Our local community–the Malvern area–had a variety evening tonight to raise funds for some young people to travel to the North Island. The local Darfield recreation hall was converted into a concert hall, and by looks of things there are 600-800 people here (the population of Darfield is […]
Farmer Earley with the rotary hoe in our garden When you live in the country and have a large family, a large vegetable garden is a great thing. Ours is 140m2, or 1500 square feet. In previous years, Katrina’s Dad had use the rotary hoe to get the […]
After returning from New York in May I went for a couple of runs, but very quickly my knees were unbearably sore. I haven’t run since, but I’ve been investigating why. What I’ve found out is this: My previous running shoes were wrong for me. They didn’t have […]
The people at BrightStar Conferences asked me back to speak at this year’s Strategic Intranet & Enterprise Portal Management Conference in Auckland on August 28 and 29. I’m speaking on the afternoon of day 2, with a session entitled Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 and Other Collaborative Tools – […]
Background Carol is the Editor-in-Chief of the MIS Quarterly, a top-three IT academic journal. In 2006, they had 5 issues (4 quarterly and 1 special), and of 346 submissions, there were only 43 papers published. There are 10 senior editors, and 40 associate editors. The average turnaround time […]
The University of Canterbury, where I’m doing my PhD, has visiting professors frequently throughout the year. Today Professor Carol Saunders, a professor of MIS at the University of Central Florida, is our first visitor for this half of the year. Carol is currently the Editor-in-Chief for the MIS […]
My Dad finished up his work at the Booth College of Mission today, which is the Salvation Army’s Bible College in New Zealand. I attended his farewell. Welcome Major Donaldson (the current head of the Booth College of Mission) welcomed everyone who came to the event, including a […]
I don’t know if I can believe it, but I Microsoft made me a Microsoft MVP for Office Communications Server today. Wow.
I’m going to be in Wellington (New Zealand) on Monday July 16 and Tuesday July 17 … I have some client meetings scheduled, and also have some spaces for opportunities and possibilities. If you want to talk about common interests … business collaboration, SharePoint, collaboration strategy, Enterprise 2.0, […]
Even since conversing with Chris Brogan for a podcast regarding a previous employer, given how much we had in common (Batman Begins = Great, running / push-ups, similar ages of children, and more), I’ve been hoping to meet the man himself in person. Chris lives here in Boston, […]
