Archive for the 'Future trends' Category
BarCamp here we come
Well I have done it now, I have registered to be part of BarCamp Perth
I am going along to the BarCamp in Perth on Saturday June 30th and will meet up with my friend Sue, who sort of “suggested” we go, and then we dobbed ourselves in for a couple of presentations. A BarCamp is described [...]
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Cool Places To Work
I have just read a post on Probable Distractions blog about an really cool workplace that is fitted out to look like the Nautilus from Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Just imagine how inspiring it would be to work in a place like that.
This got me thinking about what other great workplaces [...]
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Have blog will travel….too much
I started this post to create a set of links for How To’s and interesting articles about Blogs, Wiki’s and all things related. I had a list of links that I have emailed to others when asked and thought I would add to this and that is when the trouble started. The more I looked [...]
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Another Month Rolls On
I can’t believe that it is a month since I posted. I have been pretty busy with attending the WA Training Forum on the 14th and 15th of May at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth WA. I was all organised for this event and had arranged to stay in Perth for the whole week. No [...]
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Take a trip WayBack in time
Several years ago I discovered the Internet Archive Wayback Machine this is an archive of the internet and other digital content. It allows you to enter a web address and visit archived versions of web sites, you can also link to sites you find in the WayBack Machine so it can be a great to [...]
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At the end of my post Future Shock – Future Focus I pondered on whether in the IT teaching sector we could use the technology of ‘virtual worlds’ to help engage our students. A comment from dswaters (Sue) pointed out that she felt that I and others in IT appear to be reluctant in embracing [...]
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Future Shock – Future Focus
I read a book called Future Shock a few years ago (probably more than a few) by Alvin Toffler. Toffler’s definition of future shock is “Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.”
With the rapid changes technology [...]
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