[SiliconBeach] Re: Workplace / employment legislation

2009-01-20 Thread Michael Specht
Honestly I get professional advice, probably your best bet is to look at using a service such as Workforce Guardian http://www.workforceguardian.com.au/ who provide a whole range of services for SME's. Michael Specht Principal Consultant Phone: +61 3 9017 1865 | Mobile: 0418 212 041 | Skype: m

[SiliconBeach] Workplace / employment legislation

2009-01-20 Thread plustwo
Hey there SB's, new to the list and loving it - very helpful and inspiring. Am looking to hire my first full time employee and had a few questions. 1. what are the OH+S implications if they work from home? 2. what's the latest on the dismissal / redundancy laws for small business - has changed ra

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for $0 server/desktop hardware for a good home

2009-01-20 Thread Nathan de Vries
On 20/01/2009, at 5:24 PM, Mike Nicholls wrote: > As a start up I believe its a false economy to run your own servers > with the Cloud Computing Options available... Speaking of false economies, I think the same can be applied to "cloud computing" solutions like EC2. Remember we're talking ab

[SiliconBeach] Re: starting up in Perth

2009-01-20 Thread Elias Bizannes
I think Perth has a very vibrant scene with some good people to talk to. Both Clay Cook and Mattew McFarlane are veterans in every sense of the word. Richard Giles, Bronwen Clune - talk to them, learn from them, and they'll introduce you to the rest of the community of people in the same headspac

[SiliconBeach] Re: starting up in Perth

2009-01-20 Thread Skribe Productions
TechDragon wrote: > It seems like an impossible task to get a tech start-up off the ground > over here... the social feedback loop of people to bounce ideas off > seems more like Brownian motion than a feedback loop. > > Anyone in the western side of the continent want to shout out & we can > see

[SiliconBeach] starting up in Perth

2009-01-20 Thread TechDragon
It seems like an impossible task to get a tech start-up off the ground over here... the social feedback loop of people to bounce ideas off seems more like Brownian motion than a feedback loop. Anyone in the western side of the continent want to shout out & we can see about getting together more o

[SiliconBeach] Re: HR and Technology Event

2009-01-20 Thread Brett | GoodBarry
Hey Nick,Try http://yugma.com/ - it's not bad... free and it worked reasonably well when I tested it out a year or so back. Should be better now, since that's how startups go :)We found the lag to be a little annoying and it didn't quite fit our internal processes. But it's fine for 1-1 sales prese

[SiliconBeach] Re: HR and Technology Event

2009-01-20 Thread Nick Ramage
Just a quick shout for help, as I'm wondering if any members have some suggestions for add-ons to integrate with Skype-Skype hook-up presentations - I guess like a one-on-one webinar for when I pitch our site to prospects OS. Any good Skype add-on pages welcome... Thanx. Nick Ramage foolkit.com

[SiliconBeach] SYDNEY: Official Friday drinks 23 January

2009-01-20 Thread Elias Bizannes
SYDNEY-SIDERS Alcohol build community. And getting stupidly drunk builds genuine friendships that glue the community together. So for this weeks Official Friday Silicon Beach drinks, it's going to be an unFriday event. What's that? Well one that ends Saturday! The @STUB community will be having

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for $0 server/desktop hardware for a good home

2009-01-20 Thread Mick Liubinskas
We might be able to slot those servers into the new coworking space. Let me see. On Jan 21, 9:15 am, Andrew Rogers wrote: > Hi, > > > We're still keen on having our own boxes purely for accessibility & > > security reasons and ease of splitting the power + Internet bill b/w > > the 3 of us. So i

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for $0 server/desktop hardware for a good home

2009-01-20 Thread Andrew Rogers
Hi, > We're still keen on having our own boxes purely for accessibility & > security reasons and ease of splitting the power + Internet bill b/w > the 3 of us. So if anyone knows of a corporate that chucks them in the > tip - please let us know :-) I'm new to this group but I know Geoff and he m

[SiliconBeach] Web Designer / Template Specialist - job in Sydney

2009-01-20 Thread Dex
There's a great job going at the place where I work hope is OK to post here. We host our customer websites exclusively on Joomla 1.5.x, our shopping cart is Magento and we offer as standard features integration with SugarCRM, payment gateways and email marketing. Our small business custo

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for $0 server/desktop hardware for a good home

2009-01-20 Thread Sam Lai
Ah, Compaq/HP Proliant servers. If you have a little to spend, http://www.graysonline.com.au might have something available. Mike is right about the noise though, so much so we've named them jumpjet and scramjet :) 2009/1/20 Shaon Diwakar : > WOW, thanks for the detailed explanation Mike! We wil

[SiliconBeach] Re: Drinks and Toolnames.com

2009-01-20 Thread dekrazee1
IgniteSydney is happening at the Shelbourne on Thursday as well. (http://www.ignitesydney.com/) (Not sure if that's a coincidence or planned :)) I might be there (depending on health status), and I'm guessing a few others from this group will be too. Rai On Jan 20, 6:35 pm, Dale Hurley wrote: