lolcats
The future of work has been on my mind a lot over the past few years. It seems that the future of jobs is bleak in a number of ways. For example, zero hours, surveillance, and robots are on the horizon for many workers. This is all part of what
social computing & social media
[slideshare id=28084661&w=427&h=356&fb=0&mw=0&mh=0&style=border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px&sc=no] Social media: balancing risk and control from Kate Carruthers
IoT
The next generation of the internet is called the ‘internet of things’. Some people like to call it M2M or ‘machine to machine’ or ‘internet everywhere’. In any case it is here and it is about to shake things up. The internet of things is where devices become connected and
IoT
I gave a talk at Social Media Women in Sydney this week. The slides are below, I will get around to writing a longer piece about the internet of things soon. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/internet-of-things-24077797/24077797?from_search=0
future
Following is a copy of some remarks that made about the future of jobs at the IT Talent Management Conference IT18. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak here today. I will start with a brief consideration of my own IT career and then consider how the changing
management & leadership
With the changing business world it is a good idea to think about habitual business practices to ensure that we are not doing things that made sense for the past and which do not make sense now. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
future
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the digital revolution and the changes that it is driving in the economy. We are seeing a bifurcation between the old 19th and 20th century manufacturing based industries and the 21st century digital economy. This is a shift from creation of
social computing & social media
Here are some thoughts on getting started with blogging from my talk at WordCamp Sydney 2012 at the University of Sydney today: https://www.slideshare.net/carruthk/your-blog-your-brand-tips-on-getting-started-with-your-blog your-blog-your-brand-tips-on-getting-started-with-your-blogfrom Kate Carruthers
social computing & social media
A recent article The Future of Mobile is Right Time Experiences by Maribel Lopez got me thinking about mobile and the future of the web. It is an especially important topic to consider now that Twitter is seeking to further control and constrain the way that its users interact. A
social computing & social media
I'll be discussing blogging and building your brand at Wordcamp Sydney 2012 - it's on at University of Sydney 21-22 July 2012. You can register here. Some info about my session: This talk will demonstrate how a WordPress blog can provide a platform for individuals and
management & leadership
While trawling around on YouTube recently I came across a 1980s video of Tim Finn's There's a Fraction too much Friction and it got me thinking about the things that annoy me in dealing with businesses. I concluded that the source of my irritation is friction.
privacy
As companies embrace the notion of a reputation economy fueled by the power of social platforms this brings a new set of challenges for management and employees. I was at the Salesforce #cloudcrowd event in Sydney recently and we were discussing this issue with guest speaker Peter Coffee. The issue