The 4th July – The Day A Corporation Bought A Country

by | Jul 5, 2007 | Uncategorized

I was reading Chris Brogan’s 4th of July inspirational post (nice work btw Chris) and it reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to talk about on the show for sometime.

It’s my understanding that American “Independence” was mostly about the British East India Company deciding to buy itself a country to escape the pressures of regulation in England. It’s a little understood fact that for the first 12 months of US “independence”, the American flag was actually the BEIC flag. Check out this article. So the 4th of July is really about celebrating that moment when a corporation (one of the world’s first corporations) actually managed to buy itself a whole country to call it’s very own.

If you haven’t read much about the East India Company, I highly recommend it. It’s a fascinating tale. It was their products that were involved in the Boston Tea Party (they had a monopoly on selling tea to American) and there have been suggestions over the years that the EIC was involved in deliberately starting the whole debacle in order to escalate tensions.

G’Day World in MX

by | Jul 5, 2007 | Uncategorized




G’Day World in MX

Originally uploaded by cameronreilly

Thanks to Daniel Bowen for scanning it and for CathyE to mentioning I was in it! There’s another benefit of Twitter! Oh and thanks to whomever it was at MX who gave me the plug. You know you’ve made it when you’re in MX. All those people riding home on trains, looking for the latest news on Paris Hilton… I’m sure I’ll convert all of them to the goodness of G’Day World. Pretty awesome to be on the same page as the Nick Cave and Xzibit!

Three makes me wait another three weeks

by | Jul 3, 2007 | Uncategorized

So you remember I dropped my DOPOD 838 Pro off to Three a month ago for repairs? Well at the time they told me it would take four weeks. So I rang them today, only to be told it is going to be another FOUR WEEKS. Now – as annoying as it is to be going without my phone for nearly two months, the other issue is this – as I bought the phone on a plan, I’m PAYING for it every month. But I don’t have it. Their bullshit slow repair cycle means I’m paying for a phone I’m not using, not getting the business benefit out of it. What do you think? Do I have grounds to ask them to drop my monthly charges?

MODM 3 – this Thursday

by | Jul 2, 2007 | Melbourne, Uncategorized

If you’re in Melbourne and you haven’t registered for MODM 3 yet, please do so! We had a great time at MODM 2 (or at least I did anyway) and I’m looking forward to catching up with everyone again this week to talk about digital mobile content. So Pownce on me, Twitter me senseless and hit me in the Facebook if you want to, but make sure you register.