The business of being agile
Kate Carruthers Recently I noted several large businesses announcing proudly they had adopted Agile development techniques – for example Suncorp, NBN Co, Allianz, Jemena. There is a pattern to the adoption of…
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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…
Getting it Wrong? The Y2K bug revisited via @RNFutureTense
It was fascinating to take the time and think back to the days of the Y2K bug and discuss what happened (and some of the crazy hype that went on)…
Inspiring: Girl Develop IT #becauseiamagirl
One thing I’m passionate about is the possibilities opened up for all of us by technology. And techincal literacy is an important way that we can open up those possibilities…
Rethinking a girl’s place in the world #becauseiamagirl
Sheryl WuDunn’s Half the Sky investigates the oppression of women globally. Half the Sky lays out an agenda for the world’s women and three major abuses: sex trafficking and forced…
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…
Call for Papers: Haecksen Miniconf LCA2011
The folks over at LCA2011 are running a Haecksen miniconf and have issued a call for papers closing on 24 September 2010 … “The Haecksen miniconf is on again! This…
Rethinking organisations: the digital revolution, social and convergence
An interesting question came up last Friday in a discussion with a group of Marketing and Communications folks from McDonald’s. It was about how social media might be situated and…
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…
Sydney’s inaugural Social Innovation BarCamp #sibsyd
Sydney’s inaugural Social Innovation BarCamp went well yesterday. The day kicked off with an opening talk by the Hon. Bob Carr, who kindly gave his time to support this event.…