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My celebrity look-alikes
I can't believe that crappy program says I look like these celebrities! via Aide-mémoire
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NSW Pearcy Award 2007 - to the non-cricketing Waughs
Great to see that Pia and Jeffrey Waugh have been awarded the NSW Pearcey Award 2007 for their collaboration within the open source software sector and their sustained contribution to the Linux movement in Australia (more at LinuxWorld) via Aide-mémoire
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Twitter visit on YouTube - too funny
This visit to Twitter by Loïc Le Meur is very amusing ... via Aide-mémoire
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Loïc’s List for Internet Start-ups
Loïc Le Meur est un « serial entrepreneur » français de 35 ans, he recently shared his 10 tips for internet startups: 1. Don’t wait for a revolutionary idea. It will never happen. Just focus on a simple, exciting, empty space and execute as fast as possible. 2. Share your idea.
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Has Being Skunk Drunk on the Bust Jumped the Shark?
Good discussion by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on Mashable: Have we really drunk the koolaid? Has the interet jumped the shark? I think there is business value in the internet yet. But I also think there is a lot of dross in the market. But you need that volume
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Presentation: Online Collaboration - Frameworks for Success
Copy of my presentation from Online Social Networking and Business Collaboration Conference yesterday available on slideshare via Aide-mémoire
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TED Talk by Philippe Starck: Why design?
Philippe Starke, the famous designer talking about design -and without Powerpoint! I stayed in one of his hotels in New York earlier this year - it was very gorgeous and funky. His ideas about user centred design are very interesting. http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf via Aide-mémoire
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Talking at the Online Social Networking and Business Collaboration Conference
My session at the Online Social Networking and Business Collaboration Conference is on at 3.10 pm today in Sydney via Aide-mémoire
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The Potential of Enterprise 2.0 - Six Lessons for Success
Here is a link to Ross Dawson's presentation: "The Potential of Enterprise 2.0 - Six Lessons for Success" at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Sydney. Some interesting ideas as usual with Ross. via Aide-mémoire
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One Laptop per Child & Open Source
IEEE Computer Society NSW held a seminar last Thursday and Pia Waugh came to talk about Open Source and the One Laptop per Child program. She also brought along a sample of the laptop (I thought that a few of the members attending might mug her for it on the
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Samsung mobile phone lemon
My previous post about the Nokia ad reminded me about the ongoing problem with my Samsung A701 Next G mobile phone. This puppy has been out of action for about 3 months now as the power/data port is cactus. It has been sent back to Telstra for repairs, passed
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Nokia gets web 2.0
Nokia really gets what Web 2.0 is about (and they have got product for us to buy). This is exactly what other companies need to understand - web 2.0 really is all about connecting people. And now we have commercially viable convergent technology that enables the connection. This