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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
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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
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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. Throughout the day we had some amazing networking and discussion sessions focused on creating sustainable futures and directing
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In the past we used to be able to separate the public from the private and business from the personal quite easily. But this was an aberration. Privacy was a tiny blip in the long history of human existence. Going back only as far as our great grandparent's
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Received an email from Telstra Bigpond as follows the other day: If you would like to supply us with the phone number, including the STD area code, that you wish to have BigPond Broadband ADSL connected to, and address, we will be able to advise of ADSL availability on this
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I’m lucky to be attending the Australian Institute of Company Directors 2010 conference DIRECTORSHIP:10 Ahead of the Curve in Christchurch this week. Sessions today included: * Australia and New Zealand - performing in the global arena * Is the current system broken? * Challenges and opportunities in the global economy * March
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The digital revolution is already here and it is changing the way people expect to communicate or share knowledge and information. Educators are facing technology changes together with changing expectations from students about the use of technology in an educational context. A key challenge for teachers is also the delivery
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I love going along to the TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute Showcases because they always have demonstrations of innovative uses of technology. It is great to hear practising teachers share how they are using technology to improve outcomes for their students and also to make their own jobs easier. Often
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Today is Ada Lovelace day, the day that women around the world celebrate the achievements of women working in technology. While I could write about a woman in technology - there are many whom I admire here in Australia - instead I am putting out a call for documentation of
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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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Over the past few years a plethora of Social Media Experts* have cropped up and their tweets, posts, podcasts etc serve up a cacophony of advice and pontification. Here's a few of my thoughts on the matter, from the perspective of someone who sees herself as an apprentice
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These questions apply for all kinds of technology decisions including hardware, software, or even social media and social networking technologies. Business people do not want to spend money on unnecessary or unhelpful technology, yet are often ill advised when they make technology acquisitions or expenditure. I often see businesses, both