http://www.heliotrope.net.au think » write » edit » create Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:57:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The University of Melbourne contracted Rosanne as a consultant and editor for the relaunch of the Future Students web site. The six-month contract was extended and another project, the relaunch of the Melbourne International site, was added to it. The relaunch involved consulting with numerous stakeholders, editing and rewriting more ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/projects/future-students-relaunch Published in #nett magazine in 2008 What do open source, shareware and Wikipedia have in common? They’re all part of the ‘gift economy’, the idea that you can do work for nothing and ‘gift’ it to others and somehow, you will be provided for. By Rosanne Bersten. It’s a dream that goes ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/give-a-little Heliotrope approached the Ethical Supermarket Guide at the Sustainable Living Festival in 2008, offering to help revamp the existing web site. After producing an analysis of the current site and conducting user testing and card sorting exercises with target markets, a proposal was put forward for restructuring the site. The ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/projects/ethical-supermarket-guide Published in #nett magazine, 2008 The US sub-prime loan crisis was big news. Banks, notorious already for their profit-driven tactics, raised interest rates and refused to loan even to people with relatively solid credit ratings. Although peer-to-peer or social lending is only nascent, its long term ramifications are the same for ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/my-buddy-the-bank Published in Fast Thinking, 2007 Rosanne Bersten visits the SuperHappyDevHouse, where geeks prove the benefits of togetherness and tinker with the future. Download published version: The Happy Household (PDF) Chained to a desk, day in, day out, the creative mind starves. System and process, production and efficiency may be the keys to ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/the-happy-household Written for Fast Thinking, 2007. Not published... Version 2 was published instead. Mike Lewis is 21. He’s rake thin, with dark hair, an eyebrow piercing and a winning smile. We’re in a large beautiful home in Los Altos, near San Jose, California. There are more than a hundred people here, drinking ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/super-happy-dev-house Published in Fast Thinking, 2007 By Rosanne Bersten 1985. For two years running, the International Symposium on Organization Transformation has had incredibly dull, very traditional conferences where nothing much got done, except, oddly, when the conference wasn’t officially happening. People start to ask, “how come the best part of the conference is ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/hatching-an-idea Employment conditions in California's Silicon Valley offer a window into Australia's future under WorkChoices, writes Rosanne Bersten. Read the full article at New Matilda. http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/8hourday 64 magazine was a project between rosanne bersten and dale campisi under the company name Vanguard Media. The magazine is an A6-sized mini-magazine for free street distribution, covering everything that's hot in Melbourne, Australia whether it's arts, culture, bars or cafés. rosanne was involved in editing and publishing the first ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/64-magazine Journalism Drama Queens of the Damned (The Age, 05/12/00, archived version from fan site) Lots of sauce, hold the ambulance (Regular column, Next, SMH, 29/03/02) Paperless Office (Regular column, Next, SMH, 16/04/02) Time to rescue the Everquest addicts (Regular column, Next, The Age, 23/04/02) Playing Smart (Lego Mindstorms, SMH, 16/08/02) Oracles of Invention (Science Fiction and ... http://www.heliotrope.net.au/articles/freelance-articles