Category Archives: General

Another interesting piece of info from G’Day World on PowerPoints and Wiki spots in Australia. Mitch Denny on the back of Cameron’s rant (?) has started a Wiki to collect this information, if you know of any update the list. Updated: Just realised the URL to Don’t Panic was buggered.

Down at Darling Harbour on a perfect Tuesday morning!

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”

After another very hot weekend in Sydney (38-40C or 100-104F) we got home tonight and decided (in a second on stupidity) to order Pizza Hut. Boy what a mistake. Initially the order taker denied our voucher because she did not know about it, then my wife tried to call them back to complain. Then thingsContinue reading “Is the world broke?”

If you have had a bad day or just not feeling 100% then feel better now! (via Ponderance)

Over the last year the train system across Sydney has been collapsing under mis-management and technical issues. Delays of 1 30 minutes are regular enough to cause major frustrations. Sometime it can take be 2 hrs to complete a journey that should only take about 45 minutes. Eventually Rebecca Tuner a legal secretary had hadContinue reading “Can one person make an impact?”

The lobby of the Sebel Hotel Pier 1.

Ok, this has nothing to do with HR or technology. I found this on Yahoo News a man died yesterday in north Queensland after accidentally stabbing himself. After reading the short news item, I just cringe at the thought of how he went, ouch. For all us men out there BE CAREFUL!

Chris Holland has pointed me to a very interesting tool for internet based presentations. This is very cool, light weight, and portable. Next stop, my phone!