Microsoft has released the Zune. Lots of talk on the Internet opinion, reviews and picture check out Engadget for a good run down. Now back to my day.
Monthly Archives: September 2006
TPN Dinner
Last night I was able to get out to the TPN Dinner here in Melbourne, the Upcoming details are here. Cameron was in full swing, maybe one too many coffees in the day, Father Bob made a brief appearance, Martin from the Travel Show, Of course Rich Giles was there, along with Kate, Miriam, Matt, Tony,Continue reading “TPN Dinner”
How not to recruit Jeremy Zawodny, or anyone else for that matter
Jeremy Zawodny, Yahoo geek and blogger received an email from a recruiter inviting him to apply for jobs to work for their company. The email had the exact opposite effect. Where should I begin with this? You “sourced” my resume? Is that lame recruiter speak for “I was punching buzzwords into Google when I ranContinue reading “How not to recruit Jeremy Zawodny, or anyone else for that matter”
A podcast with my son
I have been listening to podcasts since early November 2004, the first Australian Podcast I found was G’Day World. Yesterday while driving home I was listening to Accident Hash 175 with my son and CC Chapman made a comment such as “anyone can get into podcasting”. My son looked at me a said “Can they? Continue reading “A podcast with my son”
Peter Brock killed in a car crash
It has been an interesting week for Australian celebrities, first Steve Irwin and now Peter Brock! It seems Peter Brock was killed in an accident while driving in the West Australian Targa Rally, his car hit a tree about 40 kms east of Perth. One of the great legends of motor sport in Australia.
Online Job Ads continue to rise
It seems online jobs ads are still on the rise in Australia. The latest online job ad figures were released yesterday and they have increased again for the 8th month in a row. Bob Olivier, Director of Olivier Group is quoted at saying :- “The rate of increase can’t be sustained forever, so we’ve actually seenContinue reading “Online Job Ads continue to rise”
Croc Hunter Steve Irwin died
It is sad that Steve Irwin died yesterday his family, his animals and the environment will all be impacted by his passing. Steve died while filming a documentary on the deadliest animals in the sea, ironic in a morbid kind of way. Apparently he had no chance of surviving the sting ray puncture to hisContinue reading “Croc Hunter Steve Irwin died”
Are we in an echo chamber?
An issue facing the tech blogosphere is that many people both internal and external to it claim that the blogosphere is just an echo chamber and nothing new comes out. From my limited view point I do not think that the HR blogosphere is an echo chamber, sometimes I feel that we need to linkContinue reading “Are we in an echo chamber?”
What is a good presentation?
I subscribe to Presentation Zen to find the latest and greatest trends in presentations. Some of the presentations they reference are fantastic others I don’t really relate to but I still stay subscribed. So today when I saw a couple of people referring to the Top 10 Presentations I was interested. KnowHR have pulled togetherContinue reading “What is a good presentation?”
Michael Specht 