Anne Bartlett-Bragg (one of the organisers of BlogTalk Downunder) was interviewed recently by Anna Salleh from ABC Science Online about her research in blogs and education that she has been conducting for her PhD. Her quote “I say, I’m sorry, I’m making you think. Isn’t that why we’re here?” made me laugh, so many peopleContinue reading “Students who actually think!”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
links for 2005-09-06
Asymptomatic » Fetch RSS Interesting use of AJAX to present RSS feeds including posts and comments in one interface (tags: AJAX RSS WordPress) business2blog: The Unsinkable Data Center Information about a data centre in New Orleans that is still running! (tags: datacentre) Ajax Office An AJAX office? No not a clean one, just one builtContinue reading “links for 2005-09-06”
PodShowis hiring
I was listening to Adam Curry’s DSC this morning and instead his regular show he handed over his show and feed to the first JobCast by Podshow for employees. Podshow is hiring and they are using their own technology to help. During the show Rob Bloom mentions running a campaign I wonder if it isContinue reading “PodShowis hiring”
links for 2005-09-05
CIO | Let Talent Bloom Article from CIO about the talent management approach by American Airlines CIO, in some part attrition is good! (tags: HRM, attrition)
links for 2005-09-04
Working Smart: Five Rules for Better PowerPoint Presentations Michael Hyatt’s gives us some good rules for powerpoint presentations, a good read for everyone in corporate life. (tags: business communication) Simply Fired | Winners The winner of the SimplyFired contest ate some left over pizza, and interesting story wrongful dismissal or just false? (tags: HRM contest)Continue reading “links for 2005-09-04”
Testing out AdSense
I am testing out Google’s AdSense on this site for a bit. Why? I wanted to get a feel for how it works for my other projects and needed somewhere to test. If you are offended, sorry but they will go away soon, unless of course I become rich from them, which I doubt :-).Continue reading “Testing out AdSense”
More on GoDaddy
Still trying to upload files. Spoke to GoDaddy technical support again and according to them there is no issue with the service, in fact all ftp issues are my issue, not there’s. Which I can understand to a point. But when the servers are generating the errors I am not so sure. I have nowContinue reading “More on GoDaddy”
Setting up a new hosting provider
Over the last few days I have been trying to setup a new hosting provider, GoDaddy, for a new project of mine, it has been a bit of a learning experience for me. I am not an expert on the technical side of hosting, domain names and the underlying runnings of the internet. Firstly IContinue reading “Setting up a new hosting provider”
Voting on HR Issues
I received an interesting email yesterday from Human Resources Magazine here in Australia about a new service that they are offering. They have setup a voting service (via BigPulse) that allows members to vote on HR topics, you can get to the service at http://www.hrvote.com.au. Right now to top 3 issues for HR professionals inContinue reading “Voting on HR Issues”
Technorati worthless?
There has been a lot of noise in recent weeks over the performance of Technorati compared to other similar tools. The Blog Herald is now reporting that Jason Calacanis feels Technorati is worthless! Personally I think that is a big call but I do agree that the service is really lacking. I have moved mostContinue reading “Technorati worthless?”
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