Information – coming to a workplace near you
In various columns and articles (pdf) Ive pointed out the irony of the fact that, at a time when were deregulating the labour market, were...
Passport Policy for Permanent Residents
I was in Washington DC yesterday renewing my passport. The US is still imperial, so to comply with Australian metric standards I had to order...
Spreadsheets in teaching maths – where are they?
About fifteen, perhaps twenty years ago I was talking to a good friend who is an academic in maths education. He was saying that Casio...
The role of collateral in global environmental action.
Lets think constructively about the environment and lets try to think 10 years ahead in global environmental debates. There are many global environmental problems, and...
Office 2007 – The shootout
Well I just cant stop gnawing at the bone. I saw an interesting post on Joshua Gans site on feature creep (Bottom line we want...
May the farce be with you . . . edition # 274
I spoke with my accountant today and asked her if my company could lend me money - it's got more money than it needs and...
Missing Link – Thursday 24 May
Well, things have been a bit lively on the technology side, so no internal hyperlinks (and no wiki, alas). Nonetheless your faithful Missing Link Editorial...