Just noticed that MS Australia have started a recruiting blog. Good to see another HR-based blog in Australia. It will be interesting to see how they develop their blog.
Monthly Archives: November 2004
Want to buy a blogger?
Jeremy Wright from Ensight is auctioning himself on eBay as a blogger for hire. I notice that I could buy him right now for US$5K and get his services for 3 months to provide 5 -10 posts per week. So lets do the math. Over 13 weeks I would get at a minimum 65 postsContinue reading “Want to buy a blogger?”
Deviance + Innovation = ?
Scott Aldred has been talking about how the timeframe between fringe dwellers and social acceptance is reducing and the associated impact within an organisation. Scott refers to an old article from FastCompany on how we should all be thinking more like a deviant as this is a source of innovation. In reading these items itContinue reading “Deviance + Innovation = ?”
HP begins to blog
Just found this item on ComputerWorld it seems HP has begun a company sponsored blog area on their web site. Good to see. I wonder if Jonathan’s blog has anything to do with it?
Unlimited money?
I colleague asked me an interesting question a few days ago. “If you had unlimited funds what would you recommend to a medium sized organisation (3000-5000 people) as an HR/Payroll platform where today there are many different tactical tools in place and a trend towards an ERP platform in other portions of the business? WouldContinue reading “Unlimited money?”
Blogs the new social network?
Jeremy Zawodny has posted an interesting item on how blogs might be the new “professional lubricant” (aka network). He is right on the money, unfortunately still only in some job markets. Blogs are the new networking device for many people, mostly technical in nature at this stage, however this will change over time. Many bloggersContinue reading “Blogs the new social network?”
Feel better!
If you have had a bad day or just not feeling 100% then feel better now! (via Ponderance)
Can one person make an impact?
Over the last year the train system across Sydney has been collapsing under mis-management and technical issues. Delays of 1 30 minutes are regular enough to cause major frustrations. Sometime it can take be 2 hrs to complete a journey that should only take about 45 minutes. Eventually Rebecca Tuner a legal secretary had hadContinue reading “Can one person make an impact?”
Firefox Advocator
It is interesting to see the wave of public support for Firefox. I have been watching news articles pouring out all over the globe about Firefox and I personally now use if for most day to day browsing, although some sites do not support Firefox just yet. Chris Holland has a new term Firefox Advocator,Continue reading “Firefox Advocator”
Amazing story
I just finished reading an amazing story of Audion a MP3/Music player for the Mac (via Charles Arthur). Nothing to do with HR or HRIS just a really interesting story of how two guys in an appartment who’s software almost bacame iTunes.
Michael Specht 