Michael Specht

Cyber attacks, SaaS, SOA and your business

Over the last month or so Estonia (a small Baltic nation) has been under attack, not a traditional military attack but a cyber attack. The NY Times provides a good run down (via Kim Cameron) of what has been going on. When Estonian authorities began removing a bronze statue of a World War II-era SovietContinue reading “Cyber attacks, SaaS, SOA and your business”

Lack of skills in Canberra push up contractor rates

The Australian Government has a problem, in a recent article in the Australian IT it was stated that they can’t find enough contractors at the right rates in the nation’s capital. SURGING contractor costs in the nation’s capital are straining federal government projects worth more than a billion dollars and forcing a rethink of employmentContinue reading “Lack of skills in Canberra push up contractor rates”

Real cool technology

Two very cool things I found today. Google Map’s new Street View as a major source of distraction, the privacy issues with this are going to be huge, in the meantime it is very cool. The second was from Duncan Riley’s post on Techcrunch about Microsoft’s Surface Computer (I’m kind of behind on the techContinue reading “Real cool technology”

Dying technology skills

I love lists that state concretely what is going to happen, cause they are usually wrong. However this list of dead or dying technology skills from ComputerWorld looks like it might be on the money. Cobol Non-Relational Databases Non-IP Networks cc:Mail ColdFusion C Programmers PowerBuilder Certified NetWare Engineers PC Network administrators OS/2 To test outContinue reading “Dying technology skills”

In the future we will…

I find futurists fascinating. From their wild ideas to which I think “no way” or their ideas which seems so obvious that I go “of course that will happen” they stretch my understanding of what the future holds. One such is Ian Neild who is visiting Australia at the moment to attend Borderless World Conference,Continue reading “In the future we will…”

Top 25 Recruiting Blogs

Just got an email from Jason Davis (ex-Recruiting.com now RecruitingBlogs.com), that I made the top 25 recruiting blogs according to Alexa rankings, #16 actually. Very flattered and surprised given the waiting Alexa seems to have to US based sites. There are some very good blogs out there and if you having anything to do withContinue reading “Top 25 Recruiting Blogs”

Replacement eStarling Photo Frame

When I returned from Hong Kong there was a package waiting for me in the mal room. The folks over at ThinkGeek and eStarling have been very nice and provided us who purchased a 1st generation eStarling Wireless Photo Frame with a replacement. Why? Well the first frame had a few issues, was a bitContinue reading “Replacement eStarling Photo Frame”

Hong Kong Photowalking photos posted

Over the last couple of days I have posted about 90 photos from my walking around Hong Kong over the weekend of 19/20 May 2007. Lots of different things to see I have tried to capture some of life in Hong Kong, the 4 pictures below give a small insight. Trams on Queensway Rd OldContinue reading “Hong Kong Photowalking photos posted”

Photowalking in Hong Kong

Yesterday I went out and about walking and traveling around Hong Kong for just over 5 hours, end result 135 photos and 5 or 6 videos. While the photos are going to take a while to sort through I have pulled together a quick video with some stills of my trip up the Peak onContinue reading “Photowalking in Hong Kong”