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Have been visiting with the folks at Gartner and if they are right then the following topics will be popular next year with the corporate IT world: * cloud computing * web 2.0 * democratization of applications * consumerization of IT * green computing * the hype cycle * did I mention cloud computing & web
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"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." - Frank Outlaw These words really resonate with me as a result of a coursethat I'
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Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker presents a utilitarian slideshow on the technology and internet trends in the light of the current global financial crisis. Not exciting but worth a look if you're involved in a web business. Mary Meeker Web 2.0 Presentationhttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/
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Some things never change. When human beings form into groups we want to ascertain who is friend and who is foe. We want to know who we can trust and to what extent we can trust them.However, until recently, face-to-face meetings were part of this assessment process. And close
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There's been a number of stories in recent times that say: Twitter is over (Yammer or FriendFeed or [insert new product name here] will replace it); Ev & Biz et al have no clue how to monetize it (so it will die a nasty death); and so, many
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THAR HAS BEEN LOLCATS 4 LOTZ DA YEERS IN R SOCIETY ... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jDfSqtG2E4&w=425&h=344] http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=
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All developers, project managers, scrum masters, product owners, or anyone who is planning on using agile within an organisation that has previously used a waterfall SDLC needs to view this talk by Mitch Lacey.In his talk from the Agile 2008 conference he shares candidly about a real life project
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C'mon, Move to Canada! If John McCain and Sarah Palin win in November, it's likely to be more than many Democrats can stand. Slate V imagines how the Canadian government might try to capitalize on this liberal anxiety. http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/
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Just testing the Social Median US election widget over on my personal site as it did not work in blogger for some reason. http://blog.socialmedian.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/jasong2o/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/344 By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&
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Every year I gather with the leaders of the Australian ICT industry at various meetings and functions and we lament the lack of young folks who choose to study IT and seek a career in such a dynamic and interesting area. But then I see the job statistics and realise
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Senator Stephen Conroy Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Level 4, 4 Treasury Place Melbourne Vic 3002 Dear Minister, As an Australian and an internet user, I have serious concerns about your mandatory Internet filtering initiative. Given the importance your Government has attached to modernising Australia's
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Well support any of the guys or gals who are participating really. But @Warlach is going that extra mile and will do a photo essay of his mo (alleged to be an Adolf you-know-who style one) with added LOLness. Details of the photo essay will be shared soon ... Donations can