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Lambdacats - more LOLcat madness
Given my obsession with LOLcats and LOLcode it is with great delight that I discovered the existence of Lambdacats (hat tip to the sup3rl33t LOLcode), are they not adorable?
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In praise of proper capitalisation & punctuation in emails
PsyBlog posted about some research on the use of emoticons & capitalisation in emails and: "They found that, sure enough, using correct capitalisation and emoticons tended to make a better impression on readers. The reader's personality also influenced how emoticons and capitalisation were perceived. Readers high in
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What if Microsoft did the iPOD?
This is very amusing (hat tip to Mands for the clip)... By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
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Sometimes a LOLcat just sums it all up for me ...
moar humorous pics By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
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Hype Cycle for Social Media
It seems like we are moving through the traditional technology hype cycle for social media (just like every other new technology that we've seen in the past). The social media hype cycle appears to be heading away from the 'peak of inflated expectations' and towards the
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Discussion: Customer blames bankruptcy on IBM IT failure
I have been using the following article as a bit of a case study with my students (who are currently studying project & SDLC management) this past week. It is such a good example of why this stuff is important to get right. Here a company has attributed bankruptcy to
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Conference presentation on social media & web 2.0
Off to Melbourne tomorrow to speak at the Ark Group's Demonstrating the Strategic Importance of Internal Communication Conference - which is all about "enhancing recognition of the internal communication function by demonstrating tangible results". My session is about "Web 2.0 in practice: effectively employing social
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Remembering Keating's 1992 Reconciliation Speech
On this day when Australia's Parliament finally made an apology to the aboriginal people it is worth thinking back to Paul Keating's revolutionary speech in 1992 at Redfern. I still recall thinking that, at last, Australia was ready to be grown up now that our leader
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Safer Internet Day 2008?
Apparently today has been deemed Safer Internet Day 2008 and according to this email from Stephen Conroy: "... Australia will join some 50 countries around the world in activities designed to raise awareness of the safety of children in the online environment, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
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Grad Thinking ...
Just had a couple of new computer science grads sitting next to me today so I took the opportunity to explore their use of social networking technologies. The results were interesting: * neither liked MySpace as it was for "12 year olds" plus everyone could see all your stuff
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Working too Hard?
I think I might be working too hard these days or have too much on my mind. But at least I'm having dream help. Last night I dreamed the answers to a bunch of work I'm in the middle of and spent today just powering through
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Twitter & Google maps for Super Tuesday
Google maps has joined forces with Twitter and Twittervision with instant updates on Super Tuesday in the US presidential primaries. They mashup tweets from across the US with Google maps for up to date info. Here is Twitter & Google for Super Tuesday By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.