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Australia Takes A Step Towards Totalitarianism

Australia is one step closer to a totalitarian society with the announcement from the Government that their filtering test on the Internet was successful. While I do think there are many websites around that nobody should visit, it’s not appropriate to start controlling where people are able to surf. That’s similar to stating who’s allowed [...]

Everyday Illogicality – Online Banking

There’s something I’ve been thinking about regarding online banking that just doesn’t make any sense. It’s the logic that they have copied from their offices to the interface of their website. You can see it in the image on the right. The bank in the example is Nordea by the way.
The logic is that why [...]

Customer service should be everyone’s business

We were talking today about a certain company at a client meeting with a colleague when he said that ultimately their business is customer service – keep the systems working and customers happy. Some how that got rolling around in my head until I got home and realised, all companies – no matter the business [...]

Global internet

“Our global online service”, they say. Why do companies keep promoting their services as global when they are talking about online services and applications? I think it just shows your shortcomings in understanding the internet as a network as it ALWAYS is global (unless you work to limit it) and not a medium where you [...]

Stanford Educators Corner

One of the best online education video resources I’ve found to date: The Stanford Educators Corner. A huge array of videos from world acknowledged speakers.
Strongly suggested.