What matters?
Kate Carruthers A recent discovery for me is McKinsey & Company’s new site What Matters. It is a thought provoking question and it is good to see it being tackled by McKinsey…
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Operating systems are merely hygeine factors …
Many people in the IT industry don’t realise that operating systems are not important to ordinary folks. We don’t want to be bothered with things that live under the surface…
Filesharing: copyright has always been a bit broken but we never noticed
I was chatting to someone at a party on Saturday night about copyright. The gentleman I was chatting with was strongly in favour of strict enforcement of copyright. He was…
Annalie Killian … a woman Catalysing Magic
Here is another post in my series on inspiring women. This time it is my friend Annalie Killian, who is also known as Catalyst for Magic (yes that is really…
OMG the Onion is right about social networking – IMHO it changes nothing yet it changes everything
This post was inspired by a humorous post on The Onion, titled: “New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It: Let Someone Else Report On This Bullshit”…
The digital revolution is not going away
The following post is from a talk I gave at the Gov 2.0 lunch on Monday 31 May 2010 at Parliament House in Canberra. The internet is a strange beast;…
Ownership, new ideas and openness
We see much discussion of the openness and collaborative nature of the web 2.0 world. However, many of the challenges facing us as a result of this new world relate…
Jo White – a woman in a … startup
I am very privileged to know a number of truly remarkable and inspiring women who work in, on and around geek stuff. One of my notions for this year was…
Company Directors conference 2010 – day 1
I’m lucky to be attending the Australian Institute of Company Directors 2010 conference DIRECTORSHIP:10 Ahead of the Curve in Christchurch this week. Sessions today included: Australia and New Zealand –…
Where have all the iconoclasts gone?
Or how do we escape the ‘experts‘ in the echo chamber? Inspired by @jeffjarvis, whose recent post on TEDxNYed: This is bullshit got me thinking about this whole ‘expertise‘ thing…