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CSIRO iGoogle Gadget released
The iGoogle gadget that I wrote for the CSIRO has finally been released. Use the Add to Google button at the bottom left and you too can keep up to date with the latest CSIRO media releases, events and podcasts.
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Broadband Boosterism
Broadband is big in the Australian news at the moment. Larry Smarr, from the California Institute of Communications garnered a lot of publicity as the latest international expert to criticise Australia's public internet infrastructure as too slow. Today the government responded to the opposition's broadband plans with one of their own. Also in today's Sydney…
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Scones by the beach
Despite the wet and windy weather outside there was something very pleasant about today's lunch at the Promenade Patisserie at Ramsgate. The chicken and leek pies were full of flavour, the scones with jam and cream palate cleansing and the hot chocolate warmed the belly. Out the window we could see the grey waters of…
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Chill
It's been quite cool here in Sydney these past couple of days. Many would say cold, but that would be disrespectful to those who live in genuinely cold climates. However, as one dutchman said, we mights as well live under umbrellas for all the insulation in your average Australian home. A steaming hot Japanese bath…
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iCalendar
I seem to be in competition with those good folk down at CSIRO Land & Water. I have a counterpart down there who, like me, develops web applications but sits outside of IT. The difference is that he uses ASP.Net and oftens buys web components while I am a PHP person who makes do with…
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Planning an online community with CANS
I submitted a report today on building an online community on my workplace intranet. After weeks of mulling it over, the four factors in building a successful online community suddenly came to me last night. I label them CANS. Contributing – what type of content and tools (blogs, wikis, galleries, discussion etc) should be part…
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