rashmi writes a fantastic piece on why tagging works better than categorisation A cognitive analysis of tagging (or how the lower cognitive cost of tagging makes it popular) At the start, let me confess that I struggled with this topic. From my first encounter with tagging (on systems such as del.icio.us & flickr), I could … [Read More »]

Saturday morning I got fed up with the poor reception we were getting on our TV (no external antenna and too much ghosting from being right in the middle of the three TV transmitters in Artarmon) … so I went out and bought a digital set top box. I ended up with the Topfield TF5000PVRt … [Read More »]

Someone asked me for help with procrastination … not help to stop it, but help to extend it – he was avoiding making a decision and had run out of reasons why he should not make a decision now. I admonished him explaining that nobody ever needed help with procrastinating, and if he needed help … [Read More »]

If you watch the news tonight, you might see a story about yet another Manly ferry crash (second this year). Apparently the ferry lost power and ran into the wharf at Circular Quay. Not much damage to the ferry, but the wharf was badly damaged. Nobody seriously hurt fortunately. LJ’s parents were actually on that … [Read More »]

One of my friends is about to start up her own business – acting as an agent for people wanting help in purchasing real estate – a Buyers’ Agent (as opposed to the normal type of real estate agent, who acts solely for the vendor). She was showing off her new logo to us, when … [Read More »]