In the future everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes. -- Andy Warhol, 1928-1987
Perhaps, this won't be true. As we travel from the industrial society to the
knowledge society, and as people carve out a personal space in the world-wide-web, time is less important. One presence will not be measured by time. On the web, everyone can be famous forever; as systems, such as Google, relentlessly archive our words and thoughts. Rather the fame of people will be measured by the data that represents them. Instead of 15 minuted, people will be world famous for 15 Mega-bytes. Time doesn't matter
any more.
This, then, is my niche in hype-r-reality™;.
To mis-quote Monty Python, amongst the many purposes of this site are:
- To be a repository for my thoughts and reflections.
- To be a jumping of page; my own personal portal.
- To provide an opportunity to dabble on the web
Like many sites, this one is in a continual state of flux, so if you find anything
doesn't work the way you think should please let me know.
Some biographical odds and ends
I'm English, having been born in London.
I teach at the The University of Auckland,
where I work in the department of Management & Employment Relations.
There is more information here on teaching research activities, (if you are interested).
I am married to Lisa, my darling wife. We have two cats who are called Fred and Ginger.
My first career was in IT and the management of service professionals. I worked for Philips UK. I subsequently spent much time working in Europe with Philips.
When I moved to New Zealand in the late 1980s, I was lucky enough to work for
Philips New Zealand. At first I was based in Wellington, but we moved to Auckland when the head office was relocated.
After Philips I worked in service management for Ricoh New Zeland. However, I had a desire to return to University so I worked part time as an independent IT consultant, whilst doing an MCom at The University of Auckland.
Now, I've been hooked in to do a PhD.
For four years I also owned a hair-dressing salon with my brother, Bill. We've now sold that enterprise.
I've recently started to use Friends Reunited to try and catch up with some of my school chums.
I find it interesting and useful to revisit and reflect on the past.
