Remembering Nan
Kate Carruthers Today is my grandmother’s birthday. She passed away many years ago, but in so many ways she is with me everyday. Until I was quite grown up she did not…
Kate Carruthers
Normandy and D Day
This month is the 65th anniversary of the D Day landings in France and on June 6th, as a kind of remembrance, I watched the film Overlord. The film brought…
Project TOTO and Africa
My friend and colleague Stilgherrian is involved in one of the more interesting projects around these days: Project TOTO. Some background There used to be an NGO called Austcare, and…
D Day 6th June and Overlord
Got up early this 6th June and went off to the Sydney Film Festival showing of Overlord. This is a rarely seen film based on Operation Overlord, the code name…
Boundaries real and imagined.
Seth Godin’s recent post Out of bounds got me thinking about the implicit contracts that we create almost unconsciously everyday. In Seth’s post he’s talking about companies and their marketing.…
Evolving Twitter strategies.
A long time ago I confessed to @SilkCharm that I did not get Twitter and was about to abandon it. But at her urging I persisted with the darn thing.…
BarCamp Sydney 27 Jun 2009
BarCamp Sydney is on again – so block out Saturday 27 June 2009 in your diary. This is 5th BarCamp Sydney & the un-organising committee has tagged this one as…
MBAs, ethics, pledges and virginity
Recently I noted the phenomenon of MBA graduates signing pledges promising to behave ethically. This is an admirable sentiment, especially given the sheer number of MBA graduates (from ‘excellent’ business…
Dr Happy and the future summit.
Here’s Dr Timothy Sharp – who’s also known as Dr Happy – from the Happiness Institute talking about the Future Summit and why he took time out to attend.