Funny and Serious … food for thought …
Funny and serious thoughts on … well … yeh … anything really!!!
As a leader of a team of 150+ passionate computer professionals, I was looking for something a bit different and inspirational. I settled on the idea of a hackathon!! Never heard of a hackathon? What about a hackfest? No? OK, well a hackathon is generally an event where computer peeps get to spend a pre-specified period of time,... Continue Reading →
As we live through the tail-end of ex-cyclone Oswald, I am in Brisbane, Queensland and once again, we are suffering wild weather. But then, it wouldn't be January without wild weather in Queensland AND worse, at least one natural disaster in Australia!!!The fires in Southern states have been heartbreaking. The floods in northern states are... Continue Reading →
Just 64 days into 2011... 301 to go....Already this year we have seen major earthquakes in beautiful Christchurch and The Philippines, revolution in the Middle East, the overthrow of an Egyptian dictator and we watch in horror as a Libyan madman turns on his own people. Australia's worst disaster with the flooding of Bris Vegas... Continue Reading →
And so, here we are.... The final chapter. I don’t know about you, but I barely slept last night wondering what I might say!As I reflect on the events of the last week so many moments stand out. I am sure they do for you too, both professionally and in many cases personally! For those... Continue Reading →
Today’s thoughts centre around the beauty of a captive audience, however, I would also like to highlight the stress of thinking up new material!The stress of a missing swipe card?Imagine the horror of the moment, arriving at the entrance for work to find I had LOST my swipe card. You cannot imagine the thoughts that... Continue Reading →
The little things in life are sometimes inspirational. It was a credit to our Service Provider tonight that while our infrastructure team are on site installing equipment the Operations Manager personally went out to buy the food for dinner for the team! Vendors produced engineers out of nowhere to help with our plight when they... Continue Reading →
The Power of the MicrophoneBackup up a little...Don't you just love the media and their efforts to bring the latest headlines to the nation?In the aftermath of the Brisbane floods, too early for clean up duty, those of us lucky enough to have power were glued to our TV screens watching the news broadcasts from... Continue Reading →
For those who can’t see the river, I can confirm it has receded significantly overnight. Another foot and it will be back to the same level it was when I arrived home on Tuesday afternoon!
For those who haven’t heard yet, it looks very much like both of our buildings have completely escaped the water!! Awesome... wot a relief!Now you may recall I mentioned an inability to record Coronation Street? Turns out that was the least of it, it can get worse.... they have disabled our lifts.... FOURTEEN flights of... Continue Reading →
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Funny and serious thoughts on ... well ... yeh ... anything really!!!
Funny and Serious ... food for thought ... 