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Building secure walls proves a problem in the cloud

ScottWalters — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:18:12 +0000

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26262921-24169,00.html

From AustralianIT, raises an issue or two with the cloud and security, particularly compliance with ‘cloud’ terms and conditions of use violating corporate policy.

Wikis to broaden policy debate

ScottWalters — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:23:13 +0000

By Karen Dearne | June 23, 2009 | AustralianIT

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25673234-15306,00.html

Interesting item on use of Web 2.0 technolgies to open public debate and enable the public service organisations to use the “power of the cloud”

Mobile mobility: app to check if your bus is late

ScottWalters — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:57:15 +0000

From Asher Moses in the SMH on 16/June/09 posted this article

The NSW Ministry of Transport is developing an official application for iPhones and other mobiles that will allow public transport users to plan trips and track their ferries, buses and trains in real-time.

Good to see NSW Government starting to embrace iPhone and mobile technology at long last.

Twitter again.

ScottWalters — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:46:12 +0000

Note that apart from Oprah and Ashton real content is being distributed through twitter….

CNN’s breaking news feed, ,000 followers to reach one million.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/articles/2009/04/17/1239475041942.html

Is MySpace rewiring your brain?

ScottWalters — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:38:15 +0000

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/myspace-cadets-sliding-into-addiction-20090403-9reb.html?page=-1

Article from Miranda Divine in the SMH today…. some interesting points!

In a speech to the House of Lords last month, an Oxford University neuroscientist, Susan Greenfield, warned about the effect on the brain of friendship through a screen on MySpace, Facebook, Bebo and Twitter. They can effectively rewire children’s synapses, “infantilising” the brain and eroding attention-span and empathy.

So what do you think?

iiNet faces the music in landmark case

ScottWalters — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:32:10 +0000

Bittorrent in the news again, this time with iiNet being sued.

iiNet has previously said that the case was “like suing the electricity company for things people do with their electricity”.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/iinet-faces-the-music-in-landmark-case/2009/03/25/1237656984092.html

RoadTube

ScottWalters — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:59:14 +0000

A good use of technology, getting people to vent what they think about NSW roads and public transport through this site put up by NRMA.

http://www.roadtube.com.au/

Original article for this was on SMH http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/24/1237656900855.html.

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Coldfusion 8: Online Learning

ScottWalters — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:08:03 +0000

Interesting to look at how the company that makes the flash/flex etc does training, and also a flashback to ColdFusion delveopment.

The ColdFusion 8 project-based curriculum is designed to teach experienced web developers how to create dynamic, database-driven web applications using ColdFusion 8.

http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/cfcurriculum.html

Bring Down IE6

ScottWalters — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:39:43 +0000

Time to kill IE6! some things make you smile. Yes can we please get rid of IE6… unfortunately on this side of the firewall we don’t have everything certified for Mozilla / Open Standards, we still have IE6 functionality that is essential to certain business apps actually working,… but aside from than yes please bring down ie6!

“IE6 is the new Netscape 4. The hacks needed to support IE6 are increasingly viewed as excess freight. Like Netscape 4 in 2000, IE6 is perceived to be holding back the web.” – Jeff Zeldman, standards guru

http://www.bringdownie6.com/

Google Urchin 6.5

ScottWalters — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:56:01 +0000

OK, I’m a little behind the news on this but Google has now finally released Urchin 6.5. Google bought Urchin a few years back and reused some of that technology in the Google Analytics suite. Google Analytics is fine as long as your in the public space but just doesn’t work for intranets and “behind the firewall” knowledgebases.

http://www.google.com/urchin/index.html