat pics By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
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Just came across two fairly old articles that are really worth reading: The Male Privilege Checklist by B. Deutsch This is a summary of the unconscious privilege to which able bodied white men are generally subject. This is not a criticism of white men - really it is just how
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This is an amazing TED talk by Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor. One morning, she realised she was having a massive stroke. Her observations of this process and how our brains work are really thought provoking. This talk made me think about how our brains work and define us, and how
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Yet again Twitter proves its utility ... Yesterday SilkCharm was stuck at Dubai airport en route to Saudi Arabia with her mobile phone's global roaming not working. Using the free wireless at the airport (unlike in Australian airports) she was able to tweet her plight. After a few tweets