ideas
The day started out rainy and grey, then turned snowy and grey and then ended with a cocktail reception in the Paris town hall. For the folks where were not jet lagged the party continued way into the night (but I was in bed early i.e. by 1.30am)
social computing & social media
I'm in Brisbane today attending the Smart Services CRC Conference. Following are slides from my presentation earlier today. Tweets from attendees are under the hashtag #smartservicescrc in case you're curious. Leadership and the Digital Revolution
ideas
1. Navigating the tangled web of Enterprise 2.0 enabled platforms is indeed an opportunity "to explore strange new worlds" in business... Enterprise 2.0 has been defined as "the application of Web 2.0 technologies to workers using network software within an organisation or business"
management & leadership
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 a new methodology within an organisation. I have lived through the adoption of a number of new methodologies over the
ideas
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 jobs and backgrounds came along to grapple with the basics of web development - with the youngest still in high
ideas
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) with Paul Wallbank, Prof. John Quiggin on Radio National's Future Tense program with Antony Funnell. You can listen
ideas
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 for women. Another thing I'm passionate about is people who make a difference - those who
future
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 prostitution; gender-based violence including honor killings and mass rape; maternal mortality, which needlessly claims one woman
ideas
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 investment. Some of it seems like self-indulgent twaddle done by creative types for their own amusement. Other times it seems
ideas
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 year, linux.conf.au is going to be held in sunny Brisbane, and we want to invite women who develop,
ideas
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 used differently depending upon whether you approached it from either a Marketing or a Communications team perspective. Also
ideas
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 of our devices. This is one of the reasons Apple has made such inroads in recent