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New Blog Post: Coffee Mornings – Single Origin Roasters, Surry Hills

Posted in Coffee, Social Networking on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Finally got back to Social Media Coffee this morning – the atmosphere and crowd was as energising as I remember it back in December last year. I was greeted by one of the chaps offering tastings of their new Timana Colombian Coffee – delicious – prepared via plunger, it was very smooth, not [...]

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New Blog Post: Social Media Coffee at Single Origin Roasters, Surry Hills #fb

Posted in Coffee, Social Networking on December 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »

G’day folks, I feel compelled to blog about this morning’s incredible experience: Social Media Coffee, held at Single Origin Roasters cafe at 64 Reservoir St, Surry Hills.
This event, which had the atmosphere of the “unconferences” like BarCamp and WordCamp – is a good excuse for a get together for some very bright minds operating in [...]

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Online Communities – presentation to primary school community

Posted in Facebook, Internet, Personal, Social Networking on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I recently presented to my local school on online communities and the implications for our children.  This was prompted by my desire to share some of my own experiences with social networks with other parents who may be curious yet somewhat inexperienced in this area.  Particularly with our children having greater access and in many [...]

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Attending BarCampSydney4 today

Posted in Internet, Social Networking on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today I’m very excited to be attending my first BarCamp  I’m not quite sure what to expect, but I see there’s 160 people registered for the event in Sydney so I’m looking forward to it.

I’ve put together a few points I’ll be discussing at the event, embedded as Google Docs Presentation here:

Update: 27th November 2008.
Reflections on [...]

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You should be on Twitter – creating serendipities and building community

Posted in Personal, Social Networking, Twitter on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Twitter is an incredible tool for so many reasons, it’s worthy of a separate blog post and discussion. If you don’t know what Twitter is, watch the brief video below to get a good overview (the video only skims the surface of it though):
A couple of reasons I enjoy using Twitter is it creates serendipities [...]

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All the world’s a Twitter – join the conversation!

Posted in Social Networking, Twitter on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hey there folks, it’s been quite a while between posts, with Megan back at University studying full time, a busy work/family life, and Twitter, writing on my blogs has been affected. Not that I haven’t been spending time online – there’s plenty of good reason to do so, and Twitter is one of them.
Twitter? This [...]

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The fuss about Facebook

Posted in Economist articles, Facebook, Social Networking, Web 2.0 on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Evening all, I’m still on the topic of social networking tonight. Now who can help me understand about the value of Facebook? I only joined a few months ago (I know, not exactly an early adopter, but I believe in work/family/life balance people!) and to be honest I haven’t really been back since. So I [...]

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Social Networking discussions abound

Posted in LinkedIn, Podcast, Social Networking, Web 2.0 on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I am thinking about the social networking/Web 2.0 technologies this weekend so I took the plunge and joined Twitter – a “micro-blogging” service launched about 18 months ago and gaining popularity. It seems to be a simple way to keep people updated on “what you’re doing right now” – interestingly, US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama [...]

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