by cameron | Nov 28, 2006 | Podcast
Here I was thinking we did the first show on November 29, 2004 and I just realized it was November 26!!! So I missed it. Happy 2nd Birthday to Australian podcasting! In celebration, I’ve thrown the very first show into the feed so you can all re-listen to it! For some of you it might be the first time!
Thanks to everyone who has supported and listened to the show over the last couple of years. It’s certainly changed my life and it’s opened up all sorts of new experiences and relationships for me. Hard to believe this has been TWO YEARS OF MY LIFE. Jesus. You don’t get that for trucking kickbacks to corrupt regimes.
WELCOME TO THE DAWN OF AUSSIE PODCASTING!
by cameron | Nov 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
I’ll be attending this little shindig in Sydney next week if anyone wants to catch up for a drink:
STIRR is a casual event for people who work in Internet start ups. It’s brought to you by the STIRR Network and our sponsors: Technology Venture Partners, Atlassian and Tangler. It’s a fun way to meet some new people and laugh about life online. Grab a drink, grab a fancy party pie and chat. This is our first one here, so there is a little bit of ‘how do you think it should go’ and a little bit of ‘let’s see how it goes’.
by cameron | Nov 28, 2006 | Culture Jamming, Melbourne, Video
On November 24 I went down to the Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne to capture some video of “Buy Nothing Day”.
Download for iPod / iTunes / Quicktime.
Watch as the protesters get harassed by street cleaners in the employ of THE MAN!
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Soundtrack is NEW MUSIC by the one and only PUBLIC ENEMY
from “Rebirth Of A Nation”
by Public Enemy Featuring Paris
Guerrilla Funk Recordings
by cameron | Nov 27, 2006 | Podcast
What do Borat, Global Warming, Milton Friedman and Bono have in common? They are all mentioned on today’s show!
Shane Williamson joins me again today to talk about:
the woman who kept her dead husband in the cupboard for three years
the death of Milton Friedman
the global warming controversy
Cranky Middle Manager interview with Michael Urlocker about disruptive paradigms
new AJAX start page – Original Signal
The Gary Oldman Nokia N93 ad
and then I finish with an interview I did earlier today with Emma Phillips who wants to work with Bono.
by cameron | Nov 27, 2006 | Uncategorized
UPDATE November 30, 2006: Arrrrghhhh! Bad news on these pens. They freakin LEAK. I opened one today, started writing in my Moleskine, and noticed my fingers were covered in blue ink! In the bin they go!
As I sit here this morning doing my GTD Weekly Review (before my Productivity Buddy Michael Specht emails me to tell me he’s done his), I am impressed with my new Moleskine (yes, I’m still doing the Moleskine thing and LOVING it… quite the obsession) pen – the BIC Grip Roller. I think I picked this one up at Officeworks last week and they are inexpensive, fat, nice grip and, most importantly for the Moleskine, they dry VERY fast. The other pens I’ve been using over the last couple of months tend to smudge and blur if I don’t leave the page open for a few minutes after writing. And as I’m usually scribbling down notes and then shutting the book, it ends up looking very messy indeed.
Did you know…
BIC was founded in France by Marcel Bich with Edouard Buffard in 1945. The two bought a factory and set up a business making parts for mechanical pencils and fountain pens. In December 1950, Marcel Bich introduced his own ballpoint pen, and named it the BIC. The ‘h’ from Bich was dropped in order to avoid a potentially inappropriate English pronunciation of the name. Although the pens weren’t entirely new (Bich obtained patent rights from Hungarian inventor, László BÃró), the process of manufacturing was. An inexpensive, and at the same time reliable, ballpoint pen was introduced to the world. In early September 2005, BIC announced that it had sold its 100 billionth disposable ballpoint pen, making it the world’s best-selling pen.
– Wikipedia
