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The Drugs Song - Amateur Transplants
http://youtube.com/v/KXROnzpsrlg These guys are very amusing!
Kate Carruthers
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Web 2.0 SIG
The IEEE Computer Society NSW Chapter is starting up a web 2.0 special interest group. Our first meeting will be on 3rd October 2007 at the Australian Technology Park. Anyone interested in coming along should email me so I can advise details. I've even made this funky
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Talk Like a Pirate Day - 19 September
It is Talk Like a Pirate Day this week on 19 September - shiver me timbers! More people should talk like pirates on this day, I might even dress up this year. via Aide-mémoire
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Past Notable Women of Computing
This site lists some of the women pioneers of computing - Past Notable Women of Computing via Aide-mémoire
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Good Career Management Tips — Document your accomplishments
This tip from the Cubicle Warrior on career management is to document your accomplishments. It is good advice as I can never recall all the fabulous things I've done when pushed. Clearly it would be easier to note them as I go.
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silkcharm showing us naughty things (again)!
As always we can rely on Laurel to show us the naughty bits - in this case the Tom Ford (VERY SEXUALLY EXPLICIT) ad campaign. Very amusing, but not one to click through on at work. via Aide-mémoire
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GE Reunion
We had a bit of a GE reunion dinner in Sydney on Friday night - at the Bavarian Bier Cafe. It was nice to see everyone again, but I think that the mixed Bavarian Platter was a mistake (essentially multiple kinds of meat with sauerkraut & potato). Luckily I did
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Information Architecture Institute
The Information Architecture Institute has some really good info on IA, inlcuding some easy to use templates like this one which is based on Excel so it is very accessible. via Aide-mémoire
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Sysadmin humour
Well, without the layoff part, maybe something like this: I am hired because I know what I am doing, not because I will do whatever I am told is a good idea. This might cost me bonuses, raises, promotions, and may even label me as "undesirable" by places
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Collaboration in the world of Web 2.0 Conference
Spoke at the Ark Group's Collaboration in the world of Web 2.0 Conference today - the topic was online collaboration (copy of the presentation here). It is very helpful to do things like this as it really forces me to think about the issues. It all came
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PikiWiki
Just launched - PikiWiki - fun for those bored with textual wikis via Aide-mémoire
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Digital Media & Convergence
Weirdly several people have wanted to talk about digital media with me over the last few days. It is very apt with the AIMIA Digital Media Summit so close (I cannot attend as so many of our digital projects are launching in September). It made me stop to consider digital