New Year’s Resolutions, Commitment & Hesitancy
Kate Carruthers Now here is a quotation to inspire all who are making new year’s resolutions at this time. Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always…
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Great explanation of LOLcat history
David McRaney over at Zero Sum Mind has written a very helpful explanation of the LOLcat phenomenon. Also the Wall Street Journal has discussed LOLcats and I Can Has Cheezburger.…
Federal Government Regulates Internet Content
For everyone who is concerned about this matter and wants to get their head around the issues, the actual source documents are available as follows: Australian Communications and Media Authority…
Human Rights Charter in Victoria
In the state of Victorian citizens will have basic human rights, like freedom of speech and freedom of religion, protected under a new charter from 2008. It’s a pity the…
Krigsman talking sense on IT projects
In Five tips for achieving IT success in 2008 by ZDNet‘s Michael Krigsman gives list of five tips that guarantee successful projects in 2008, summary follows below and full post…
What is most likely to help you reach the top?
Summary of the tips from LifeHack on getting to the top follows, the original post is from Oct 2007 but still resonates for me. This is worth thinking about today…
New definition of consent in rape for NSW
Changes to the law of consent in rape come into force today. I think it is a big step forward to have consent formally defined. Some people have claimed that…
Truly excellent post on “Why I use Twitter” by Dan York
This is a really great summary of how people are using Twitter and why from Dan York over at Disruptive Conversations, in summary he uses Twitter: 1. as a News…
Trying hard to cancel MySpace account
About a week ago I decided to start deleting some of my lesser used online accounts, starting with MySpace. It seems that it is very hard and takes a long…
Employee engagement video
This video from McDaniel Partners via Phil Gerbyshak from Slacker Manager gives some food for thought on employee engagement. It makes me wonder about the financial cost of employee disengagement?