Michael Specht

LaptopLane a good idea?

Maybe we need a few of these in Australia?

It has taken me about a week to get around to reading this item on elearning by Amy Gahran (from EducationNiche). What struck me about it is Amy is almost talk about a sophisticated RSS environment for learning objects. I have been thinking of how can we use RSS feeds to deliver learning content toContinue reading “Corporate E-Learning”

Heather on “The 17 Dumbest Things in Recruiting”

Ok, maybe she got them from Dr John, but I like her take on them. In the spirit of “eat your own dog food” ask your most recent Gen Y recruit’s what they thought of your process. See how many of the 17 they talk about. Then change your process.

WiFi & Powerpoints in Australian Cafe’s

Another interesting piece of info from G’Day World on PowerPoints and Wiki spots in Australia. Mitch Denny on the back of Cameron’s rant (?) has started a Wiki to collect this information, if you know of any update the list. Updated: Just realised the URL to Don’t Panic was buggered.

Coffee with SplaTT

Caught up with Mick Stanic aka SplaTT for coffee @ Starbucks in Darling Harbour, first blogger I have met in person. If you don’t know Mick is one half of the G’Day World podcast. I should of blogged about this yesterday, before he was on DSC and BBC now I just look like a groupie!Continue reading “Coffee with SplaTT”

I just quit my job

After many weeks of interviews, tests and a lot of hard thinking I have quit my job. I will be joining WMC in late January, based in Melbourne. For our oversea’s reader’s Melbourne is about just over 1 hour’s flight south of Sydney. I will no longer be working for a software vendor, back intoContinue reading “I just quit my job”

HR = Socialism?

This morning I have been reading an item written by Dr John Sullivan for Workforce and I agree with him to a point and this just could be a cultural difference (Australia v US) but I don’t know. If also could be because my brain is not thinking straight after spending most of last nightContinue reading “HR = Socialism?”

Tuesday in Sydney

Down at Darling Harbour on a perfect Tuesday morning!

2005 Australian Blog Awards

The awards are on again, if you want to nominate a blog pop over to Kek’s blog and do so, they close in the first week of Jan.

Safari Bookshelf

Just found an interesting service on the O’Reilly Network Safari BookShelf. Safari BookShelf is a subscription model for eBooks. They basically have loaded a whole lot of computer books into a database and made them available on line. From the web site:- As a subscriber to Safari, you have the ability to search across theContinue reading “Safari Bookshelf”