My wife Marilyn and I have got away for the long weekend to Lorne (on the Victorian south-west coast, on the Great Ocean Road). Found […]
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The wonders of the English language.
Diplomacy
“A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.” […]
Read moreAny noun can be verbed
“I’m sorry sir, that will have to be cloaked”. That’s what the doorman told me as I entered the Hamer Hall for my final visit […]
Read moreAd astra per alia porci
How’s your Latin? I have just read that this was a favourite saying of John Steinbeck. Apparently all of his books carry this insignia. Although […]
Read moreThe rise of Indian English
I am familiar with Singlish (Singaporean English – “I speak good Singlish, lah?”). On my recent trip to KL I first heard about the Malaysian […]
Read moreA picture paints 1k words
Here’s the latest thing – Imagini. Discover your “Visual DNA” and “communicate with others in a totally different way.” Looks interesting. It seems to be […]
Read moreNeologism
“Dogmamoron – when an authority’s inflexible principles work against their intent – the dogmatic equivalent of an oxymoron. E.g the ‘war’ on terror.” – Han […]
Read moreTranslating humour
A funny thing happened on the way to the office… I was in Sydney two weeks ago, conducting job interviews at our Pitt St office. […]
Read moreThe Humpty Dumpty view of Knowledge
“When I use a word it means exactly what I want it to mean.” – Humpty Dumpty. There has been further discussion at actKM […]
Read moreTying down Knowledge
A contributor at actKM has raised a question about the definition of the word ‘knowledge’ in Knowledge Management. I agree that there is little agreement […]
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This is huge - strong changes to the Safeguard Mechanism polluter laws are a huge blow to an already shoddy business case for gas drilling in the Beetaloo Basin. https://t.co/TE6WopIGSv
