possum – magic – lithe
Kate Carruthers 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.—…
Women in IT Sunday Brunch May 10
One of the social events that are part of the Connecting Up 09 conference is a Women in IT Brunch at which Jody Mahoney (Vice President, Business Development, at the…
Connection – desire and distaste
A buddy, Iggy Pintado, has just published a book called Connection Generation which talks about how connection determines our place in society and business. It’s an interesting idea and ties…
Social media for business
Let’s look at a few facts about the world today from a social computing perspective. Social computing has gone mainstream. When you consider the sheer number of people who are…
Too much passion in business?
We are often exhorted to be passionate about things, especially at work. But I’m not sure that is really what we need in the modern workplace. Passion has become a…
Telstra lays down rules for engagement!
One of Australia’s national pastimes is Telstra bashing – and heaven knows even I’ve indulged a time or two. But still credit where credit is due. They have been engaging…
Business in the Cloud
It is true that there is nothing new under the sun (Ecc 1:9) and for those of us old enough to remember computer bureaux the move the cloud computing is…
Power of the personal
We are rapidly moving away from the old impersonal world of broadcast media. This has important implications for getting our messages out to people. It means that we need to…