The Archives
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07.02.082020 Summit fails Australia on connectednessMy friend, Stilgherrian, has posted a scathing analysis of the final report of the 2020 Summit. He's particularly disappointed with the Summit's failure to address and take advantage of the power of the Internet to build connections between disparate communities and between the government and its constituency. I couldn't agree more. My views on the ongoing failure of government at all levels in Australia to really engage online are public and published here. That said, the 2020 Summit was a real opportunity for the Rudd government to take positive steps in the way it connects people with service providers, policy-linked activity and ...
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06.25.08Broken without a mouseMy slides and transcript for my introductory talk at the final National Museum of Australia Talkback Classroom on 25 June 2008. The theme of the event was Youth and the Media. I sat on a panel with Walkley Award winning journalist and presenter, Steve Cannane from the ABC and Jenny Buckland, CEO of the Australian Children's Television Foundation as we were questioned by a very smart bunch of university and senior high school students on our knowledge and opinion of their engagement with various forms of media. | View | Upload your own Just a couple of months ago, NYU professor, Clay ...
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06.13.08Enterprise 2.0 Conference - In the ladies’ good handsOne of the great pleasures I had this week at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference was seeing so many women both attending and taking part - many conferences you attend in this industry are male-dominated geekfests. On top of that, men in the industry can be condescending towards their female counterparts, failing to respect them for the powerful minds they possess. Minds that often bring a unique perspective to the issues we face. I met or caught up with a bunch of really smart ladies this week that I would be proud to work with any day. I really hope some of ...
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06.13.08Enterprise 2.0 Conference - Quick Wrap-upThis is just a really quick wrap of my experience at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference the past four days. I've still got a couple of session posts in the pipeline. I'll complete them in the next few days. This summary isn't comprehensive nor all inclusive, just some bullet points: the CIA guys were, no question, the rock stars of the conference and read my blog! I met and talked to two real-life CIA analysts - Don Burke and Sean Dennehy are about the best walking ad the intel community could have there are real organisations out there having real ...
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06.10.08Enterprise 2.0 Conference - From the Bottom-Up: Building the 21st Century Intelligence CommunitySean Dennehy and Don Burke, both CIA intelligence analysts, openly discussed the work they are doing (without giving away the detail, obviously) on Intellipedia. Sean was a great, enthusiastic presenter, who was definitely a great choice for the conference - a great walking ad for the intel community. Built as a multilayered collaborative platform, Intellipedia consists of several tools and layers, from Unclassified that can be accessed via dial-in (and presumably VPN) through to the Top Secret JWICS. They have a number of tools, including internal blogs, TagConnect (a del.icio.us equivalent) and video (the "CIA's YouTube"). Shared across the US Intelligence Community, ...
