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I went for a cheese & wine dinner at Bells at Killcare on Friday night with @frombecca and @JohannaBD. The food - by Stefano Manfredi (a.k.a. @manfredistefano) - was wonderful as usual. The wines selected by Michael Trembath were lovely, the cheeses selected by Will Studd were a
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Last night I attended the 2009 NSW Pearcey Awards & a few people I know were honoured for their work. These are all dynamic intelligent people who are passionate about technology but who also have put in a lot of effort into building community among the tech and startup folks
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In this day of LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook and Twitter it might seem that networking the old fashioned way is dying. But nothing could be further from the truth. Many real life social interactions arise from these online networks. The old fashioned networking skills actually assist in both the effective use
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In Australia we commemorate our veterans with The Ode. It comes from a poem by Laurence Binyon called For The Fallen, and seems appropriate today: They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down
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I recently had a thought provoking note from a buddy, Sheetal Patel, who's not really a fan of social networking apart from LinkedIn. He commented that "perhaps this increasing human need to relate is being perpetuated by Web 2.0 enablement technologies standing on (and encouraging even
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Joel Postman argues that A Blog is a Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter. I tend to agree, especially from a business perspective. His post got me thinking about the critical elements for a business social media toolkit. 1) A Blog or a Website (it's the same thing
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Have been chatting online with Evan from Sency.com and decided to experiment with his new gadget using the Media140 Twitter feed: http://www.sency.com/scroll.php?bgcolor=white&textcolor=black&h=300&w=200&q=media140&border=1&borderstyle=solid&bordercolor=
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The Media 140 Conference in Sydney has offered a vast amount of food for thought my brain is buzzing with ideas, issues and concerns. The first thing that struck me was the level of fear and fear-mongering by some of the print journalists on day one. For example in the
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There is not just one interesting Kate to follow on Twitter. Here's a few interesting ones I follow - we do know each other real life (having met mostly via Twitter). These women are all intelligent and forthright, don't say I didn't warn you!
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I attended the afternoon sessions for day one of the Media 140 conference in Sydney today as a live blogger/twitterer and have been consolidating my thoughts. Here's a summary of the speakers that resonated for me in the afternoon sessions: Julie Posetti (a.k.a. @julie_posetti)
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A recent study in Scientific American about How the Brain Reveals Why We Buy discusses advances in neuroscience that are giving rise to a new field of neuromarketing. The article cites the famous example of Coke v. Pepsi - where blind taste tests showed a preference for Pepsi, whereas visible
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In recent times I had parallel customer service experiences with two different universities: Queensland University of Technology and Charles Sturt University. It was very strange to hang up from one phone call only to have a diametrically different conversation on the next call with the other university. Also, it seemed