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AI featured on the global stage this week, as well as in the Australian public service. However the government still had trouble operating within the law. Also, more things.
Continue reading “Digital developments from Canberra 60”
Last week we had an enormous post with all the Budget stuff. This time it’s all the other things that happened — and there’s a lot of them. One key question is whether you can axe a hub. Another is “PwC WTF?”
Continue reading “Digital developments from Canberra 36”
Monday 20 to Sunday 26 May 2019 was a strange week. The weather too warm for this time of year, the politics too strange, and the fatigue continuing.
Obviously the Australian federal election result was a bit weird, and I reflected on that in this week’s podcast. There was also the announcement of the newly re-elected Morrison government’s new ministry and cabinet on Sunday, which will take a while to digest.
I also launched The 9pm Brisbane Podcasts 2019, a Pozible crowdfunding campaign that you should definitely consider. Please.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 469: The aftermath, with a podcast”
My week of Monday 21 to Sunday 27 November 2016 was even less productive than the previous week, but I know why that happened.
One, a change to my medication dosages screwed up my sleep patterns for a while. Two, I did quite a bit of background work that won’t produce visible results for a while. And three, I was lazy.
None.
[Photo: “Yes! Chase them. Kill them. You can do it. Mwuahaha! Kill them!â€, photographed on 21 October 2016.]
Actually, this photo deserves a fuller explanation.
When taking the SkyBus from Melbourne Airport into the city, I rode at the front of the upper deck. This young man seated immediately in front of me pretended he was the pilot.
“I need speed,†he chanted. “I need speed. I need speed.â€
Then he started threatening to crush the taxis in front of us. “Yes! Chase them. Kill them. You can do it. Mwuahaha! Kill them! You’re stupid. Stupid. I’ll drive you to death! Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.â€
He was really getting into it as we zoomed through that well-known structure on the Tullamarine Freeway.
Oh dear. It’s that time of year again. The annual Kickstart Forum on the Gold Coast is coming up at the end of February.
This is a start-of-year get-together for IT journalists and the vendors who wish to spruik to them. There is also drinking. Allegedly. I’ll be there along with the usual suspects from Sunday 26 February.
In episode 21 of Patch Monday, a few suggestions for what your IT people can do while it’s quiet over the summer holidays.
I speak with Harold Melnick, who’s Microsoft’s senior product marketing manager for Unified Communications; Del from open source consultancy Babel Com Australia; and independent IT consultant Kate Carruthers
And there is, as usual, quick run-through of the week’s news headlines, should you have missed them.
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Please, let me know what you think. Feedback very, very welcome. And do let me know if there’s any topics I should cover, or guests we should interview.
Yes, I know it’s Tuesday. The podcast did go live yesterday afternoon. I just didn’t get around to blogging about it. Maybe I’ll automate that somehow. Any suggestions for the best way to do that in WordPress?