The Future is Now
Some of the biggest electronics manufacturers in the world are betting a fortune that they do, and they need guinea pigs — are you up for it? … Continue readingThe Future is Now
Category: Everything
If it’s not in science, tech, entertainment or books you’ll find it here. Unlike many of my salaried colleagues on a single beat, one of the pleasures of being a freelancer is that I can write about anything I like (as long as I can get an editor to agree to buy it).
And for someone for whom knowledge only prompts the thirst for more knowledge in more areas, it’s given me the chance to look at how hotdesking is a thing again, the forgotten history of Australia’s pulp fiction market, a couple of fearless South African photographers and their hair-raising images of Great White Sharks on the hunt and the longstanding theory that Batman/Bruce Wayne is obviously gay.
Child’s Play
Try telling your daughter she’s not leaving the house dressed like that and see how successful you are — she’ll stuff the outfit in her bag and change when she gets there. … Continue readingChild’s Play
Million Dollar Homepage
The Million Dollar Homepage is one of those beautifully simple ideas you want to kick yourself for not thinking of first — especially when it’s actually worth a million dollars. … Continue readingMillion Dollar Homepage
Testing the water
Science fiction stories routinely depict wars over water rather than oil. Water is going to be one of the killer apps of the twenty first century, and providing it to increasing numbers of people is going to be one of the most important challenges in history. … Continue readingTesting the water
The People’s Network
There’s something else to consider here; in one way, mobile phones and the Internet are just other media like TV, cinema or a newspaper; the only differences are the interactivity and ability of anyone to be a broadcaster or publisher. … Continue readingThe People’s Network
An Out of Home Experience
But the last decade has seen the media transformed more so than in the entire 20th century put together. Once upon a time newspapers changed the world, then cinema, radio and TV respectively. … Continue readingAn Out of Home Experience
Web Development Industry Group
Designed by founder Miles Burke as ‘an establishment for communication between developers and designers’, Port 80 aims to bring people from across the web development industry together. … Continue readingWeb Development Industry Group
The Best out West
Despite being as close to Bali as they are to Bathurst, WA has embraced the technology age as avidly as the rest of Australia. … Continue readingThe Best out West
The Big Pitch
You’ll rarely hear anyone in advertising or communications (or any field at all for that matter) talk about how easy it is to get clients and how they can afford to throw a bit of money away on a dodgy business practice now and then. … Continue readingThe Big Pitch
A New Direction in HR
The last 12 months have been spent repositioning the Department of Training as a recognised trader in knowledge management, and in line with their new focus, they’ve taken some innovative steps to align people skills with the direction of the organisation. … Continue readingA New Direction in HR