First post re simplifying my life
Kate Carruthers In the past I thought of frugality as a negative thing but recently I’ve been thinking that it would be good to simplify my life, to reduce the complexity and…
Comparing the Steves (Ballmer & Jobs that is)
Went to the Microsoft Liberation Day in Sydney the other day where they announced the Microsoft operating system Azure. It also gave me cause to reflect on the differing presentation…
Key Themes from Gartner ITxpo 2008
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…
Habit and destiny …
“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…
Mary Meeker Web 2.0 Presentation
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…
Social networks & identity, or how do we know they’re our friends?
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…
Twitter is Real Life
There’s been a number of stories in recent times that say: Twitter is over (Yammer or FriendFeed or will replace it); Ev & Biz et al have no clue how…
The History of LOLCats
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Anyone involved in agile development needs to see this
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…
Plan B for Democrats – just in case Republicans win
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…