Thoughts, ramblings and musings!

LinkedIn Premium – sneaky behaviour?

Andrew — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:20:34 +0000

During my recent job search, I signed up for a ‘free’ 1 month trial to LinkedIn’s premium ‘job seeker’ package, designed to provide me with more tools to be noticed by recruiters/companies looking for new staff. The message came to me through my primary email address. In fact, up until this point everything has been [...]

My view of Sydney Wed 1st June

Andrew — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:12:15 +0000

Note the rainbow near the Opera House!

V8 Supercars in Abu Dhabi, 2011

Andrew — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:12:01 +0000

I’ve just finished watching the 1st round of the V8 Supercars from Abu Dhabi. Here’s a rundown of the good, the bad and the ugly The Good The bounceback from the negative points situation for James Courtney to win Race 2 of the round! It was truly awesome and my heart was racing for those [...]

Channel 7′s telecast of the 2010 Bathurst 1000

Andrew — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:31:38 +0000

Along with many other V8 Supercar fans, I was furious & livid (furiously livid?) with Channel 7 for delaying the telecast of the 2010 Bathurst 1000 by up to 37 mins. I, too joined the multitude of people on Twitter to express my anger and disgust at the situation and how it played out. However, [...]

V8 Supercars Sydney Telstra 500

Andrew — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:48:20 +0000

I had the opportunity to attend the Season finale of the V8 Supercars at the Sydney Telstra 500 at Sydney Olympic Park. Below you will find my thoughts on the event as a whole, and some suggestions for next year, to make the event bigger and better! We’ll start with the good stuff: The Facilities: [...]

The Snowy Ride 2009

Andrew — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:48:21 +0000

Every year for the past few years I have participated in the Snowy Ride, a ride which supports the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia through the Steven Walter Foundation. This year’s ride started on Thursday 5th November for me! Thursday 5th November At 7am, the ride started out overcast, and by the time I’d reached Sutherland, [...]

Channel 7′s 2009 Bathurst 1000 coverage

Andrew — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:25:25 +0000

The 2009 V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 has been run and won, by the best team on the day. They drove a faultless race and kept their heads throughout the day. There are many others out there who can write up the story very well, however I decided to dedicate this post to the TV coverage [...]

My 2009 Goals

Andrew — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:28:56 +0000

Originally written on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 3:14pm as a Facebook note. To link up to me through Facebook, add me as a friend! As a follow-up to my Musings of 2008, here are some of the goals I will be aiming for in 2009 (I won’t call them resolutions – I ‘resolved’ to [...]

Future Summit

Andrew — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:10:01 +0000

Yesterday, I was a remote participant in the Future Summit held in Melbourne on 18th & 19th May 2009. I participated through Twitter, by interacting with attendees at the event, responding to questions & posting comments to various twitterers attending the various sessions on the program. To me, it felt like I recieved a condensed, [...]

Not a recession!

Andrew — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:22:52 +0000

What we’re currently experiencing is not a recession (or a depression). Steve Ballmer (Microsoft CEO) recently (Stanford UniversityMay 2009) said “...what we have been suffering through is no normal recession, but rather a reset to a lower level, a kind of severe rejiggering of the economy that has happened just four times in the past [...]