Out and about – Robyn Henderson & Gordon Bell

In recent days I have been going out to various ICT industry functions in Sydney. Two of the speakers stood out from the rest. The first was Robyn Henderson who spoke at the FITT networking session, and the second was Gordon Bell who spoke at the AVCAL breakfast. Each of these speakers is an expert in their field: Robyn is a networking specialist, who has authored 9 books on … Continue reading Out and about – Robyn Henderson & Gordon Bell

Transcripts: Harvard’s Blogging, Journalism & Credibility conference

Thanks to Hughie from University of Queensland for the info that transcripts of Harvard’s Blogging, Journalism & Credibility conference are available at: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/webcred/Interesting stuff posted to it (it’s a blog) and also to Collected Reactions from Participants Aggregated Feeds of Attendees: Great stuff for anyone interested in this new appraoch to “journalism”. Continue reading Transcripts: Harvard’s Blogging, Journalism & Credibility conference

How Net Gen people think and learn

As always Belinda from journoz: Guide to Internet Information Sources for Australian Journalists provides some good resources, this one is worth a look … The Net Generation’s “aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles… reflect the environment in which they were raised” – the always-on, media-saturated world of chat, IM, email and the Web. Want to know more? EDUCAUSE) has a whole new e-book, called Educating the … Continue reading How Net Gen people think and learn

IWD: International Women’s Day & the IT industry

What a surprise- another year of women complaining that there are not enough women in the IT industry! We get the token female CEO or CIO to talk at our IWD lunches & we all shake our heads in horror that there are not more women in the industry. Why aren’t there more women in the IT industry? Perhaps because to get a start you … Continue reading IWD: International Women’s Day & the IT industry

Daily Kos: I’m a Republican: Fuck you

There is a an interesting take on US politics on a site (of the Democratic persuasion one might imagine 😉 It seems the Democrats are so busy being cross that they cannot focus on getting some policies that sufficient Americans will vote for (much like our own Labor Party here in Australia). Daily Kos :: I’m a Republican: Fuck you The Democrats and the Australian … Continue reading Daily Kos: I’m a Republican: Fuck you

First education in Feminism

This is a story from my undergraduate days in one of Australia’s *sandstone universities. In the philosophy department there had been a split between the ‘old fashioned’ philosophers (called “Trad & Mod Philosophy”, i.e. the logicians), and the ‘modern’ philosophers (called “General Philosophy”, i.e. the feminists, Marxists, etc.) I chose courses in the General Philosophy department, mainly because there were no exams in General Philsophy, … Continue reading First education in Feminism

Alleged quote by Churchill: on being a socialist or conservative

Someone recently quoted Winston Churchill as saying “If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the time he is 40, he has no brain.” So decided to check the ‘trusty’ internet for the provenance of this quote, and as so often, someone else has already done the work. Mark … Continue reading Alleged quote by Churchill: on being a socialist or conservative