CeBIT Frolics
Kate Carruthers Believe it or not, I’ve attended CeBIT most years for ages. This is because, if you’re working in enterprise IT, it’s one of those conferences you and your boss tend…
FITT Lunch 13 May
I’ll be speaking at this session together with Karen Ganschow from Telstra. Should be an interesting lunch & good excuse to get out of the office for a while. Topic:…
Gilmore of the eponymous law
~ A few times now I’ve referred to Gilmore’s Law and wanted to share a bit more about its author. John Gilmore is one of the true mavericks of the…
On our way to a networked society.
In an earlier generation all computer networks were for business or the military. That is, they were point-to-point connections between large organisations and were vastly expensive to setup and run.…
Telstra IT transformation woes
I was about to write some more about the networked society but this article by Michael Sainsbury caught my eye: Telstra trauma as tranformation costs mount. This is a sad,…
Telstra IT transformation woes
I was about to write some more about the networked society but this article by Michael Sainsbury caught my eye: Telstra trauma as tranformation costs mount. This is a sad,…
From society of the book to a networked society
Neerav Bhatt did an interesting post about Encyclopedia Britannica, saying: Organisations in the information industry such as Book Publishers and Libraries would do well to learn from Encyclopedia Britannica’s precipitous…
possum – magic – lithe
These are the words I threw out to David Niall Wilson when he asked for three words upon which he could base a poem. Many others responded too and the…
Remembering The Lost Uncles
I commend this video by Nick Hodge to you this ANZAC Day. Nick talks about the people side of war and how he has tracked down some of his family…
ANZAC 2009 – remembering Monash
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 of the sun,And in the morningWe will remember them.—…