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Currently working to revitalise the IEEE Computer Society NSW Chapter, first steps have been to: * revamp the website * start an online community to get member feedback & involvement * schedule a chapter meeting for September 2007 * start a special interest group (a.k.a. SIG)  in Web 2.0  with inaugural

Many times I've heard colleagues say that 'failure is not an option', I've even said it humorously myself. But failure is an option and it might just be a good thing to experience sometimes. Success is highly regarded in our society. It is extremely

This past quarter our household water consumption has been reduced by 25%. This effort has not made a negative impact on our quality of life, and it has inspired us to do more. Now trying to work out next steps to reduce usage even more. via Aide-mémoire

Many times recently I've found myself in 'meeting madness'.  Someone somewhere has called a meeting, usually sending invitations via Outlook.  The invitation usually has, at best, a one line summary of what the meeting is about.  No agenda is set and nor are requests made explicit

List of scrum rules from Control Chaos Scrum : an iterative, incremental process for developing software in chaotic environments. Scrum consists of a series of 30 day sprints, each sprint producing an executable. Between sprints, all interested parties evaluate progress and reevaluate technical and business requirements. Work is reestablished and the

There is increasing comment out on the net that we are heading for another dot bomb disaster - but worse than last time. A good example is this on slashdot. The question is how resilient is the industry now, has it improved since last time? Perhaps the answer is the same

Just read an article by Justin Kruger and David Dunning (1999) from Cornell University about the way that people who know less about a particular area overestimate their own skills and knowldge. Interesting also that further training helped people to perceive their limitations. As Kruger and Dunning note in their