There are several classic cliché’s such as “money makes money” and “success breeds success” that basically mean the more you have of something the more you get. Normally I would dispute these concepts but I am starting to question my personal perspectives. Two things have happened to make this happen. Firstly I spent an hourContinue reading “Twitter influence and follower growth”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Wordcamp Melbourne
Yesterday was Wordcamp Melbourne 2007. I arrived a few hours late, overslept a long story, but what I did see was great. Some of the highlights for me:- Darren Rowse: Good insight into the different types of ads and how the perform on different types of blogs. I need to think through some of theseContinue reading “Wordcamp Melbourne”
WordCamp Melbourne this weekend
Australian WordPress evangelist, Edublogs owner, James Farmer has setup up WordCamp Melbourne for this weekend, unfortunately if you have not already registered you will not be able to attend now as it is sold out! The day kicks off at 11am with drinks and a pre camp chat, then we have some amazing speakers. AlexContinue reading “WordCamp Melbourne this weekend”
Organisational change management
While there are lots of reasons for project failures, both IT and non IT, a major reason is poor execution of organisational change management. During the implementation of the project each individual impacted needs to come to terms with the change. Back in 2000 William Bridges and Susan Mitchell Bridges provided a good way ofContinue reading “Organisational change management”
The life of being small
We all know that work life balance is important, so much as been written about it in all forms of media that I suspect we have almost become immune to the message. As a reminder Lee Lefever (CommonCraft) posted about a story we have all heard before. Small town fisherman gets told by a HarvardContinue reading “The life of being small”
Generation Y
Over the last couple of days I have been listening to a 3 part series from CIO Live on Generation Y in the IT industry (1, 2, 3) based on interviews with Foster Frontier’s Stuart Guest-Smith, a good listen. The last episode touched on several issues organisations need to be addressed to attract Gen Y’s.Continue reading “Generation Y”
WordCamp Melbourne
James Farmer, edublogs.org fame, is organising a WordCamp for Melbourne on Saturday 17th November. He has secured a sponsor, Eight Black, who incidentally are support lots of activities down in Melbourne, so if you need any form of online marketing campaigns check them out! Got a venue WaterMark Bar, and a program that looks good.Continue reading “WordCamp Melbourne”
Felt like blogging, but the feeling passed
It is interesting the change Twitter has made to my mindset on blogging. I basically I think of something, think can I express the idea or even a portion of the idea in 140 characters. If yes it goes to Twitter, otherwise I turn to the blog. Once I get to the blog I findContinue reading “Felt like blogging, but the feeling passed”
Free the internet
For the last few years I have wanted to setup a free community access point, but not been able to find the right way to do it. Earlier this week I read about Lachlan Hardy using Meraki Mini’s to do just that in Sydney and then his bold idea to do a bulk order forContinue reading “Free the internet”
How important is user experience?
Very! Critical! I have always believed that user experience is one of the most critical aspects to all products and services, include software. Which is why when I purchased my Gapingvoid cards a couple of weeks ago I picked this design. A positive user experience makes not only initial deployment but also ongoing support ofContinue reading “How important is user experience?”
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