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Bad Ajax & Flash
Ajax Flash Mistakes From: jboutelle, 1 week ago http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=ajax-flash-mistakes-1204992198593320-4 | View | Upload your own For SXSW 2008 SlideShare Link
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The Haters
Duncan has shared a good one (beware it does contain 'colourful' language) 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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IT failures and social media
It is worth having a look at Krigsman's interview on IT failures and social media. Shel Israel, co-author (with Robert Scoble) of the influential book on blogging, Naked Conversations, recently interviewed Michael regarding on social media and IT failures. He used the interview to summarize his views on
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Social media for PR
Jason Falls over at Social Media Explorer has noted a good (or blatant) use of social media for PR. Worth a look to check out their modus operandi. By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%
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Obama - yes we can video
I wish Australian politics had such inspiring ideas as the Barack Obama campaign ... 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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Climate Change Music
Fifikins mentioned desert island music today, which somehow got me thinking about favourites of mine. Mozart's Requiem is one fave. Then I came to suspect that this little piece by Mozart is good climate change music ;) The words translate as: Day of wrath, day of anger will dissolve
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Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change
I'm wondering why I have not seen anything about this in the mainstream media? All very interesting ... Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change “Global warming” is not a global crisis We, the scientists and researchers in climate and related fields, economists, policymakers, and business leaders, assembled at Times Square,
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Can Accounting Tools Lead to, Rather than Prevent, Executive Mistakes?
For the last two weeks I have been lecturing on information systems controls and using the recent internal control failures at Societe Generale as an example. Issues of internal control generally lie at the heart of corporate failures be it deliberate fraud (as at Enron) or general incompetence. Each corporate
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Adoring Google Calendar Sync & Microsoft Outlook
IMHO the greatest productivity improvement in my life in recent times has been the release of Google Calendar Sync. This has finally allowed me to combine multiple calendars & get a consolidated view of my life. Microsoft Outlook remains my favourite email client. I've tried many of the
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And so the LOLBible came into being
Agen teh kitteh leads teh wai ... see more crazy cat 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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Racism, Sexism and Privilege
Just came across two fairly old articles that are really worth reading: The Male Privilege Checklist by B. Deutsch This is a summary of the unconscious privilege to which able bodied white men are generally subject. This is not a criticism of white men - really it is just how
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About the Brain: TED talk by Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor
This is an amazing TED talk by Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor. One morning, she realised she was having a massive stroke. Her observations of this process and how our brains work are really thought provoking. This talk made me think about how our brains work and define us, and how