Will’s Blog

Just wanted to highlight two excellent blog posts that really got me thinking when I read them (probably explains why I left lengthy comments on both posts?).

The first one is by Darren Neimke, who posts some of his ideas in regards to User Groups for 2005.

Maybe one of the other things we may need is a pool of resources that can be shared easily between user groups in Australia.

I want to pose a simple question, how many of you live in another state, and see an announcement on Frank’s blog about a particular user group topic, and then realise it’s not in your state/area, but in fact, it is interstate?

With the shared resources, perhaps the material (if it is non-copyrighted, etc…) can be shared with other users from interstate who couldn’t otherwise have attended the UG meeting.

Although this could be an expensive activity, what about posting video or audio files of the presentation online?

Sometimes there is just so much said at user group meetings that it is impossible to remember everything.

Here is another great post for today, written by Serena Yeoh. Serena offers some tips and advice for final year students contemplating about what to do for their final year projects.

For those wanting to read something interesting, or rather, something I found interesting was an article in the Builder AU magazine. (It’s a free magazine).

The article which interested me the most was the one titled “The skills to pay the bills” written by Simon Sharwood.

Here’s a teaser, from the article (or rather, what it says at the top as part of a summary:

Learning the right skills to keep on top of the game in software development is a thorn topic. We examine the skills, both technical and soft, employers are seeking in 2005 and beyond.

I don’t know if the article is available online anywhere, I checked the Builder AU magazine, and no sign of it.

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