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Primate Caturday
See it's not just human primates that like cats, here's an orangutan and cat friendship ... http://wnvideo.zootoo.com/global/video/flash/widgets/WNVideoCanvas.swf
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Is Australia turning into a police state? How can we protect our rights?
A very disturbing thing happened to a friend of mine the other day. Nick Holmes a Court, well known entrepreneur and digital media maven, saw some police activity occurring in a public place and he decided to video it on his mobile phone. The full story has been reported in
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What is the Frugal Agenda for 2009?
I've been thinking about questions that I need to answer so as to live a more frugal life. So here are some of the questions and issues that this blog is going to investigate during 2009: * How to achieve a simpler lifestyle * What are the essentials for a
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What Did I Learn in 2008 & How Will I Use it in 2009?
This past year has been a remarkable one for me. I've met so many amazing, interesting and supportive people that it is hard to count them all. Many new friendships were forged and new ideas generated. And I'm really grateful to everyone for their support and
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Corporate values & reality
The Global Financial Crisis (#GFC) has shown that some of our 'greatest' companies were no more than fraudsters at worst and incompetent at best. This made me think about all the corporate value statements that I've seen over the years and what they really mean. And
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Society, mindset & resilience - Part 1
Over the past week I've travelled to Boulder CO and San Francisco meeting people for business and also taking the opportunity to meet some Twitter people IRL. It has been interesting to discuss some of the cultural differences between my home (Australia) and the US. Two moments of
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More Caturday-ness
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Web startups & venture capital
Is it just me, or is there an air of desperation whenever web startups are talking to venture capitalists (VCs) at events? I'm not talking about the formal meetings with VCs, rather about those informal meetings over coffee or in the breaks. Was interesting to sit there at
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Is Social Media Still Serious Business? Part 3
In the business arena social media will continue to enable the agile enterprise. Social media provides businesses with the ability to build relationships. This will continue, with many organisations using social media to assist in the area of new product development – crowdsourcing new features as with recent examples by Dell,
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Is Social Media Still Serious Business? Part 2
Over the next few years we are likely to see the continued integration and convergence of devices, media and channels, with users taking technology with them wherever they go, instead of being tied down to the immovable PC at home or the office. The term mobile will have a greater
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Is Social Media Still Serious Business? Part 1
Social media is being woven into the fabric of our daily lives almost without us noticing. Most mainstream news sites now have user comments and voting, and they embed video that we can share. Sites like Facebook and MySpace are going mainstream; even parents are getting involved so as to
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Impressive recent conference - eLearning08
I've been to a lot of conferences but one of the most impressive in terms of logistics and use of social media was eLearning08. Held at the Roundhouse at University of NSW in Sydney this conference was for RTOs (registered training organisations) who are working to embed e-learning