by cameron | Mar 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Rushing around this morning, driving my kids to piano practice. In a hurry, so the ubiquitous iPod wasn’t jacked into the car stereo. Instead I turned on the radio for the five minute trip to piano.
After a minute, Hunter (age 7) asks me from the back seat “Hey Dad – where’s your iPod?” I explain it’s in my bag, I haven’t bothered to plug it in.
“But where’s the music coming from?” he asks.
“The radio,” I explain.
“Is that like TV?” asks his brother Taylor (also age 7).
I look at their faces in the rearview mirror and realize they have no idea what radio is. They have never heard me listen to radio. They are amazed that music is playing without the iPod plugged in.
If you have any shares in Austereo – welcome to your future marketplace. It doesn’t even know you exist.
by cameron | Feb 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Was @rambn the first person to twitter about today’s UK earthquake?
by cameron | Feb 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
I was scanning my Bopo Visa card statement this morning and I noticed they charge a 25 cent fee every time I use the card and a $1.00 fee every time I top up the card with funds (it’s essentially a debit card). I’m no expert on bank fees, but does this seem excessive to you? I’m not sure if it’s just that i’m seeing the fees broken out individually for every transaction instead of seeing them aggregated as a single monthly line item and that’s grating on me or if they really are excessive. Thoughts?
by cameron | Feb 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
This is absolutely the BEST summary of why Twitter works that I’ve read. Of course, it’s by Howard Rheingold, the guy who brought us “Smart Mobs” and who introduced me to the online world when I read his book “The Virtual Community” back in 1993.
We were fortunate enough to have Howard as a very early guest on <a href="http://http://noillusionspodcast.com/2005/03/18/on-the-pod-with-howard-rheingold/">G'Day World, way back in March 2005.
Here are just a couple of Howard’s reasons why Twitter works, but read the full article for the rest of the story.
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Variety — political or technical argument, gossip, technical info, news flashes, poetry, social arrangements, classrooms, repartee, scholarly references
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Reciprocity — people give and ask freely for information they need (this doesn’t necessarily scale or last forever, but right now it’s possible to tune your list — and to contribute to it — to include a high degree of reciprocation)
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A channel to multiple publics — I’m a communicator and have a following that I want to grow and feed. I can get the word out about a new book or vlog post in seconds — and each of the 1300 people who follow me might also feed my memes to their own networks. I used to just paint. Now I document my painting at each stage of the process, upload pix to flickr or flicks to blip.tv, then drop a tinyurl into Twitter. Who needs a gallery or a distributor?
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by cameron | Feb 26, 2008 | Podcast
“THE DESERTER” is an ambitious novel by Peter Bourne. It explores the tensions between Israel and Palestine through the relationship of an Israeli doctor, who has been in England for 20 years after a fight with his father, and his siblings, when he returns home to Jerusalem for his father’s funeral. I really enjoyed the way Peter used the story between the family to explore the many facets of the Israel-Palestine conflict. I recommend the book, especially if you don’t know much about the situation over there and you are looking for an accessible entry point into becoming familiar with the issues.
The song today is “Hasta Siempre Comandante Che Guevara” by Carlos Puebla.
by cameron | Feb 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
I had to go all the way to Edinburgh’s Sunday Herald to find one. A good article by Joanna Blythman on Castro’s retirement.
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Let’s keep the faith with Fidel
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by cameron | Feb 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
Made with http://tweetstats.com/graphs. Looks like I peaked in September for some reason.
by cameron | Feb 23, 2008 | Melbourne, Uncategorized
I went to the Rose Street Artist Market in Fitzroy for the first time today (well apart from attending the annual graffiti art exhibitions held there) and I thought it was totally brilliant. I’m so sick of going to so-called ‘markets’ in melbourne and seeing the same old shit everywhere. Everything in Rose St looks like a one-off original piece of art. It’s kind of like a real-life Etsy. I picked up some clothes and this little leather pouch. At the time I didn’t know what I’d do with it, I just liked it. When I got back to the car I decided it was the perfect size for my touch and headphones. I’d rather this than something off-the-shelf at my local Apple store.
Also got ready today for the big Reilly garage sale tomorrow. If you’re in Melbourne, and you envy my CD collection (1500 cds of the finest music EVAH), then come to 297 Ballarat St Yarraville around 10am.
by cameron | Feb 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Cleaning up my office for the move. Here are the mobile computing gadgets I’ve had since 98. I never know what to do with the old ones. Save ’em? Chuck ’em? Sell ’em? Give ’em away? Any suggestions?
by cameron | Feb 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Classic situation for Chris Saad. Read his blog below. Anyone want to help him design a new logo? While you’re at it, I’m still looking for a LOTU logo. I’m thinking I might copy someone’s logo, try to get a C&D myself. Looks like it’s a good way to get free publicity.
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While the claim is arguable, we have decided that rather than dispute the issue, we would take the advice of community members to hold a Logo Competition to replace the current logo with a new one.
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