This article was originally published on Tri Tuns Blog. OBSERVATION Do you remember when there was no email system? When you had only two choices of either meeting by phone or in person to conduct business? As amazing as technology is – along with its conveniences – it also has the potential to take awayRead… Read more »
Transport for London (UK) announced plans to upgrade its fare readers to accept payment by contactless bank and credit cards by 2012. Original post
Zen Car will launch an electric vehicle car-sharing program in Brussels next month, with 29 cars and 15 charging stations Original post
Friends – You may be hearing a lot less from me both on and offline. I have decided that I am going on hiatus, and I’m not sure for how long. My priorities shifted dramatically this past Sunday when my father told me he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My father has always beenRead… Read more »
There are 47 published submissions to the “Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network” on on the the House Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications web site. Some which got my attention were:Infrastructure Australia (PDF 566KB)Mr Andrew Freeman (PDF 95KB)Mr Tom Worthington (PDF 306KB)Mr Chris Avram (PDF 113KB)University of Tasmania (PDFRead… Read more »
Anyone else get a call from a three-digit number today? The calls to cell phones appear to be a phishing scam. Original post
The folks organizing the GovSec 2011 Conference and Expo have just given me a code that will give you a 10% discount when you register for their event, and they would like me to share that with you. That’s nice of them isn’t it? I try to go to this conference every year. When I’mRead… Read more »
Wow! Number 4 already! At this rate I’ll be through all 101 by 2020… Instapaper is a really neat service for saving content for consumption at a time that suits you. You create an account, and then add a bookmarklet to your browser – when you spot something you’d like to check out later, justRead… Read more »
Anyone “out there” have any recent info? SES’s have been waiting for nearly a year for the decision! Unable to purchase homes, vehicles, nearly any large ticket item is out of the question as “we” could be facing a downgrade from a 9 to a 6.
Kim Nelson, Microsoft US Public Sector executive director of eGovernment I just celebrated my fifth anniversary at Microsoft. In those five years, my two daughters finished four years of high school and are now both in college. Like most parents of teenagers working at Microsoft, I’ve had to listen my girls bemoan the fact thatRead… Read more »