New initiative: the Digital Revolution and Government #gov2 #gov2au
Kate Carruthers One of my great passions is the digital revolution and how it is affecting society. A key area of our life that the digital revolution is changing is government and…
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The future of shopping is social
These are some thoughts that I presented at the AMP Social Media Cafe in Sydney on 11 November 2010, the slides and references follow below. The future of shopping is…
Serious games for business and education #GlobalSCRM
I’ve never been a big online game player (the third world bandwidth here in Australia has been enough to discourage many like me). But, having observed the development of online…
The Future of Games – Global Social CRM #GlobalSCRM
Yesterday I attended a fascinating session hosted by the Bay Area Executives Meetup on the topic of the The Future of Games: enterprises, education, social + more. The session was…
Girl Develop IT Sydney launches successfully #ozgdi
Girl Develop IT Sydney kicked off well last night with thirty eight students, led by the indomitable Pamela Fox and a number of teaching assistants. Women from all sorts of…
Making digital marketing work
Much of the digital marketing I see is a bit tragic. Tragic for the businesses who are investing hard won income into campaigns that might not deliver a return on…
Australian courts decide “No Copyright in Newspaper Headlines”
It is interesting to read through the notes on this recent decision by the Federal Court of Australia. It’s worth reading the entire post on Mallesons’ site or even the…
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…
Digital citizens need real world knowledge too
It was fascinating to be at the inaugural Digital Citizens event in Sydney last week – the topic was: Private Parts: Personality and Disclosure – Finding a Balance in the…
Kindling a Revolution
Just travelled back from Melbourne and sat next to an extremely spry gentleman of 71 years who spent the entire trip reading on his Kindle. He told me how much…