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Over the past few days I have been thinking about history, in particular the history of telecommunications. It is easy for us to imagine that the Internet will be with us forever, indeed many cannot imagine what we did before it was invented. But technology that enables communication has come
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Here we go at last - it is reported that the younger folks just don't like email ... According to Michael Fitzpatrick, Guardian February 28, 2008 "Mobile texting is now outstripping the use of email among the young. Michael Fitzpatrick reports. The art of correspondence faces another rude
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Nick Hodge suggests that future Microsoft developement may be in LOLcode? Perhaps it is teh way of teh future ... 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&
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loldogs are funny dog pictures!
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Given my obsession with LOLcats and LOLcode it is with great delight that I discovered the existence of Lambdacats (hat tip to the sup3rl33t LOLcode), are they not adorable?
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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
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This is very amusing (hat tip to Mands for the clip)... 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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moar humorous 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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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
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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
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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
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On this day when Australia's Parliament finally made an apology to the aboriginal people it is worth thinking back to Paul Keating's revolutionary speech in 1992 at Redfern. I still recall thinking that, at last, Australia was ready to be grown up now that our leader