It was about 10 years ago I first heard of the PMKeyS project at Australian Department of Defence. At the time it was one of the large PeopleSoft implementations in the world, and the largest in Australia (if not in the top 3 I can’t remember). Anyway, I read today that they are in theContinue reading “DOD’s payroll replacement project”
Category Archives: Technology
IM how do you use it!
IM is finally starting to make it’s way into corporate Australia, I know we are slow off the mark! But this is starting to pose all sorts of issues. The Google Australia blog posted today about this very topic and it reminded me that after about 10 years of prolific IM usage where I currentlyContinue reading “IM how do you use it!”
Are laser printers dangerous?
It seems so. A team of researchers in Brisbane have found that some laser printers emit small particles into the air. Potential effects range from respiratory irritation to effects on the cardiovascular system and cancer, Professor Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Technology says. Professor Morawska, who is the director of the International LaboratoryContinue reading “Are laser printers dangerous?”
Always On communication update
It has been just over a week since I started using the HP iPaq 6900. My thoughts Battery life is a bit low, standard battery just makes it through the work day, I have been running the extended life battery, just bigger. Having push email is very good, allows me to keep tabs on whatContinue reading “Always On communication update”
Can you build a company in a weekend?
An interesting team development activity took place of the weekend of Jul 7-8. Get together a group of people, lock them in a room and for 54 hours build a product, set up a company, and launch it to the market. The idea is called Startup Weekend! The weekend had all the social media blog’dContinue reading “Can you build a company in a weekend?”
Testing out always on contectivity
Just got my hands on a demo HP iPAQ 6965 unit to trial over the next few weeks, as my boss is away who is testing it out and has another few weeks to go on the test program. It will give me a great chance to learn about how I would use such aContinue reading “Testing out always on contectivity”
Social networks in the extreme
Today I was lucky enough to get an invite to Pownce, thanks JJ, which is cool as I can claim to be one of the first 10,000 no 50,000 no 100,000 people on the service which keeps up my street cred as being ahead of the curve. But it raises the same issue as IContinue reading “Social networks in the extreme”
Hyperconnectivity and the Semantic web
This is another half thought out post where I am “throwing mud against the wall to see what sticks”. (Disclosure I work for Nortel, and they in no way support, or sponsor/endorse this blog, all the comments are personal.) One of the big trends Nortel, and others, see in the coming years is hyperconnectivity, whereContinue reading “Hyperconnectivity and the Semantic web”
HTC Releases a new touch phone
Overnight HTC released a touch phone in direct competition to the Apple iPhone, more from the HTC Press Release The HTC Touch is the first device to feature TouchFLOâ„¢, the new underlying touch screen technology developed by HTC. Consumers simply sweep their finger up the display to launch an animated, three-dimensional interface comprising three screens:Continue reading “HTC Releases a new touch phone”
Can’t find a domain name, Kevin Ham has it
Following the recent discussions around the purchase of jobs.com.au and the resulting owner I was very interested to read about the activities of Kevin Ham king ping domainer. Trained as a family doctor, he put off medicine after discovering the riches of the Web. Since 2000 he has quietly cobbled together a portfolio of someContinue reading “Can’t find a domain name, Kevin Ham has it”
Michael Specht 