Possibly one of the most horrific stories I’ve heard about the actions of an Australian media outlet. Gay marriage is the topic of the day for USA election chatter. An eye-witness account of American romance tourists to the Ukraine. Liverpudlians demanded refunds after going to see a Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated movie that they… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
“I’ve learned to follow the hunch but never assume where it will go.” Co-founder of Twitter and founder of Blogger Evan Williams‘ closing statement of his TED Talk in February 2009. I think I’ll paraphrase that for my motto as a social media consultant: “Follow the hunch. Never assume.” That should be the basis of all social media… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
China has come down hard on its non-government TV network with censorship. Lisa Dempster rode her bike amazing distances. A bomb went off in a market in Pakistan and killed about 35 people. Mashable put together a retrospective of the year that was through tweets. I can forgive the emotionally indulgent music because so many… [Read more…]
January 6, 2012
The Iraqi Prime Minister encouraged people to be calm in the wake of the American army leaving. There are similarities between Bradley Manning‘s case and the guy who gave some Pentagon papers about the Vietnam War to the New York Times. Poppy growing is still a good business in Afghanistan. Behind the scenes of New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New… [Read more…]
January 4, 2012
The Bible. It’s pretty gross. Like, seriously. Taking it from the top, Adam and Eve got tricked over some silly technicality and got thrown out of paradise. Then Adam blamed Eve for the whole thing leading men to blame women for everything men have done wrong ever since. So then Adam and Eve popped out… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011
Everyone knows it’s a new year. I’ve got better things to talk about. Like the Bible and how self-expression is a basic human need on a par with food and my theory of how people consistently move from a spiritual experience or two to dogma and the dream of gluten free pastry and invisible misogyny and… [Read more…]
December 23, 2011
Australia’s income tax-free threshold will more than triple next financial year. The US Government is supporting renewable energy. At least ten people were drugged at a Christmas market in Berlin. Do our social media profiles live forever? A record sale was made New York real estate: $89 million for an apartment. In developed countries, people… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
The owner of a famous English-language bookshop in Paris, Shakespeare and Co. passed away. The asteroid-naming people named one after Christopher Hitchens. An employee stole $16 million from Queensland Health. The CIA’s torture is even worse than we thought before. Tony Abbott reminded Liberal Party members they’re not allowed to disagree with him about gay… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011
Dymocks launched a new self-publishing service. Author Jack Heath read books by women writers for a whole year to find out if he was sexist. Facebook made some design changes and people are being creative with them. There’s increasingly strong evidence that quantum physics fuels one of the most basic processes of our world: photosynthesis.… [Read more…]
December 2, 2011
Fiat settled a copyright claim with graffiti artists whose work was featured in an advertisement without permission or payment. A disabled pig gets around by using only its front legs. Future Fund Chair David Murray had some interesting things to say on Lateline. Like he doesn’t believe in climate change because if he did it would be… [Read more…]
January 20, 2012
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