Author: Ray Keefe

  • Space Travel Progress

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    Space Travel The is another step forward for the Virgin Galactic start up. It has now completed several trips into space including a recent flawless return cycle. And the mechanism used to launch the space vehicle is to get the craft to a high altitude using conventional lift then use a much smaller rocket to…

  • Casey Business Awards 2013

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    Casey Business Awards 2013 We found out in August that we were Casey Business Awards 2013 Finalists in 2 categories: Business and Professional Services Award Manufacturer of the Year   Tonight at the Casey Business Awards Gala Dinner our MC, Tracey Curro did an excellent job of running the night. And we were thoroughly entertained…

  • Mechanical Computer

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    Computer Programming In a previous post I referred to Ada Lovelace who has been recognised as the First Computer Programmer and an inspiration to legends such as Alan Turing. However most of her programs never ran on anything. The technology to do it didn’t exist and was too hard and too expensive to make at…

  • First Computer Programmer

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    Computer Programming When we think of Computer Programming, we are generally thinking of electronic based computing engines with code running out of some form of electronic memory and typed in using some form of keyboard. Even punch cards partially fit this paradigm. And they seem ancient now. So would it surprise you to know that…

  • Mindset of a Champion

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    What makes a champion? I took the title of this post from a blog written by our Business Mentor,  Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist. We heard a different perspective on what it takes to be a champion when Brooke Hansen shared her story at the Casey Cardinia Business Group breakfast this week. Imagine…