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Krigsman's Qantas Predictions ...

It will be interesting to see if Michael's predictions for IT failures at Qantas are on the mark. Watch this space ... Qantas Airways: a perfect storm for IT failure? by ZDNet's Michael Krigsman -- Qantas, the Australian national airline, has endured two high-profile IT failures in

The web is not forever ...

Over the past few days I have been thinking about history, in particular the history of telecommunications. It is easy for us to imagine that the Internet will be with us forever, indeed many cannot imagine what we did before it was invented. But technology that enables communication has come

Why email is so old fashioned ...

Here we go at last - it is reported that the younger folks just don't like email ... According to Michael Fitzpatrick, Guardian February 28, 2008 "Mobile texting is now outstripping the use of email among the young. Michael Fitzpatrick reports. The art of correspondence faces another rude shove

Microsoft going LOLcode?

Nick Hodge suggests that future Microsoft developement may be in LOLcode? Perhaps it is teh way of teh future ... By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=

Now for Grammar Dog Arch Enemy of LOLcats

loldogs are funny dog pictures!

Lambdacats - more LOLcat madness

Given my obsession with LOLcats and LOLcode it is with great delight that I discovered the existence of Lambdacats (hat tip to the sup3rl33t LOLcode), are they not adorable?

In praise of proper capitalisation & punctuation in emails

PsyBlog posted about some research on the use of emoticons & capitalisation in emails and: "They found that, sure enough, using correct capitalisation and emoticons tended to make a better impression on readers. The reader's personality also influenced how emoticons and capitalisation were perceived. Readers high in

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