Writing

Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.

G’Day World #317 – Jeremy Toeman, Geeks Doing Good Mar 2008

Jeremy Toeman is an expert in digital media and consumer technology. Over the past ten years he has designed, built, and marketed numerous award-winning products in the “convergence”…

Google Calendar Syncs With Outlook – FINALLY Mar 2008

Google *finally* has sorted out the problem of keeping your Outlook or Pocket Outlook calendar in synch with your Google Calendar. Even though I’ve been doing this for…

Ewan Spence reporting for TPN from SXSW Mar 2008

Once again, TPN’s fearless VP of Stuff, Ewan Spence, has caught the big white bird from his home in Edinburgh to Austin Texas for South By Southwest. Catch…

The Biography Show #002 – King Hammurabi of Babylon Mar 2008

I know I haven’t put up a G’Day World episode for a couple of weeks – had a few things fall through – but I did a new…

Canadian TV Won’t Run Some Ads Mar 2008

Kalle Lasn’s Adbusters company has again been suing media companies who refuse to carry Adbuster’s TV commercials which attacks big corporate greed or consumerist behaviour. This time they…

On Humility Mar 2008

I was talking with some people tonight about humility. Most people probably wouldn’t consider me a humble person. It depends, however, on your definition of humility. As with…

There are no sides. Mar 2008

I watched an average 2007 film SHOOTER tonight on DVD. Marky Mark’s always pretty good, playing that tough guy with a heart of gold character. Some interesting stuff…

What I’d Buy If I Had A Spare $26,000 Mar 2008

I’m half-way through reading TROPIC OF CANCER at the moment and it’s a whirlwind, a great big slice of stinky French brie bought in a street market in…

Media Bias Against Cuba Mar 2008

Marcelo pointed me to this excellent article by Toni Solo, based in Central America, which highlights the bias in the reporting about Cuba in the UK and US…

Reading Warren Ellis’ blog Mar 2008

If you haven’t read / aren’t reading Warren Ellis’ work, then you are seriously missing out on one of the most exciting things happening in media (for my…