Alwaiz Gud 2 Get Ober Ur Grumpiez
Kate Carruthers As noted on icanhascheezburger: “Alwaiz Gud 2 Get Ober Ur Grumpiez”
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…