This is the life, thought Bob. The sun’s shining, fishing line is bobbing and the kids are off playing. Bob had taken his family camping for the first time, after what had been a rather challenging year for the Tech Pubs manager. He had transformed his business unit with the R4i S1000D Publishing Suite and
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Yesterday was one of the most celebrated holidays around the world, Mother’s Day. Each mother comes with their own specialties, a dash of this, a sprinkle of that, which makes them all the most unique heroes we have to model ourselves after. These heroes mentioned below are local to our team, they are mothers of
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Its 10:35 on a Tuesday morning and you’re queuing for a coffee at that cafe that’s so hot right now. The Barista knows your order and bumps you up the line. He hands you your double shot flat white with a smile and presents the credit card terminal. You tap, it beeps; and you walk
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Anzac Day is observed on April 25 each year. Originally Anzac Day was to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli during the First World War. Today the meaning of Anzac Day includes the remembrance of all Australians killed in military operations. Due to the present COVID-19 lockdowns and in accordance with Government and World
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All around the world adults and children are celebrating Easter today. Children hunt for eggs with surprises inside and get candy in their Easter baskets and decorate eggs. Adults always cook yummy foods while home for Easter, but this year because of the virus we are celebrating a bit different. Today I got an Easter
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Bob’s old off-white Camry wheezed its way down the empty Avenue, turning left on 8th past the shuttered shops and empty sidewalks. Spilling over the back seat were a few groceries, a squashed loaf of bread and roll of toilet paper that he fought a tough guy for at the store. Rearranging his bent glasses,
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Software, it’s around us every day, to the point that we take it for granted. Having started in I.T. in the early 90’s, “information systems” was the wild-wild west and we were the gunslingers. Every few months we saw the release of new applications and hardware that sent current technologies to the scrap heap. Some
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It’s mid-December, 35 degrees Celsius and the smoke from the bushfires hangs heavy over Brisbane Australia. My office overlooks the river that runs through my little city. In Brisbane, the river impacts everyone. You either need to drive over it, walk across it or catch a ferry on it. The river is part of everyday
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The unrelenting small desk fan purred hot air across Bob’s desk, threatening to send the piles of stacked documents flying around his office. Dishevelled and tired, Bob was scanning the vast expanse of unfinished technical publication tasks when he was jarred by his vibrating cell phone. He did not need to see the number nor
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