Tas Govt offers support for Blundstone workers. Efforts will be stepped up this week to end uncertainty for hundreds of Blundstone workers in Hobart who are facing redundancy. [ABC News: Business Stories]
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FIVE MINDS FOR THE FUTURE in April 2007 Follow up to bestseller Changing Minds focuses on five "minds" that must be cultivated to achieve success in the future BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harvard Business School Press (HBS Press) is proud to announce a new book by influential Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, to be published in April 2007. FIVE MINDS FOR THE FUTURE outlines…
Andrew Bolt gets a perfect score on global warming. A blow-by-blow, claim-by-claim refutation of Andrew Bolt’s denialist response to Al Gore’s 'An Inconvenient Truth'. Best Blogs 2006. By editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tim Lambert). [On Line Opinion - Latest Articles]
The atlas of ideas: how Asian innovation can benefit us all. The rise of China and India will remake the innovation landscape. US and European pre-eminence in science-based innovation can no longer be taken for granted. Nor can the knowledge jobs that have depended upon it. This report is the first comprehensive account of the rising tide of Asian innovation.…
Building a better future for our children. Ambitious plans to transform secondary education in Rochdale borough will be reviewed by councillors before the end of January. [eGov monitor - Education]
Teaching viewed as a 'low-status job'. The low tertiary entrance score required to become a teacher has undermined the status of the profession and the standing of teachers in the eyes of parents and the community. A study by the federal Education Department says students are rejecting teaching as a career and that parents consider it a "low-status job" and…
$5.8 million for e-learning in 2007. The Australian Flexible Learning Framework will provide $5.8 million in 2007 for e-learning initiatives and projects. The funding will provide a range of opportunities for organisations to engage in e-learning and flexible learning. The Australian Flexible Learning Framework, the national training system's e-learning strategy, is jointly funded by the Australian Government and state and…
Amazing Implementation of Marine Charts for Google Earth. DestinSharks.com is a blog mostly about boating and fishing in Florida waters. But, it's author is a big fan of Google Earth technology. A few months ago he wrote an application to show tide predictions in GE for example. A few weeks ago, he started showing me his pet project for the…
A tale of corporate atrocity. I had lunch with Marc Canter yesterday, and he told me about a conversation he had with Tim O'Reilly and Cory Doctorow, where they told him they knew I had nothing to do with RSS. I asked how they said they knew. They had apparently asked some people at Netscape and they said they didn't…