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Just had a totally different customer service experience with Joven of Virgin Mobile, at Centrepoint in Sydney. Got a new mobile broadband modem and had a few issues connecting it to my Macbook. He sat down and fixed it for me, told me to call him if any other issues.
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A really unusual thing happened today. I had some spare time in between meetings and found myself in the city shopping precinct. And, since I’ve needed a new watch for a while, decided to go shopping. I have no preconceptions regarding price – I just want a nice looking silver
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When HTML was first invented I got really interested in the precursor markup languages and did a bit of research on them. I discovered TeX, GML, SGML and learned how they had been used. Then I started to learn about HTML. It was elegant and simple, almost sparse. An ordinary
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A tweet from my Twitter buddy Warlach earlier today got me thinking about certain skills that one should never admit to having mastered. Many years ago Wendy McCarthy told me that in her youth typing or shorthand were skills to which an ambitious young woman should never admit having mastered.
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This snapshot of life in the raw on Twitter shows the reality of life in a community. BTW congrats to @markdavidson and @DaisyAvenue 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&
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... hat tip to Duncan "Cuddles" Riley for the video - at least this gives me a chuckle :) 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&
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An exchange with Michael Krigsman and Ed Yourdon on Twitter this morning prompted me to post my thoughts on this topic. To be clear on my position - I am a Twitter user and love the kind of communication and connectivity that it enables. I really want Twitter to be
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When Mark Pesce talks about the power of social connection and technology it all makes sense. Here he's giving the keynote at AuRemix 08 and talking about the real power of of the internet and social networking. He is also sounding a call to action for those of
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These comments by Avinash Kaushik, Google's analytics guru, are true for many corporate websites. He "thinks one of the reasons why so many websites 'suck' today is because of the hippo - as in the 'highest paid person's opinion.' And, yes,
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At the FITT lunch in iMAX Theatre. The topic is womens' communication needs and how new technology like unified communications can help us. The panel members are: * Patricia Scott, Secretary of the Federal Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy * Holly Kramer, Group Managing Director, Product Management, Telstra
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actually CeBIT is a great place to catch up with people in the IT industry in Sydney. Many people go, after all it's an afternoon out of the office. And even if you're not interested in the content, the social side of things can be good.
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Dropped in at CeBIT for while today. Was at the Bloggerzone for the royal visit of uber blogger and web entrepreneur Jason Calacanis and his entourage of men in suits, then wandered about checking out the exhibits and running into various friends and acquaintances. It's a pity the