5 Things I learned about outsourcing
Last week I participated in a live “Fireside chat” with Anthony Bowers and Mari Borromea from ProSource Global Outsourcing and Andre Rodrigues from Complete Onsite Group. The chat was robust and covered a wide range of topics, but some of the discussion really stood out to me. Even though I’ve had over a decade and […]
The Cost of Downtime
Don’t underestimate the cost of downtime to your business! By the end of 2020 Amazon’s net revenue will reach $321 billion. Amazon was bringing in $610,730 per minute! On June 2007, Amazon.com – the primary portal to purchase goods through Amazon – crashed for roughly two hours. When working this out, this outage would have […]
Everything you need to know about GA4 Property
I believe everyone has noticed the new icons for Gmail, Google Drive and other Google products. Well, the icons are not the only thing that has changed. Google Analytics has been through a complete reshape, and I’ll share below my view about it. Using Artificial Intelligence, user tracking across different devices and deep data controls. […]
My Thoughts on Performance Reviews
These are my ideas, and of course in the interest of continuous improvement, these ideas may change over time. It’s important to communicate the value, and keep the performance review process valuable and not just something that has to happen – a chore. It should be a positive process for both the reviewer and the […]
Nerds out of Water – Season 2 Is Coming
David and Michael have been taking a short break but will be back in a few weeks with Season 2 of Nerds out of Water. Look out for more nerdy content from grumpy old tech heads.
Nerds out of Water – Episode 24
Security breaches have been in the news for Australia and the rest of the world lately. Michael and David provide practical advice on some of the basic things you can do to protect yourself and your company against these threats.
Nerds out of Water – Episode 23
Michael’s back! We talk about the uses of facial recognition technology in public safety and where the boundaries should be. Turkey has taken receipt of multiple “kamikaze” drones for military uses – we discuss this and how it affects future warfare as well as gamification as a recruitment device. Lastly we touch back on being [&he
Nerds out of Water – Episode 22
In this episode of Nerds out of Water, Michael is working hard so David goes alone to discuss the Cyber attacks on Australia, and some basic Cybersecurity Best Practices. I go onto talk about, Managers Be Kind to others Minds Really big shout out to Beyond Blue, who help all of our mental health needs. […]
Nerds out of Water – Episode 21
In this episode of Nerds out of Water, Michael and David discuss Facebook and their responsible use of its power as well as touching on some of the less ethical things they do. We talk about how your biometric data can be breached, and the consequences. We also discuss drone delivery of library books and […]
Nerds out of Water – Ep 20 – Michelle Delebet
Change is inevitable. It’s coming for you, me and everyone else. Michelle Delebet runs a company specialising in promoting change fluency in organisations, enabling massive tech transformations to progress from idea to delivery and into ‘normal’. Michelle tells us stories from her career as a “Change Whisperer” and we discuss