ideas
Alwaiz Gud 2 Get Ober Ur Grumpiez
As noted on icanhascheezburger: "Alwaiz Gud 2 Get Ober Ur Grumpiez"
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ideas
Oz Girl Develop IT 2011 #ozgdi
Just spent another evening with a great bunch of women learning about JavaScript as part of the Oz Girl Develop IT program for 2011. Discussing the plans for this year's Oz Develop IT with Pamela Fox and Cathy Lill tonight it became clear that there's an
civil society
Some preliminary thoughts about revolutions
There is a lot of talk about revolution happening now in online communities given the unfolding events in Tunisia and Egypt. This has got me thinking about the nature of revolutions. There's a rather nice list of revolutions and rebellions on Wikipedia for those who are not up
civil society
Australian citizenship, ceremony and ritual
A friend invited me along to his citizenship ceremony the other day. He's terribly excited about becoming an Aussie after living here for a number of years. We went to the newly refurbished Sydney Town Hall and the Lord Mayor, wearing her Lord Mayoral bling, gave a lovely
ideas
Ten Canine Commandments
social computing & social media
Don't forget to sign up for the next Sydney Social Innovation BarCamp 26 Feb
Join us for the next Social Innovation BarCamp in Sydney. It’s free registration so sign up now and participate in a day of ideas, conversation and creative thinking. Again we’ll be crowdsourcing ideas for creating new business models for social good and building up our community network of
gender & sexism
Inspiring women: Louisa Lawson - women's suffrage activist and publisher
The fight for women to get the vote was a monument to cooperation, ingenuity and collaboration on the part of many women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These women educated themselves and their peers about women's issues and agitated for women's rights. And
social computing & social media
Social Media - the US Army gets it
Most organisations are grappling with the digital revolution and its democratization of communication. The US Army is no different. However, they have met the organisational challenges of social media head on and have become an acknowledged leader in practice. They along with other parts of the US military - such
ideas
Eulogies are a stupid idea
It has long annoyed me that we often wait until people are dead before telling them how we feel about them. Instead we wait until their funeral to talk about what it is that makes them special to us. As a person who has lost many family members this seems
social computing & social media
Sometimes a tweet is not enough
In the olden days when I was very young it was the custom, upon receipt of a kindness from someone, to write them a thank-you note. This note took the form of a missive, hand-written, on personal stationery or a note card. The note was then taken to the post
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Resistance is futile - happy Caturday
For some reason this LOLcat reminded me of @Neerav
education
Guest lecture UNSW law school
Late yesterday I spoke with a class in the Strategic Public Advocacy for Civil Society course at UNSW law school. They are lucky to have Joan Staples as lecturer - because she is one of the few people in Australia who understands these issues at both a deep practical level