Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries from December 2004

End of another year

December 24th, 2004 · No Comments · Personal · 1,078 views

Well it is really then end of another year, being 24th December and all. From today I will be taking a break until 3rd Jan, our holiday house has no telecommunications, besides a basic GSM mobile network (not even GPRS), which is fantastic as it forces you to take a break.
Happy Christmas everyone and [...]

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eLearing dead?

December 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · Learning · 1,007 views

Interesting item from NetDimenions, a Hong Kong based LMS vendor who has a blog.
The item was written by a guest author to their blog, Harold Jarche. Harold touches on some of the same topics as I have been thinking about recently.
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True Aussie Esky

December 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · General · 1,119 views

Being an aussie guy, who has been known to enjoy a beer or two I hope it is not too late to ask Santa for a new esky.
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LaptopLane a good idea?

December 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · Technology · 932 views

Maybe we need a few of these in Australia?
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Corporate E-Learning

December 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · Learning · 971 views

It has taken me about a week to get around to reading this item on elearning by Amy Gahran (from EducationNiche). What struck me about it is Amy is almost talk about a sophisticated RSS environment for learning objects.
I have been thinking of how can we use RSS feeds to deliver learning content to [...]

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Heather on “The 17 Dumbest Things in Recruiting”

December 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · Recruitment · 925 views

Ok, maybe she got them from Dr John, but I like her take on them.
In the spirit of “eat your own dog food” ask your most recent Gen Y recruit’s what they thought of your process. See how many of the 17 they talk about. Then change your process.
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WiFi & Powerpoints in Australian Cafe’s

December 22nd, 2004 · No Comments · General · 1,200 views

Another interesting piece of info from G’Day World on PowerPoints and Wiki spots in Australia. Mitch Denny on the back of Cameron’s rant (?) has started a Wiki to collect this information, if you know of any update the list.
Updated: Just realised the URL to Don’t Panic was buggered.
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Coffee with SplaTT

December 22nd, 2004 · No Comments · Personal · 1,052 views

Caught up with Mick Stanic aka SplaTT for coffee @ Starbucks in Darling Harbour, first blogger I have met in person. If you don’t know Mick is one half of the G’Day World podcast.
I should of blogged about this yesterday, before he was on DSC and BBC now I just look like a [...]

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I just quit my job

December 22nd, 2004 · No Comments · Personal · 1,252 views

After many weeks of interviews, tests and a lot of hard thinking I have quit my job. I will be joining WMC in late January, based in Melbourne. For our oversea’s reader’s Melbourne is about just over 1 hour’s flight south of Sydney.
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HR = Socialism?

December 22nd, 2004 · No Comments · HR Management · 1,119 views

This morning I have been reading an item written by Dr John Sullivan for Workforce and I agree with him to a point and this just could be a cultural difference (Australia v US) but I don’t know. If also could be because my brain is not thinking straight after spending most of last night [...]

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