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Peta Hopkins: Emperor's library [Flickr]

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:30:48 -0800

petaj posted a photo:

In the Citadel, Hue, Vietnam

Des Walsh: Social Media Club Events Canberra, Gold Coast and Brisbane

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:44:38 -0800

Looks like Social Media Club is on the move in Australia.

I’m so excited!

Michael Rees: Achieving the Final Stage of Twitter Acceptance

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:05:48 -0800

These are the 5 stages of Twitter acceptance according to Rohit Bhargava:

I think I have successfully made it to stage 5, but would be interested in the opinion of my Twitter followers.

Des Walsh: Daily Blog Cruise Choice Posts

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:01:55 -0800

Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray into Internet Censorship - Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No 125

Critique of Australian Government's plans for Internet censorship

(tags: Internetcensorship Australia Conroy)

Peta Hopkins: Library - Reunification Palace - HCMC [Flickr]

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:23:08 -0800

petaj posted a photo:

Des Walsh: The Coaching Commons Unleashing Untapped Capacity

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:58:56 -0800

I confess to having only just now really focused on the extraordinary development, in just under twelve months, of the Coaching Commons site. The Coaching Commons describes itself as “a non-partisan ‘big tent’ under which coaches can freely create the future together in a non-commercial setting on the world-wide-web”.

Michael Rees: Recording Your History with Images

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:16:59 -0800

Des Walsh: Social Media Resources: Alltop Travel Page

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:28:18 -0800

I’ve been a fan of Alltop - “We’ve got all the top stories covered all the time” - from early on and I admit that having this site listed on the social media page there has helped.

Steve Dalton: Project 365

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:37:35 -0800

I thought I would have a crack at Project 365. You basically take a picture every day for a year - I know a few people doing it - so thought it would be fun joining in. Today was a Refactor lab day - so my picture for the day is fairly boring... my laptop keyboard which has been getting a pounding lately and is starting to look pretty grubby.

Michael Rees: 20 Years at Bond Today

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:51:33 -0800

Danu Poyner: Writing Update: How did I do in 2008?

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:26:44 -0800

It's 2009 already! My how the time flies. I started blogging in February 08 and after a few months of experimenting, changed things round in July 08 and settled on a new approach. My goals from then until the end of 2008 were:

Establish and maintain a clear focus and purpose
Build a loyal base of subscribers
Raise my profile and reputation

How'd I do?

Des Walsh: New Global Site for Social Media Consultants & PR 2.0 Specialists

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:30:21 -0800

Steve Dalton: Ubuntu 8.1, Mysql, Tomcat 6 & JackRabbit

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:06:58 -0800

Working on a content repository for a client at the moment - have been evaluating JackRabbit and Alfresco as a backend repository for an existing site. Anyway - I was already familiar with Alfresco, but spent a bit of time with JackRabbit today to give a comparison. It's a nice simple implementation of the JCR (JSR-170), but suffers a little from lack of doco when it comes to using it in something other than it's standard configuration.

Michael Rees: Slide Show Movies from Picasa 3

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:50:08 -0800

Two or three weeks ago I upgraded to Picasa 3 and am pleased with its improved, cleaner user interface. For the last couple of years I have used Picasa web albums to publish my photos for public viewing. It was only today while I was adding a web album for our 41st wedding anniversary that I noticed the new movie making feature for the first time. Even though I had only a few photos I gave it a whirl and am impressed by the simplicity and ease with which a YouTube HD movie can be created and uploaded. Herewith the result:

Duncan Macleod: Dear Lord Baby Jesus

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:45:03 -0800

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, the 2006 movie focusing on NASCAR racing in the United States, has a brilliant send up of popular spirituality in the Powerade sponsored “Grace” scene. Ricky Bobby and Carley, their two sons Walker and Texas Ranger, best friend Cal and Carley’s father Chip, exchange their preferences for the Jesus version of the day.

Replace the NASCAR trappings with the culture of any church with an eye for success, and you’ve got a cutting analysis of the egotistic prayers we can too easily find ourselves praying.

Michael Rees: Flying Over the Tracks of our Walks

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:38:50 -0800

Danu Poyner: Books I’ve Read This Year [2008]

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:37:24 -0800

You can tell a lot about someone from the books they read. Looking back over the books I've read in 2008 I'm surprised at the trajectory that emerges and how accurately it maps my focus and state of mind throughout the year. I'm also surprised by how much I have read - 13 books in total. And here was I thinking I hadn't done much reading this year.

Here they are, in order of when I read them - click on the cover pictures to find the books on Amazon.

Duncan Macleod: Once in Judah’s Least Known City

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:38:21 -0800

We used an alternative rendering of Once in Royal David’s City this morning, one of my favourites from the Iona Community. The new version, written by John Bell and Graham Maule in 1987, deconstruct the sentimentalism and triumphalism embedded in the original nineteenth century lyrics by Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander. The original was published in Cecil’s 1948 book, Hymns for Little Children.

Danu Poyner: Sunday Quote - #29

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:57:22 -0800

"I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself."
- Oscar Wilde

New Years Resolutions are coming up...

Duncan Macleod: Terry Pratchett’s Nation

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:57:55 -0800

I’ve just finished the latest Terry Pratchett novel, Nation, continuing the well established Christmas tradition in the Macleod household. This is the first novel in some years to be set outside the Discworld setting.

Duncan Macleod: Christmas Creed by Walter Russell Bowie

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:34:50 -0800

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning we included in the worship at Ashmore Uniting Church, “A Christmas Creed”, by Walter Russell Bowie.

I believe in the one whose spirit glorified a little town; and whose spirit still brings music to persons all over the world, in towns both large and small.

I believe in the one for whom the crowded inn could find no room, and I confess that my heart still sometimes wants to exclude Christ from my life today.

Michael Rees: TwitterLicious – from Twitter to Delicious

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:00:03 -0800

Des Walsh: Daily Blog Cruise Choice Posts

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:04:10 -0800

Mzinga : Blogs : Learn from the Experts

Aaron Strout on social media and alignment with business objectives

(tags: social media, business, alignment)

Danu Poyner: Turtle Watching at Mon Repos

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:20:15 -0800

When I see the loggerhead turtle crawling up the beach to lay her eggs, my first thought is it looks like she is crying. It was over 30 years ago since she herself had emerged from an egg on this very strip of sand and made her way scampering down the beach among dozens of her siblings to the water's edge and into the open sea. Now she is returning for the first time since that day, and she is lucky to be here at all. Only 1 in every 1000 loggerhead turtles survives long enough to breed.

Peta Hopkins: Edit your Flickr photos with Picnik

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:56:21 -0800

Flickr has teamed up with Picnik to add photo editing as a feature for Flickr users.
Choose an image in your photostream, hit the edit button, allow Picnik to access your Flickr image and a suite of editing options load.

Images can be modified with effects, shapes and frames added, color adjustment, resizing and rotations.

Here's one I prepared earlier - If you've forgotten to send a Christmas Card, turn one of your photos into a greeting and send an email...

Peta Hopkins: happy christmas [Flickr]

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:34:38 -0800

petaj posted a video:

Bond University library staff wish everyone a Happy Christmas.

Recorded at a pancake morning tea on Christmas Eve. Thanks for the yummy pancakes Anne.

Peta Hopkins: 99 things meme

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:43:38 -0800

Inspired by Flexnib

Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do:
italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to - leave in plain font

1. Started your own blog.
Several times

Danu Poyner: In Case You Missed It - #12

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:05:18 -0800

Not everyone spends as many hours on the internet as I do, which means not everyone gets to see the vast swath of stuff it spews forth from day to day. From time to time, I post a selection of my favourite bits - in case you missed it...

Sydney Harbour in a bathtub

A time-lapse movie made from photos using tilt-shift photography. It makes everything look tiny!

Des Walsh: Daily Blog Cruise Choice Posts

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:01:58 -0800

Beach Notes: flipflop - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . .
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Duncan Macleod: Gustav Niebuhr on Interfaith Conversation

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:35:54 -0800

I just had the pleasure of watching Gustav Niebuhr talking on interfaith dialogue on ABC Fora (ABC2) this afternoon. Gustav Niebuhr is an author, journalist and commentator who writes mainly about issues of religion. In this passionate talk, delivered at the Chautauqua Institute in August, he argues that a better society will come from more interaction between faiths, races and creeds.