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Random acts of kindness
I've been reflecting on the people who've influenced my life. The ones who have shaped my thoughts and helped me to work out what kind of person I am and who I want to be. There's a lot of them. They range from family
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The importance of role models who look like us
On Wednesday evening I attended the retirement dinner for a mathematics teacher whom I've known and respected for many years. I will not mention him by name as he's a very shy and private individual. This gentleman and his wife migrated to Australia over twenty years
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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 Digital Space. There was a great line up on the panel with visiting US lawyer and social media specialist Adrian Dayton (Social
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realtime really? my slides from #media140
Spoke during the last session of the day at Media 140 Perth about realtime web and how it might evolve into an internet of connected people and things. Our evolution towards a networked and hyperconnected society is under way. The slides might be somewhat opaque without the commentary but please
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Hero or monster it all comes down to choices
This is a very thought provoking TED talk from Philip Zimbardo. He's famous for the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. Think about how you would react in certain situations (e.g. Abu Ghraib) - how easy it is to act in ways you might regret later? Hero or villain it
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Cupcake Camp Sydney goes animal
w00t! Cupcake Camp Sydney is on! Date: Friday 28 August 2009 Time: 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm Venue: CBS Interactive Sydney We are running this as part of the RSPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser - if you are a cupcake maker you can go to the RSPCA site & sign up
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Cupcake Camp Sydney goes animal
w00t! Cupcake Camp Sydney is on! Date: Friday 28 August 2009 Time: 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm Venue: CBS Interactive Sydney We are running this as part of the RSPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser - if you are a cupcake maker you can go to the RSPCA site & sign up
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Engineers building a new future!
Here's Daniel Almagor from Engineers without Borders talking about why he thinks the Future Summit is important to help us "engineer a better world":
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Here's another person who is interested in the future
Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344] It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
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Here's another person who is interested in the future
Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344] It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
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On our way to a networked society.
In an earlier generation all computer networks were for business or the military. That is, they were point-to-point connections between large organisations and were vastly expensive to setup and run. But the invention of TCP/IP and the modern internet changed all that. Now networks are between ordinary
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From society of the book to a networked society
Neerav Bhatt did an interesting post about Encyclopedia Britannica, saying: Organisations in the information industry such as Book Publishers and Libraries would do well to learn from Encyclopedia Britannica’s precipitous fall from grace. Formerly a powerful company that could demand and receive large payments for access to it’s