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I vote for the generalist
Life rewards expertise. Judges earn more than factory workers (mostly), society respects experts (we award them AO’s and AM’s simply for doing their job) and it appears to make sense to seek out experts to solve your problems – who wants to use GP, when you can have the ophthalmologist look at your eye problem.…
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Event Report – Smart Clothing
From the Churchill Club event on the 14th May 2009 Australian swimmers were the first to use the ultra low friction swimsuits that are now common attire. Sensors woven into clothing can communicate the heart rate of the elderly. Remote sensors such as accelerometers and environmental monitors can be picked up for as little as…
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Milestones or Millstones
Three times in recent weeks I have been asked the question “Is LinkedIn useful”. All three people had a service offering (lawyer, designer, facilitator) and were on LinkedIn but had less than 5 connections. My response in all three cases was “Yes, but not until you have atleast 120 connections. Reach that milestone then ask…
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Some thoughts on climate change
I had coffee today with Monique Conheady of Flexicar and amongst other things we discussed Global Warming and Climate Change. Now the funny thing about talking about your ideas is that all of a sudden you have to defend what were previously whimsical musings. What’s even funnier is to write a post about them, you…
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Advice I would give to myself
Two events last week prompted me to write this post. The first was that my wife watched some crappy movie with our daughter the other week about magically becoming young again for a while. Actually “crappy” was her word not mine, although our daughter thought it was great. The second was later that week I…