Miscellaneous

Using the Small Project Management Guide – Part IV: Project Risk Management

Welcome to part four of the five-part series on how to use the Small Project Management Guide. This week we will discuss risk management which is my favorite project management topic. I’ve included several risk management tools in the Small Project Management Guide. I believe that Andy is a bit skeptical about these tools becauseRead… Read more »

Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention

The book “Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention” from the World Bank and United Nations, will be discussed 9 March 2011 at the Australian National University in Canberra.Wednesday 9 March 2011Event Type: OtherTitle: Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective PreventionVenue: Canberry/Springbank RoomDate: 9/3/11Time 12:00 pm – 2: Original post

Don’t Be Your Own Worst Enemy

“Sterling, you are your own worst enemy,” my father told me. He was right. And it was one of the best lessons I’ve learned. I”ll spare you the exact details, but my life changed that day. That was December 28, 2008. I’ve made more mistakes in my young life than I care to remember, butRead… Read more »

Calls for Papers: Workshops @ ICAIL 2011

Calls for papers, with diverse submission deadlines, have been issued for the workshops at ICAIL 2011: The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law; the workshops are scheduled to be held 6 and 10 June 2011, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. DESI IV: Workshop on Setting Standards for Searching Electronically Stored Information in Discovery Proceedings, 6Read… Read more »

Open the door (close the door)

Open data as an overall banner is a very useful one. It says exactly what it means – opening up data (for benchmarking, performance improvement, resource allocation efficiencies etc etc). What is becoming foggier as time passes, for me, is the role of all the individual stakeholders in this banner – I had to tryRead… Read more »

Canned Bega Cheese

An unusual souvenir I picked up at the Bega Cheese Factory was a can of Bega Processed Cheese. The 113g tin of cheddar style cheese was $1.20 in the visitors centre. This is exported around the world (the label is in English and Arabic) has an official shelf life of two years. Larger 200g cansRead… Read more »