As I think I’ve previously discussed in a post, yesterday I presented at the Blogs, Wikis, & RSS conference run by Key Forums in Sydney, at the Harbourside Hotel in North Sydney. The hotel was great, although the presentation room was a little cosy. Still, that’s a good thing since your audience can’t run away and have a nap so easily.
I won’t pass judgment on my presentation, but the content of all the presenters that I saw was informative and stimulating. The conference continues today but, alas and alack, I have had to return to Brisbane to do some client work this week.Â
People who presented or that I met included Trevor Cook of Jackson Wells Morris, Hugh Martin the editor of News.com.au, Keren Flavell of omg.tv, Garry Putland of Education.AU (ironically, Garry stands out in this crowd by not having a blog), James Farmer of The Age and Edublogs.Org, Frank Arrigo of Microsoft (cool blogging integration tools with Flickr and Virtual Earth). I also met with Des Walsh and Anne Bartlett-Bragg.
It’s all good, wish I could attend today as well, but c’est la vie. Slides and speaker’s notes to follow.
micheal
nice to hear your thoughts on this topic
here’s a link to the map on windows local live
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Michael.
Thankyou for your support for those with MND. I am an FCPA and was diagnosed with MND in Jul-06. I ceased work in Feb-07 and have been concentrating on quality of life. I am 56 years of age. I went from an active community oriented person, to a passenger. Gee it’s hard, but life is good! CPA allowed me to maintain my professional status even though I am no longer working; this I greatly appreciated. If I can be of any assistance, please contact me.
Vernon
Thanks for the comment – I must admit that I’m sure it’s Alex Malley that has put the effort into supporting MND activities rather than I, but CPA Australia has always been there to support its members and I know that (having previously been on the Board Education Committee) that they try very hard to support as many life circumstances as possible amongst members. I can only imagine the difficulties, particularly when it was never part of your life plan, but clearly the right thing to do is focus on the quality of life aspects rather than ‘work til you drop’. It’s good that the accounting profession provides some avenue for that.
Thanks: Micheal