Are social networks breeding social isolation?
Kate Carruthers I recently had a thought provoking note from a buddy, Sheetal Patel, who’s not really a fan of social networking apart from LinkedIn. He commented that “perhaps this increasing human…
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A #katebreak for #followfriday
There is not just one interesting Kate to follow on Twitter. Here’s a few interesting ones I follow – we do know each other real life (having met mostly via…
more real people on twitter #followfriday
Here’s some more real people that I follow on Twitter: @jeffsonstein – teaches IT, supports causes, knows his geekery & I often enjoy interesting chats with him on Twitter @neerav…
Conversation Cafe Sydney with @Warlach
Here’s @Warlach‘s perspective on the recent conversation cafe at AMP Sydney (more info about David Gurteen’s concept here) Taken with the Flip Mino HD http://www.theflip.com
Cupcake Camp Sydney video is up on YouTube
Through the very kind offices of @ApostrophePong (& his trusty assistant @Stilgherrian) we have a great video record of the recent event. A really big thank-you again to everyone for…
Community, caring and cupcakes
It was so touching to see a bunch of people who linked up via Twitter join in and participate in a community event like Cupcake Camp Sydney last Friday night.…
Pointless banter and the building of bonds
There’s been some ‘research‘ about Twitter by Pear Analytics claiming that “Pointless Babble” represented “40.55% of the total tweets captured”. What’s interesting is that these folks completely miss the importance…
Why not give peace a chance?
During our busy lives it seems to me that we often let the chances for peace pass us by. And how does this happen? It happens with our reactions to…
Racism, Sexism and Privilege
Just came across two fairly old articles that are really worth reading: The Male Privilege Checklist by B. DeutschThis is a summary of the unconscious privilege to which able bodied…
Hard work beats talent
I have seen many young, fit, intelligent people with a fine education, sound values and good family behind them. But they do not realise that what they make of them…