Michael Specht

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

Entries from April 2005

iTunes - do I get excited again?

April 25th, 2005 · 1 Comment · General · 1,045 views

The Gadget Lounge points to several rumours that we might finally get an ITunes Music Store in Australia. But do I get excited as we have seen this before.
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More on blog success

April 25th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Technology · 3,188 views

Amy Gahran posts on an interesting metric that Regina might be interested in, link per thousand circulation. While more suited for mainstream new sites or A-list bloggers it does begin to show how metrics can be developed to answer the question “How successful is my blog?”
Update:- Just found that Lee Lefever from CommonCraft is [...]

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Old posts appearing again

April 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Blogging, Personal · 1,028 views

Ok, I have decided to cross post some of the last few posts from the old site to the new site, this is instead of loading up all of the Blogger posts into WordPress. (Warning this idea may change as time goes on.)
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Advice to job seekers

April 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Recruitment · 965 views

Steven Kempton (The Asia Pacific Headhunter) wrote an interesting letter to NZ Herald with some very important advice to job seekers, you have to work at it to find a job.
(BTW I am really begining to like the change to WordPress.)
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Lawson & Ultimate should close up shop

April 25th, 2005 · 1 Comment · HR Management, Technology · 758 views

Dub’s is calling for vendors like Lawson and Ultimate to just close up shop and go away. While this is a very bold statement he is not far from the mark.
Today when the major vendors are pumping millions and millions into their products it does become very hard for a second tier vendor [...]

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