I was surprised that I got married. It wasn’t that I was really against it, I had a girlfriend I adored and had a lot of fun with. It was more the permanency and establishment vibe that said, “I am a joiner”. I was a little anti-establishment in my twenties. …
Last night I was watching the ABC news and checking our twitter when I was some mention of an #alpspill. I searched for #spill, tweeted something inane and waited for the ABC to report something. It came in the 7.30 report and it amounted to guesswork by Kerry O’Brien about …
Are you a liar? I am. I lie continually. I am like that Jim Carrey character who lies so much he is forced to spend a whole day telling the truth. Lying, whether it be stretching the truth or a bald faced porky pie is an important skill. Federal opposition …
Since Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle introduced the term Web 2.0 five years ago, there has been an explosion of web tools and Internet-connected gadgets that foster conversations, interactions and discoveries. In the past five years startups have built massive brands by harnessing communities and conversations. Brands like Twitter, Facebook, …
Each January the blogosphere is inundated with prediction lists. It is a chance for each blogger to prove how smart they are. Some lists are hugely intelligent and some are hugely indulgent. So in the spirit of indulgence I thought I would create my own list of predictions for 2009. …
Senator Conroy, our new Minister of Communications has proven that the Labor Party still do not understand the Internet. Mark Latham in his wonderfully vindictive apologia, The Latham Diaries, writes that in the dying days of the Keating government the then Minister of Communications was terrified of Telstra and virtually …
When I was 18 years old and just starting at University I sought out, amongst other things, the socialist club and paid my $5 fee to join up. I had some knowledge of socialism and a vague idea about communism, Lenin and a love of the great design of post …