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Apparently today has been deemed Safer Internet Day 2008 and according to this email from Stephen Conroy: "... Australia will join some 50 countries around the world in activities designed to raise awareness of the safety of children in the online environment, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
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Just had a couple of new computer science grads sitting next to me today so I took the opportunity to explore their use of social networking technologies. The results were interesting: * neither liked MySpace as it was for "12 year olds" plus everyone could see all your stuff
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I think I might be working too hard these days or have too much on my mind. But at least I'm having dream help. Last night I dreamed the answers to a bunch of work I'm in the middle of and spent today just powering through
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Google maps has joined forces with Twitter and Twittervision with instant updates on Super Tuesday in the US presidential primaries. They mashup tweets from across the US with Google maps for up to date info. Here is Twitter & Google for Super Tuesday By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.
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Vote for geeks to attend KRudd's Australia 2020 summit. It sounds a bit like a cricket match to me, maybe they need a better name for it. Or perhaps it is due to a deeper understanding of the Aussie psyche - they know some people will accidentally tune
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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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I'm on a panel discussion at ad:tech sydney (Wednesday, March 12, 4:20pm - 5:10pm ) ... and it should be fun. The topic is Merging Online and Offline Initiatives: Integrating a Brand Online MODERATOR: Michael Gethen, CEO, Independent Digital Media PANEL: Cameron Holland, Global eCommerce Manager, Lonely
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Ross Dawson has just posted his Trend Blend 2008: Trends mentioned in the map include: * Simplicity * Reality mining * 3-D printers * Virtual protest * Female chauvinism * Geospatial web * Celebrity worship * Karma capitalism * Networked risk * Data visualisation * Same sex couples (with kids) * Constant partial attention Ross suggests checking out Richard Watson’s new
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The number of social shopping sites is increasing (here is some listed by Mashable) . These type of sites are starting to build up momentum and they are building on social networking and the predilection of people to research online before they buy. It will be interesting to see how far
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A large truck crashed into the wall on the F3 early this morning and closed the southbound carriageway leading to the usual traffic chaos for commuters north of Berowra. Here are some images of the traffic on the Old Pacific Highway - this road is usually empty -traffic has been
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Aggregation of research that debunks some of our ideas about non-verbal behaviour, for example "The idea the vast majority of communication occurs nonverbally is quoted everywhere from advertising to popular psychology articles. In fact the original experiments from which these findings derive have been seriously questioned." Definitely worth
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User Interface Design Patterns is a really helpful site. In the software world we've used software design patterns as good practice in coding but the idea is not so prevalent in the UI design space. Which is funny when you think about the use patterns for websites. There