Michael tagged for this one. I always swore to myself that i was going to politely reject any tags, but it is Specht, it is Music, and it is Rage. I can only imagine how deep this program has cut into the psyche of Australians that have grown with it, having only enjoyed it since I migrated to Australia in my twenties.

Thing is, back in Latin America radio was ok to get music from all over (you have no idea how successful men at work, inxs and dragon were in Peru). However, video clips were few and scarce; so when I came over here I would waste entire weekends watching rage, and then flicking to video hits and whatever any other music video programs there were.

I think you will find that my selection is unashamedly dated, very much a trip down memory lane for many of you. Give them a go if you have the chance, you might hear them in a dance cover sometime soon :-)

bedlam bridge – midnight oil
born slippy – underworld
days go by – dirty vegas
der kommissar – falco
fast love – george michael
get off – prince
hyperactive – thomas dolby
london calling – the clash
nothing compares 2 U – sinead o’connor
pump up the jam – technotronic
rain – dragon
sing it back – moloko
spinning around – kylie minogue
sweet like chocolate – shanks & bigfoot
time – alan parsons project
transeurope express – kraftwerk
turning japanese – the vapors
underwater love – smoke city
who’s gonna drive you home – the cars
your own sweet way – notting hillbillies

Would love to invite my buddy Kris, The Asia Pacific Headhunter(do they have rage in NZ?), Brett and John Pospisil to make their compilations public? I am sure I will find a few pearls therein.

Have a great week

When I mention I’m an engineer in our Sydney office, I’m often greeted with looks of surprise: it seems many people aren’t aware of our Australian presence. Thus, it is with great pleasure that we are inviting engineers from Silicon Valley (or anywhere in California) to the Googleplex in Mountain View next Tuesday, 8 May for G’day Google: an evening (6-9 pm) open house event showcasing Google Australia…

… Working in the Sydney office is lots of fun and incredibly challenging. My desk looks over Darling Harbour, so it can sometimes be difficult to spend all day looking at a monitor.

from G’day California, organised by Google Australia, and intended to leverage off a particularly strong regional employer brand to reap talent for the co’s worldwide offices. My guess is they may recruit more yanks into Sydney than get expats to come back. Where’s your money on?

I was lucky to be invited as a blogger to cebit this time around. I had the opportunity to confirm a few things:

- there is in fact a blogger dress-code
- there is a blogger demeanor (“i must have been a journalist in a previous life”)
- wifi is never fast enough
- there’s never enough jelly bellys, i meant jelly beans to go around

Other than that boththe host and the idea sponsor were gracious and accommodating. Ah yes, and the show… lots of telco, voip, network, some rfid, some tablets, old-ish software all round, web hosting…

Exhibitors that had to do with recruiment/people/hr:

- recruitment systems who are launching a new version of their integrated management system in the next few months (no specifics, maybe we’ll catch with the GM and get a deeper scoop

- jobserve, maybe it was too early but there weren’t too many people around them

- support resort, get an hour of .net development out of India or the Philippines for 5 aussie bucks (!)

- ford and james, candidate assessment circa 1980, that was my impression after hearing the pitch anyway

i trust there’s more upbeat posts from the blogger peer group at bloggerzone.com.au

.. and a handful of pics

Cebit 2007

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