civil society
I've never been a big fan of David Allen's Getting Things Done® method - all that sorting and categorising of endless lists bores me. But I am a huge fan of getting stuff done. Many years ago after yet another time management course at work I
innovation
Enterprise 2.0 is one of those terms that's been going around business circles for the past few years. I'm not sure it ever really meant anything sensible and I'm not sure it is a meaningful way to approach a very real problem in
social computing & social media
This kind of stuff is why I love Gary Vaynerchuk! As he correctly identifies, we have people who are clueless about business and about technology hyping that which they do not understand. He also correctly identifies the looming social media bubble: he says, continuing with “we are going to live
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social innovation
I'm exhausted after a busy weekend and totally inspired by the people I just spent the weekend with! We held the first Social Innovation Sydney Startup Camp this weekend. It was great to see so many people willing to work together in an open and collaborative way on
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I've been thinking about innovation a great deal lately and am fascinated by how many people confuse two different kinds of innovation. The two different kinds of innovation are: 1. continuous improvement - the drive for operational excellence, which is driven by optimising existing business processes and products
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social computing & social media
Attending the Media 140 Conference in Brisbane today. The tag line for this conference is "exploring the impact of social technologies on science communication" and it explores some of the issues and challenges facing science communication today. There's been a great line-up of speakers so far,
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Another ANZAC Day and another day to remember the sacrifices made by Australian and New Zealand forces. Those who serve in battle never get off lightly, even if they manage to survive seemingly unscathed. This year I remember some family members - Claude and Tim from Crows Nest, and Henry
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I recently discovered that one of my ancestors was arrested by the British in 1828 as a pirate and sent to Australia as a convict. He had originally been sentenced to death, but he appealed to the King and his sentence was commuted to life as a convict in Australia.