Links created 7th April, 2008 using Diigo

Young, savvy – and the bane of online predators – web – smh.com.au

"It’s a completely new environment and the people who inhabit that world are people of Jessica’s generation. You can’t have 40- and 50-year-olds driving investigation, laws and policies when they really don’t know that much about it." – that’s the punchline and a good reason to look at what the younger generation is doing.

Accountancy Age blog: Accountancy Matters with Damian Wild

tags: CSR

This is fairly standard practice but you have to ask yourself what it means for prices. There’s a longer post coming on this – Damien has a good point.

Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike – New York Times Annotated

tags: no_tag

IT’S a pickle of a paradox: As our knowledge and expertise increase, our creativity and ability to innovate tend to taper off. Why? Because the walls of the proverbial box in which we think are thickening along with our experience.

HMRC tax credit database takes the week off | The Register Annotated

tags: hmrc

Why am I not surprised?

UK taxpayers hoping to talk to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about tax credit payments were left fuming last week because of a “routine upgrade” to its database.

Why am I not surprised? - post by dahowlett

Goodbye GAAP – CFO Magazine – April 2008 Issue – CFO.com Annotated

tags: gaap, ifrs

One of the densest thickets of generally accepted accounting principles is revenue recognition. By one tally, more than 160 pieces of authoritative literature relate to how and when companies record revenue. Now, however, U.S. and international accounting authorities are taking a scythe to the rules.

Loren Feldman vs. Shel Israel

tags: loren, feldman, shel, humor

You either get it or not as the case may be. If you get it, it’s funny if not, then you’ll hate it.

Is Mashup a Dirty Word? Serena Video Gets 1 Million YouTube Views Annotated

tags: mashup, innovation

The video follows a gossip-like chain of conversations among a group of office workers as they tell each other about building mashups. But, any form of the word mashup gets bleeped-out as a dirty word.

How to Open Beer with Beer – Mahalo

tags: mahalo

Incredibly useful thing to know and totally off topic

deal architect : Are disruption lifecycles shrinking?

tags: lifecycles, disruption

Disruption comes in many forms but the price tags don’t get much better.