Tomorrow People

Lonely, manipulated, unhealthy. Children today are in crisis, say Don and Patricia Edgar. So what hope is there for them as adults? Katherine Kizilos reports.

Arrgh! Not The Smelly Socks Again

It's 40 years since the arrival of the biggest change in office life: the cubicle. Peter Munro examines the consequences.

Sisterhood

On the outskirts of Sydney a small group of nuns still practices a way of life that began in the 13th century. Joel Meares reports.

Travelling Show

Every temporary home can be a moveable feast for the eyes, a young designer tells Ann Pilmer.

Speaking Volumes

If all you have sitting on your bookshelves are idiot's guides, it's time to get serious. John Bailey compiles a novice's guide to design tomes.

The Cost Of New Ideas

The talk is over, but how will the best summit ideas now become reality?

Quantity Drowns Quality On Web

The web is a disordered mass of random information - but that's not all bad.

The Age Diary

It's safer to say it with flowers

Poor Eyesight On Rise In Kids

Australian children are at greater risk of developing short-sightedness because they are spending more time than ever before looking at computer and mobile phone screens, an expert in vision has warned.

Berry Picking

Michael Leighton is the State MP for Preston and chairs parliamentary subcommittees on electronic democracy and IT.

Dubbo's Rumpus Campus

Computer power is transforming education in western NSW by bringing the university to its students, writes Bill Bennett.

Pcs A Health Risk For Pupils

As computer use grows, so do the risks of long-term back and neck problems, reports Jenny Sinclair.

For Sale: Discarded Desks, Derelict Chairs, Dashed Hopes

When Ansett collapsed last year, Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson described it as a ``financial carcase". Yesterday, it was time for the public to pick over the remains.

It's A Small World After All When It Comes To The Issue Of Racism

The words hung high above the assembled delegates, projected on the wall of the conference hall from the screen of a computer running Microsoft Word.

Underemployed Yet Unemployed

Three reports examining a shortfall of computer professionals in Australia have been published this year. Sue Cant explores the myths, misconceptions and mismatches of the IT skills shortage.

Dot Commers Pick A Tech Wreck Dry, With Style

The dot commers turned out for a funeral this week. There was a dude in grey suit pants and a black muscle tee. A young woman stabbing at a hand-held computer. A guy in a leather jacket with a slogan that read optimistically: ``Beyond the Millennium". The dot com deathroll has brought boom times to valuers and auctioneers such as Grays and its rivals, Dominion Valuers and Hymans Auctions. They are taking calls almost every week from broke technology companies. On the day of GlobalFreeway's auction, ch

Slipping And Sliding Down The Big Pipe

Katrina Nicholas talks to the chief of a broadband aspirant. David Spence is moving into top gear. Access1, the broadband services provider he chairs, has just held a shareholder meeting to approve the acquisition of Melbourne education and training company Didasko Software, and now he's off t

Mainline Shoppers Shun Move To Online

Force of habit is still driving people to slog around the supermarket, reports David Higgins. Way back in the 1980s I owned a not-very-funny book of cartoons that lampooned the computer age. I misplaced it years ago, but recently and abruptly I was reminded of its final cartoon. A small boy

Musical Chairs For Adults

The point: Hot-desking is thriving in some areas of the workforce, while in others it's seen as the cause of much discontent. I'm the cause of some irritation at work. I move my colleague's computer screens and alter the height of their chairs, scatter notes over their desks, rearrange their stat

Outspoken Wollongong Minister Calls It As He Sees It

GORDON Bradbery confesses he is rather pleased at recent attempts to sabotage the Internet with a computer virus. He says he likes the idea of the resourcefulness of the human spirit. Perhaps he likes the idea there are others out there who, like himself, will swim against the tide of popula