G’day World and the Juxtaposition of Adverts
Kate Carruthers It often amuses me to see the ads that Google places on Cameron Reilly’s G’day World site. Today was a combination of apocalyptic insights and some Christian podcasts. Given his…
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Innovation – nature or nurture?
Have been thinking a lot about innovation recently and pondering if it is the result of nature or nurture in the workplace. In business we spend a lot of time…
Australia’s First Female Governor General
Appointment of Ms Quentin Bryce AC as Australia’s next Governor General is good news. She has had a distinguished career as a lawyer, academic, senior public servant and governor of…
Analysis of how people use tag clouds
Here is Garrick Schmitt’s presentation for the IA Summit on consumer behaviour and Web 2.0 called Do Real People Really Use Tag Clouds?: Research To Help Separate Web 2.0’s Hits…
Email is now largest security threat
One of the largest gaps in our security is email. An example from a recent experience reported in Business Week highlights the risks: “The e-mail message addressed to a Booz…
BarCamp Canberra Saturday 19th April 2008
Described by its unorganisers as “A free unconference for the innovation, media, web, and development communities focussed on sharing, learning and new ideas.” I went to the recent BarCamp Sydney…
Gantt charts are good
You know who you are and you know what you’re doing … 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
Philip Argy – no such thing as a free lunch
I went to Philip Argy‘s retirement lunch today, it was strange to be amongst the legal glitterati of Sydney and it was very kind of Phil to invite me. Special…
Geek-i-odic Table of the Elements
Now there is a shorthand means of communicating the particular nature of your geekiness – the Geek-i-odic Table of the Elements. Invented by @Alegrya and @JodieM for #barcampsydney3 it has…
Counterinsurgency Theory
One of my favourite strategic thinkers is John Nagl. He has written intelligently on counterinsurgency for many years. I first came across him via his book Learning to Eat Soup…