The great maternity leave debate
Kate Carruthers I do not have children, nor do I plan to reproduce – so I suppose you could say I have no skin in this particular game. But I’ve been thinking…
Tracking the end of the world – the Doomsday Guide
This site is a real gem, at the Doomsday Guide you track doomsday in its many and varied forms. This site provides an “online link resource to the full spectrum…
Professionalism & IT (or not as the case may be)
Aaargh!! It is an unending source of amazement to me that our society will not let a hairdresser cut your hair or a mechanic fix your car unless they’ve done…
Men, Women and Lifestyle Choices
Women in the western world are actually very lucky in many ways. Now there are so many choices for women – education, full time career, part time work, family, no…
Family Friendly or Punishing the Childless?
One thing that the big focus nowadays on so-called ‘family friendly’ workplaces (including maternity/paternity/parental leave) has overlooked is that this excludes the many people who for various reasons do not…
Whirlpool News – Telstra to stop rolling out pair gain (2002-Oct-2)
This from 2002: Whirlpool News – Telstra to stop rolling out pair gain Many people (including me) are still suffering from this stupidity and cupidity of Telstra! They knew pair…
War of words erupts over Telstra service levels, pricing: ZDNet Australia (13 Mar 2002)
These issues with pair gain go way back and Telstra is still avoiding the problem! Here’s some more evidence: War of words erupts over Telstra service levels, pricing: ZDNet Australia:…
Death by PowerPoint – yet another perspective
Many people have noted how annoying it is to go to a meeting and experience the well-know ‘death by Powerpoint’ phenomenon. But one person who’s made the argument most excellently…
2004 Commencement Yale Class Day Speech, by Ken Burns
Ken Burns makes some excellent points in this speech, I’ve picked out some highlights – click here to see the entire text (in PDF). Now more than ever we in…
Pair Gain Victims – Senator Kate Lundy’s website
Anyone who has a similar problem with pair gain should let Senator Lundy know, her website is at www.katelundy.com.au where she says: “Send me an email senator.lundy@aph.gov.au about your problems…