Michael Specht

Spam Kama 2.02 + Me = Removed Comments + Spam emails

I was trying to be very smart tonight, and failed. When I upgraded to WordPress 2 I decided to try out SpamKama 2. The installation process went like a dream over the weekend and it has been humming nicely in the background until I decided to modify things. I thought it would be good toContinue reading “Spam Kama 2.02 + Me = Removed Comments + Spam emails”

Wiring the web and organisations

Following the recent posts on RSS, Web 2.0 and the impact on HR vendors I was listening to the Gillmor Gang talk with Ray Ozzie CTO of Microsoft on the Live Clipboard and it got me thinking.

Live Clipboard allows you to copy and paste structured data to and from a web site or your PC. If you are like me your immediate reaction is huh? But after thinking it through for a few minutes I started to understand what he was getting at.

Monday morning humor from Gautam Ghosh

I got up this morning to check what was going on and found this great post from Gautam Ghosh on Why have only recruiters embraced blogging. Very good.

WordPress 2.0.2

I have just upgraded to WordPress 2.0.2, a fairly painless process for a major version upgrade, I was on 1.5.1. Let me know if you run into anything a bit strange over the coming days. Spmmers beware I have also upgrade/changed/modified my spam tools.

Computerworld article on HR-XML

An article from ComputerWorld Australia on the benefits of using HR-XML for data exchange, oh, and I am one of the people interviewed for the story :-). I was called during the week about the article, about the same time as the discussion between Thomas and I was going on around HR and Web 2.0.

links for 2006-04-07

Feed Icons – Help establish the new standard Do you want those cool new feed icons on your site? Check out feedicons.com for some. (tags: RSS feeds syndication Templates blogs Atom XML)

A great discussion underway

Thomas has responsed to my post on HR, web 2.0 and RSS. A great conversation, I would be interested in Double Dub’s view on the whole matter.

HR in the New World

Kris Robinson serial blogger, mom, HR professional has created a new blog on HRBlogs.org called HR in the New World, in her second post she describes what HR in the New World is all about. To quote:- I’m running an HR department that is living with and acting on such notions as transparency, collaboration, andContinue reading “HR in the New World”

When will HR catch onto the wave?

A few days ago (16 to be exact) Thomas Otter (a solution architect at SAP) posted on Enterprise RSS, web 2.0 and HR, he also skimmed the social web and it’s potential in the enterprise space. It is fantastic that these concepts are being picked up by more and more people. However I kind ofContinue reading “When will HR catch onto the wave?”

Seek out jobs with RSS

Browsing Seek today I noticed that they have added RSS feeds to the site, good to see. They even provide Help on RSS Job Feeds for users getting started with RSS. One of the interesting selling points on their site is the you “find out about suitable jobs faster” than using the once a dayContinue reading “Seek out jobs with RSS”