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I miss the nice cold places ...
This is a picture of Niagara Falls (Canadian side) earlier this year - this was just after a blizzard via Aide-mémoire
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Precious Mac Moment!
Today in the office someone needed to watch a DVD (as you do, totally work related) - they tried 4 different PCs to no avail. Lo and behold Macbook to the rescue, it played the DVD first go no problem! No wonder I love my little Macbook :-) via Aide-mémoire
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Ark Group Online Collaboration Conference Sydney (2007)
I spoke at the recent Ark Group Online Collaboration Conference Sydney (2007) - here is a link to my presentation on Slideshare The topic was Approaches to Online Collaboration - which made me think about the cultural, practical and philosophical issues involved in online collaboration in a business context. The
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The Drugs Song - Amateur Transplants
http://youtube.com/v/KXROnzpsrlg These guys are very amusing!
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Web 2.0 SIG
The IEEE Computer Society NSW Chapter is starting up a web 2.0 special interest group. Our first meeting will be on 3rd October 2007 at the Australian Technology Park. Anyone interested in coming along should email me so I can advise details. I've even made this funky
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Talk Like a Pirate Day - 19 September
It is Talk Like a Pirate Day this week on 19 September - shiver me timbers! More people should talk like pirates on this day, I might even dress up this year. via Aide-mémoire
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Past Notable Women of Computing
This site lists some of the women pioneers of computing - Past Notable Women of Computing via Aide-mémoire
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Good Career Management Tips — Document your accomplishments
This tip from the Cubicle Warrior on career management is to document your accomplishments. It is good advice as I can never recall all the fabulous things I've done when pushed. Clearly it would be easier to note them as I go.
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silkcharm showing us naughty things (again)!
As always we can rely on Laurel to show us the naughty bits - in this case the Tom Ford (VERY SEXUALLY EXPLICIT) ad campaign. Very amusing, but not one to click through on at work. via Aide-mémoire
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GE Reunion
We had a bit of a GE reunion dinner in Sydney on Friday night - at the Bavarian Bier Cafe. It was nice to see everyone again, but I think that the mixed Bavarian Platter was a mistake (essentially multiple kinds of meat with sauerkraut & potato). Luckily I did
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Information Architecture Institute
The Information Architecture Institute has some really good info on IA, inlcuding some easy to use templates like this one which is based on Excel so it is very accessible. via Aide-mémoire
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Sysadmin humour
Well, without the layoff part, maybe something like this: I am hired because I know what I am doing, not because I will do whatever I am told is a good idea. This might cost me bonuses, raises, promotions, and may even label me as "undesirable" by places