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This nifty little tracker created by Eran Arkin, one of the developers on the eSnips team, is a good way to check out who is moving and shaking in the web world: movers20_reportID="100";movers20_width="190";http://movers20.esnips.com/widgets/widget.js By
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Interesting talk by Vint Cerf in which he discusses the current status of the internet and some of the forces driving its evolution: By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire
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I can't get organised enough to do 'Getting Things Done' but I know a lot of people who swear by it. Here's a talk by David Allen about it from YouTube: By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire
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Just received an email from the Myspace folks about cancelling my account: "Re: Account - How to delete? [ref:00D78NrS.50074htCV:ref] From: MySpace.com Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 4:56:54 PM Reply-to: AU-help@support.myspace.com To: Kate Carruthers Hello,Thank you for bringing this profile
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Now here is a quotation to inspire all who are making new year's resolutions at this time. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in
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For everyone who is concerned about this matter and wants to get their head around the issues, the actual source documents are available as follows: * Australian Communications and Media Authority - Media Release * Online Content Regulation - Overview from Minister's Office * Broadcasting Services Act 1992 - including amendment
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In the state of Victorian citizens will have basic human rights, like freedom of speech and freedom of religion, protected under a new charter from 2008. It's a pity the rest of us don't have the same guarantees. When will the federal government step up and
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In Five tips for achieving IT success in 2008 by ZDNet's Michael Krigsman gives list of five tips that guarantee successful projects in 2008, summary follows below and full post here... 1. Build a business case 2. Engage stakeholders early and often 3. Ensure strong executive sponsorship 4.
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Summary of the tips from LifeHack on getting to the top follows, the original post is from Oct 2007 but still resonates for me. This is worth thinking about today as we all consider resolutions for 2008. 1. Whenever you can, act friendly and open 2. Don’t be manipulative
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Changes to the law of consent in rape come into force today. I think it is a big step forward to have consent formally defined. Some people have claimed that these changes will cause frivolous cases where women will have a change of mind after the fact. But nobody has
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This is a really great summary of how people are using Twitter and why from Dan York over at Disruptive Conversations, in summary he uses Twitter: 1. as a News Source 2. as a Knowledge Network 3. as a Virtual Water Cooler 4. as a way to stay up-to-date with