August 2008
17 posts
Technology Review: How Obama Really Did It →
By July 2008, the campaign had raised more than $200 million from more than a million online donors (Obama had raised $340 million from all sources by the end of June), and MyBO had logged more than…
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks →
Young Job Candidates FindToo-Casual Tone of... →
The trend may reflect a cultural divide between younger and older workers, says David Holtzman, author of “Privacy Lost: How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy.” “It’s driven by the communication…
Mother Jones - Military Bases →
Someone needs to web 2.0 this map! Annotations, links, geo-targeting etc.
Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes! | Dizzy Dee →
Fun 5 minute cake-in-a-cup recipe that we tried at work.
Turns out well if you add some salt and use less oil.
The Business Of Basketball - Forbes.com →
The value of the typical NBA franchise rose 6% this year, to $372 million, as the Knicks became the first basketball team worth $600 million. NBA teams posted an average profit (in the sense of…
What Should You Do When Quality Score Kills Your... →
How to fix the problem Now, either you’ve found the problem, or it’s eluding you. We’ll walk through solutions to the most common problems found above, as well as a general guide to fixing unknown…
SIGIR'08 - Singapore →
SIGIR is the major international forum for the presentation of new research results and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques in the broad field of information retrieval (IR).
Comparing the Effectiveness of Various Website... →
NamePros.Com - The Unofficial NP Domain Appraisal... →
AUSTRALIAN VERSUS AMERICAN CONSUMER DECISION... →
This study compares consumer decision strategies Americans believe they use to Australian beliefs.
ibm_ereadiness_2008.pdf (application/pdf Object) →
Countries with a high level of ‘e-readiness’ will have a competitive advantage.
Australian fuel price historical tracking →
The cheapest day to buy fuel in most metropolitan areas is Tuesday, with savings of between 10-15 cpl available. Click here to find the cheapest day to buy petrol in your capital city.
Petrol…
2.02 million mobile devices were shipped to... →
1.31M iPhone Shipments Over Five Years, Predicts IDC’s Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker 11 Jun 2008 Sydney, Australia, IDCâs Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker has revealed that in Q1 2008 2.02 million…
8146.0 - Household Use of Information Technology,... →
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS * In 2006-07, 64% of Australian households had home Internet access and 73% had access to a home computer. During 2006-07, whilst the proportion of households with access to the…
International Telecommunication Union - BDT →
ITU, the UN specialized agency for telecommunications, has its âeyeâ on ICTs and is recognized around the globe as the leading provider of timely and comprehensive telecommunication/ICT…
July 2008
9 posts
The "Mojave Experiment" →
Recently we conducted The “Mojave Experiment”, where we disguised Windows Vista, codenaming it “Mojave” - the next Microsoft Operating System - so people who had never used Vista could see what it…