I am addicted to podcasts at the moment, I am finding IT Conversations a fantastic source of information. My personal learning style is that of experience, reading, listening in that order. I find listening to great people speak provides me with great food for thought and then gives me a framework to go read andContinue reading “Podcasts”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Choices
Listening to Barry Schwartz’s Less is More presentation from PopTech and during which I experienced an “a ha” moment, you know the one when you suddenly understand what is going on. Barry had been talking for about 30 minutes on how the number of options made available to people actually decrease the likelihood of themContinue reading “Choices”
User experience
I have blogged about this before and I will do it again and again because I believe it is very important in workforce applications. I have been listening to the G’Day World guys talking with Buzz Bruggeman from ActiveWords. While the whole podcast was very interesting something Buzz said jumped out at me. Buzz mentionedContinue reading “User experience”
Common pitfalls when implementing eHR
I was looking at an old article that I wrote a couple of years ago about common pitfalls when implementing Human Resource (HR) technology, which I felt is still very relevant today. By HR technology I and referring to all people based systems, ie more than just payroll. Previously implementations of HR technology might impactContinue reading “Common pitfalls when implementing eHR”
This is no good
While I don’t normally agree with many of the actions taken by unions in Australia but sacking someone because they are pregnant is just wrong!
Women in IT mentoring
NSW TAFE has launched an online mentoring program for women in IT, great to see!
Blog conferences downunder!
It seems next year is the blog conference year, with the Australian Blogging Conference in Feb and BlogTalk Downunder in May. I plan to attend both and I would encourage others to as well.
Be Nice to a Recruiter Month
I’m sure it won’t hurt if we all get in on “Be Nice to a Recruiter Month”, you might even end up with a new job!
eLearning trends
I have been reading Leaning Circuits and they have released their report on the state of eLearning at the end of 2004. A report that generated mixed reactions with me. While as the report states it almost looks like the number of organisations using eLearning are dropping, however I am not sure the we canContinue reading “eLearning trends”
Ok so I am a geek
I need to replace by ski gear and just found the perfect replacement, this way I can still listen to podcasts while I am on the slopes.
Michael Specht 