It was 1965 when Mick Jagger and Keith Richards penned the words to "Get off of my Cloud". I have no doubt that Mat Honan, a senior writer at Gadget Lab shares precisely the same sentiment [although perhaps] for very different reasons. I would encourage all of my clients, friends and colleagues to take a few minutes to read Mat's story...…
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This picture was taken 43 years ago today. Link: Thanks to @AbbeyRoad
Vale Jack Keating. A teacher, colleague, mentor and friend; Jack, you will be missed. Those that have had anything to do with post-compulsory education in Victoria, Australia or around the world, will understand the loss to our field. Thank you Jack. Lector si monumentum requiris circumspice Links: Vale Jack Keating - The Australian 24th July 2012 Vale Jack Keating…
Those in Australia interested in the debate about education, equity and long-term social mobility within societies would benefit from reviewing the latest from the Sutton Trust. It is interesting to place the work of the Gonksi Review in the context of this discussion. My thoughts on Gonski can also be found here. A very soggy Gonski [as predicted] Current [and somewhat…
From CERN, the results are preliminary but...at a seminar held at CERN as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long sought Higgs particle. The results presented today are labelled preliminary. They are based on data collected in 2011 and…
Leaving the Solar System. We're on the cusp of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of all time, but we may not know when the moment strikes. Or, rather, there may be no moment. -Rebecca J. Rosen [The Atlantic] Links: NASA - Voyager Cosmic Ray Subsytem Atlantic Article - Get Ready, Because Voyager I Is *This Close* to Leaving…
I wonder what our current debates in Australia would or could contribute to the need to measure impact? The recent Evidence-Based Education:Policy-Making and Reform in Africa Conference raises numerous challenges, for not only an education system [Ghana], but policy makers across all sectors of Health, Education and Treasury throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), and the Abdul…
Google has posted an interesting [and fun] run-down of the energy pathway of an email through a well crafted online animation/cartoon. The environmental impact on growing data centres is very real and the question of sustainability is a strategic and governance challenge that cannot be ignored. The context of the current debate about carbon-pricing and mechanisms for capture and/or attenuation…
An incredible animation of Global transport routes. An excellent visualisation. "Welcome to the Anthropocene" is a collaborative project by some of the leading scientific research institutions on global sustainability, including Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) http://vimeo.com/40940686 'Welcome to the Anthropocene' Earth Animation from Globaïa on Vimeo. This is the animation done by Globaïa for the short film…