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We are seeing a fluidity in the way techies interact with different technologies today. This topic came up in a conversation with @ceibner at Microsoft Tech Ed earlier today. In  the past people focused on a very narrow (often proprietary) technology stack, such as Java or .NET.  However, now with

Had some fun today with @ceibner and @alegrya at Microsoft TechEd, also ran into @rog42 and @nickhodge - a few pics are up on Flickr Also was on panel session for high school students at TechEd this morning with @nazzer and Dorothea and Ms Megabyte talking about ICT careers for women

Download r285135_1214670.mp3 Had a slightly surreal indoor rockclimbing experience in Sydney this week when a few friends and I were interviewed for a vox pop on the ABC Insiders program this week, it was our 2 minutes of fame (podcast here) John Robens & Colin Atkinson

It's not the technology that is the problem with adoption and implementation of enterprise 2.0, rather is the people, culture and habits we have built up in the workplace. For years we have imposed technology on the enterprise from the top down with little dialogue and engagement

Another fun event with some of the @STUB (Sydney Twitter Underground Brigade) crowd. Suspect division into teams on gender lines led to spectacular EPIC fail where both teams got zero points. Nevertheless can recommend the Wednesday night trivia at the Marlborough Hotel (aka the Marly) in Newtown.  The place has

Chatting with Mark Jones, Paul McKeon and Frank Eliason on The Scoop podcast this morning about corporate Twitter. It was fun to talk with these folks and have a chance to think about Twitter in a corporate context. Frank described Twitter as "instant messaging gone mad", which is

Finally some regular IRL activity around the web start up community in Sydney is getting traction with initiatives like FITSBAD (aka Friday Information Technology Silicon Beach Australia Drinks ). Generally FITSBAD folks can be found gathering somewhere at the Shelbourne Hotel (usually on level 2) in Sydney CBD from 5.00