Last year I participated in the first Ada Lovelace Day by writing a blog post about a woman in science or technology that I admired. In my case, I wrote about more than one; in fact I wrote about 5 … Continue reading
March 3, 2010
by Kay
March 2, 2010
by Kay
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Online vs Offline Marketing
Friend, colleague, and dude-who-never-comes-to-my-birthday-party-cos-hes-always-doing-something-for-his-own-birthday-on-the-same-day Myles Eftos of Madpilot Productions is running a little competition with his co-working-office-mate Alex Pooley of Brown Beagle Software. Essentially Myles is only doing offline marketing (word of mouth, print ads, telephone, real world networking etc) … Continue reading
February 28, 2010
by Kay
So social media is not the end of the world, after all…
I do get a bit tired of defending my use of Twitter and Facebook. But now, some studies are showing that the mental stimulation provided by social networks can stimulate the brain and help in problem solving. How Twitter and … Continue reading
January 26, 2010
by Kay
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Not a proud Aussie
Today is Australia Day. A day that’s really only been celebrated consistently in the last 15 years or so although it was around for most of last century (thanks to Anonymum for passing along this link on the history of … Continue reading
January 2, 2010
by Kay
Adventures in ebooks
It seems the must-have device of Christmas 2009 was the ebook reader. I’m seeing an explosion of information and happy post-Christmas reviews. I myself was excited to find a Sony PRS-600 Touch Edition with my name on it underneath the … Continue reading
December 3, 2009
by Kay
cf.Objective(ANZ) Day 2 Wrapup: more wizardry than you can poke a mouse pointer at
Wow, this is late huh? Day 2 of cf.Objective(ANZ). Day two started early for me, as I woke early to spend some more time polishing my presentation. After meeting Kevin Roche at breakfast, I decided to go to his session … Continue reading
November 18, 2009
by Kay
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cf.Objective(ANZ) Wrapup, Day 1: Holy brain burn, Batman!
I’m writing this on the plane on the way back to Perth from Melbourne after two mind-blowing days of ColdFusion conference goodness at cf.Objective(ANZ). I’m surrounded by screaming babies, someone behind me keeps kicking me in the back and the … Continue reading
November 8, 2009
by Kay
Ben Forta in the house: ColdFusion Week down under!
It’s been a long haul but next week – November 12 and 13 – is the cf.Objective(ANZ) conference in Melbourne, Australia. Although I’ve only just recovered from the Edge of the Web conference here in Perth, next Wednesday morning I’ll … Continue reading