Michael Specht

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

Entries from August 2007

Emotion and the workplace

August 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments · HR Management, Management · 1,721 views

Just a short post on emotion.
Have employees who don’t have their emotions under control and you have a toxic (Update: Kevin rightly points out that toxic might not be the right word but to be honest as given the number of different emotional issue employee could face having people in the workplace who don’t have [...]

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links for 2007-08-04

August 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment · del.icio.us · 1,499 views

All Things Workplace: Is “Talent Management” Really Managing The Talent?
Looking at setting up a Talent Management program, stop and have a read of Steve Roesler’s post
(tags: talent Management HRM recruitment)

kakiloc - Location Based Social Networking
Interesting new startup merging location, presence and social networking
(tags: SocialNetworks location presence)

Google security vulnerabilties stack up | The Register
Google Desktop has [...]

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links for 2007-08-03

August 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · del.icio.us · 1,411 views

SourceForge.net: Scuttle
An open source social bookmarking and tagging tool that can be run inside a firewall as part of Enterprise 2.0
(tags: SocialSoftware SemanticWeb PHP OpenSource enterprise web2.0 bookmark tags)

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IM how do you use it!

August 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Communication, Management, New Media, Technology · 1,688 views

IM is finally starting to make it’s way into corporate Australia, I know we are slow off the mark! But this is starting to pose all sorts of issues. The Google Australia blog posted today about this very topic and it reminded me that after about 10 years of prolific IM usage where I currently [...]

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MODM4 was last night

August 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments · Blogging, New Media · 1,500 views

As a self confessed social/digital media groupie I attended MODM4 last night at the Riverland Bar on the side of the Yarra River, food and drinks were provided by Simon Chen from EightBlack.
Many of the “regulars” were in attendance good to catch up with them, also met a few new people which is even better.  [...]

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links for 2007-08-02

August 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · del.icio.us · 1,510 views

Not all Enterprise 2.0 Apps Created Equal
(tags: enterprise podcast RSS technologies web2.0)

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Returning from vacation

August 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Management · 1,239 views

Having just come back from vacation I have had recent first hand experience of the work overload when you return. Last thing you want is for your restful holiday to be a distant memory 24 hours after you return. CIO magazine has 5 tips on how to achieve the vacation you need. In summary:

Plan for [...]

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Are laser printers dangerous?

August 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Environment, General, Technology · 1,497 views

It seems so.
A team of researchers in Brisbane have found that some laser printers emit small particles into the air.
Potential effects range from respiratory irritation to effects on the cardiovascular system and cancer, Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology says.
Professor Morawska, who is the director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality [...]

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