Two very cool things I found today.
Google Map’s new Street View as a major source of distraction, the privacy issues with this are going to be huge, in the meantime it is very cool.
The second was from Duncan Riley’s post on Techcrunch about Microsoft’s Surface Computer (I’m kind of behind on the tech news).
My initial [...]
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I love lists that state concretely what is going to happen, cause they are usually wrong. However this list of dead or dying technology skills from ComputerWorld looks like it might be on the money.
Cobol
Non-Relational Databases
Non-IP Networks
cc:Mail
ColdFusion
C Programmers
PowerBuilder
Certified NetWare Engineers
PC Network administrators
OS/2
To test out the theory I have plotted the percentage of jobs in Australia [...]
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I find futurists fascinating. From their wild ideas to which I think “no way” or their ideas which seems so obvious that I go “of course that will happen” they stretch my understanding of what the future holds.
One such is Ian Neild who is visiting Australia at the moment to attend Borderless World Conference, asking [...]
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Just got an email from Jason Davis (ex-Recruiting.com now RecruitingBlogs.com), that I made the top 25 recruiting blogs according to Alexa rankings, #16 actually. Very flattered and surprised given the waiting Alexa seems to have to US based sites.
There are some very good blogs out there and if you having anything to do with [...]
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When I returned from Hong Kong there was a package waiting for me in the mal room. The folks over at ThinkGeek and eStarling have been very nice and provided us who purchased a 1st generation eStarling Wireless Photo Frame with a replacement. Why? Well the first frame had a few issues, was [...]
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Over the last couple of days I have posted about 90 photos from my walking around Hong Kong over the weekend of 19/20 May 2007. Lots of different things to see I have tried to capture some of life in Hong Kong, the 4 pictures below give a small insight.
Trams on Queensway Rd
Old vs [...]
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Yesterday I went out and about walking and traveling around Hong Kong for just over 5 hours, end result 135 photos and 5 or 6 videos. While the photos are going to take a while to sort through I have pulled together a quick video with some stills of my trip up the Peak [...]
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I was surprised to see Shannon Seery Gude mentioned in the local IT press, CIO Magazine’s May issue, not surprised that she has been quoted in a magazine, but more that our IT press found her, kudos to the CIO Mag guys!
The May issue covered a very topical area on Gen Y in the workforce, [...]
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Nigel James reflects on 20 years since he left school with an invitation to his 20 year reunion back in Australia. Yes I agree Nigel a 13 hour flight is shorter than 26, but when you are in the middle of a 9 hour flight anything over 2 hours makes you feel like a [...]
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I packed our digital camera for the trip up to Hong Kong, normally I don’t take a camera on business trips, not sure why just not something I have got into the habit of.
This time with the camera I am planning to do a photowalk in Hong Kong on either Saturday 19th May or Sunday [...]
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