Interview: For God’s Sake, Please Stop the Aid!
Kate Carruthers “The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of…
LIVE 8 – Why bother?
On the Live 8 website it states that: “Every single day, 30,000 children die, needlessly, of extreme poverty. On July 6th, we finally have the opportunity to stop that shameful…
Hidden Socialism
Someone suggested to me the other day that I ought to join th eAustralian Labor Party. I replied that I was unable to commit to a party that upheld socialism…
Just War?
“A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope.” (Livy) One little problem with Livy’s idea is…
Reasonable Hours of Work in the ICT Industry
A friend who works in IT support (for a very large and well known IT industry multi national doing security patching and stuff) just phoned me because his boss wants…
New Digital Divide?
Seth Godin makes an interesting point about a new digital divide: “I think a new divide has opened up, one that is based far more on choice than on circumstance.…
Blogtalk Downunder part 2
Was reviewing the pictures on the Blogtalk Downunder Flickr and it occurred to me just now that I have not seen so many Mac notebooks in one place ever before.…
Blogtalk Downunder
Just back from the Blogtalk Downunder conference that was held here in Sydney over the past few days. The conference was organised by the education department from the University of…
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…
Women and getting ahead in business
Just had an anonymous comment on an old post. The commenter said: “Honey, you must be very young. It’s not just about how hard you work. The ole’ boy’s network…