I have to thank Merlin Mann for this. If you don’t know his blog 43 Folders, check it out. I stumbled on this little 3 minute treasure quite by accident, thanks to being a Merlin devotee. Over the past few years, he has sent me off on small quests that have enriched my thinking on
Continue reading ...And so off I went today to see Australia Baz Luhrmann’s epic, epic movie about … OK, no spoilers here, but can I just say spearing, crocodiles, the bombing of Darwin, cattle stampedes, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, romance … the attraction of opposites, dyed-in-the-wool villains, redemption, the stolen generations, a wonderful young actor Brandon Walters,
Continue reading ...Right now I’m enjoying Malcolm Gladwell‘s new book Outliers: the story of success. Gladwell of Tipping Point and Blink fame is a writer whose theories always excite me. The conclusions he comes to are compelling, not only because his research is meticulous, but also because of the way he crafts the outcomes of his work.
Continue reading ...Perhaps it’s only me, but has anyone else noticed the sudden ‘arrival’ of Twitter as the mainstage social media player in the past week or so? It’s a must-have app it seems. There has been a flurry of activity and chatter which has included the creation of a niche blog called TwiTip. Problogger Darren Rowse,
Continue reading ...The jacaranda trees are starting to go off after a month or more of blooming their lovely hearts out. That means end of year uni exams are over, but it also signals the start of audition season here in Queensland, and indeed, all over the country. As I write, hopefuls are being coached and lining
Continue reading ...I normally do not cross-post from one blog to another. However this one may well be of interest to readers of this blog. In its original context on my other blog Expressive Plus, the post focusses on presentation skills. Here, it highlights one of the side-effects of the proliferation of social media … the growing
Continue reading ...Here’s a little keeper video, a collage of Seesmic users on election day in the US. There’s comment and reaction from others around the world. Nice job from the editorial team. PS I make a fleeting appearance. Spot me if you can. Seesmix: November 6th 2008
Continue reading ...The last couple of posts on this blog have been stimulated by the scope and very public use of social media as tools during the US Presidential election campaign. This morning I shared some discussion on Seesmic with two contacts, one in the US, one in the UK. We chatted about the way the BBC
Continue reading ...I wrote earlier today As to what’s happening on the ground, we’ve seen the broadcast media folks on television, but a lot of the reporting is using file content that’s hours old … how dull! Enter the ordinary person equipped with a mobile phone and a bit of software … and the reporting landscape changes
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