On Thursday and Friday last week I attended Web Directions South 2008, my first web only conference in a while. Overall it was a good event, but like most conferences there were some up & downs. Probably the biggest two downs were the opening Key Note and the lack of coffee on arrival on FridayContinue reading “Thoughts from Web Directions 2008”
Monthly Archives: September 2008
This week in Sydney
Arrived in Sydney late Monday evening for a very busy week, lots of meetings, attending Web Directions, Port 80, AussieTUB, presenting at a user group on Change Management and sitting on a panel for the NSW Knowledge Management forum discussing the value of social media and networking for business. During Web Directions I might liveContinue reading “This week in Sydney”
Startup camp Melbourne
Following the success of Startup Camp in Sydney, it’s on its way to Melbourne 3-5 October. What is startup camp? It’s a get together of people from different disciplines that have an interest in startups and do a complete startup in one weekend. From coming up with the idea and making a business plan toContinue reading “Startup camp Melbourne”
Twitter SMS delivery
Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on a couple of small side projects, one of which is a services to get your Direct Messages and @Replies sent directly to your mobile phone via SMS, Tweet2SMS. Basically this is to replace the service that Twitter shutdown about 3 weeks ago for usersContinue reading “Twitter SMS delivery”
Quoted in the AFR
A couple of weeks ago I spoke to Beverley Head a freelance journalist about recruitment and web 2.0. Today the Australian Financial Review launched their IT Innovations special report with Beverley’s article quoting me. While the article is primarily about KPMG’s virtual career fair that kicks off later this month, I do end up withContinue reading “Quoted in the AFR”
Glassdoor expands internationally
Over the last few weeks Glassdoor has been expanding its reach into international locations, to the point that over 40% of their traffic now comes from outside of the US. The top 10 countries are: United States Canada United Kingdom India Australia France Germany Ireland China Japan Australia is ranked 5th on the list withContinue reading “Glassdoor expands internationally”
eRecruitment systems and your employer brand
Today while conducting some research I found what looks on the surface as a bug within PageUp’s PageUp People application, but turns out is not. (For international readers PageUp is the leading eRecruitment vendor in Australia.) I was reviewing the Optus careers web site and went to review a listing of jobs and I openedContinue reading “eRecruitment systems and your employer brand”
Google Chrome is the new hype
It has been speculated for a long time that Google was going to enter the browser market, well on Sept 2nd they did with the launch of Chrome. Now there is lots written by the tech community on the launch about the pro’s and con’s of the new browser so I am just going toContinue reading “Google Chrome is the new hype”
Great places to work in Australia
I missed the launch last year by the Great Place to Work Institute opened their doors downunder. Spearheading by Chris Taylor and Trish Dagg two organisational development types out of Western Australian university. In mid-August they release their first list for Australia called “Best Companies to Work for in Australia“, no real surprise there. AlthoughContinue reading “Great places to work in Australia”
2Vouch for your friends and get paid
Launching their public beta today, September 1, is Australia’s newest social recruiting service called 2Vouch. (Disclosure: I have done some work for 2Vouch.) Having been in private alpha testing over the last month or so the Melbourne based company is for the first time allowing the public access to their service. The best way toContinue reading “2Vouch for your friends and get paid”
Michael Specht 