Plan B for Democrats – just in case Republicans win
Kate Carruthers C’mon, Move to Canada! If John McCain and Sarah Palin win in November, it’s likely to be more than many Democrats can stand. Slate V imagines how the Canadian government…
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US Election Campaign 2008 & Social Median Updates
Just testing the Social Median US election widget over on my personal site as it did not work in blogger for some reason. http://blog.socialmedian.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/jasong2o/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/344 By Carruthers via Aide-mémoirehttp://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
IT as a Career Choice
Every year I gather with the leaders of the Australian ICT industry at various meetings and functions and we lament the lack of young folks who choose to study IT…
Dear Mr Conroy I am writing this to you …
Senator Stephen Conroy Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Level 4, 4 Treasury Place Melbourne Vic 3002 Dear Minister, As an Australian and an internet user, I have…
Support @Warlach for Movember
Well support any of the guys or gals who are participating really. But @Warlach is going that extra mile and will do a photo essay of his mo (alleged to…
3G Network Outages NOT NORMAL thanks very much Optus!
Below is an excerpt from a piece by Suzanne Tindal over at ZDNet where an Optus claims that their recent 3G outages are normal. This claim by Optus is completely…
Bad management …
First law of Bad Management: If something isn’t working, do more of it. — Tom DeMarco
BarCamp Sydney #4 – 15 Nov 2008
Major w00tage! BarCampSydney #4 is currently being (un)organised … Date: 15 November 2008Venue: UNSW Roundhouse (http://www.unswroundhouse.com/)Time: 9am – 5pm (8:30 registrations)Register: http://barcamp.org/BarCampSydney (do it yourself on the wiki) Was good…
Social Implications of Social Computing #5
Because the way we use social computing is changing the means, times and places by which we interact with other people this gives rise to issues around boundaries. It also…