Writing

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

GDAY WORLD #204 – Dr Peter Ellyard, Futurist Feb 2007

Dr Peter Ellyard is a Melbourne-based futurist, strategist, author and Chairman of the Preferred Futures Institute. He has worked for the United Nations, various international governments and NGOs,…

The Brian Flemming Who Wasn’t There Feb 2007

I’m sitting here waiting for filmmaker Brian Flemming, creator of “The God Who Wasn’t There” to turn up for our interview. I don’t think he got my email…

Britney Spears Shaves Head To Raise $1million for Leukemia? Feb 2007

When I read Miriam’s post about shaving her head for leukemia, it dawned on me – Britney hasn’t gone mad – she’s just a sweet, down-home country girl…

Chris Anderson Gets It – Even If You Don’t Feb 2007

People love bandwagons. One of the popular memes at the moment, re-invigorated by some bloke called Rich Skrenta, the CEO of Topix.net, is about “The Failure of We…

GDAY WORLD #203 – Fabian Frei’s Thesis on Podcasting Feb 2007

I got an email a couple of days ago from Fabian Frei, a student at The University of St Gallen in Switzerland, who is writing his master’s thesis…

TPN Gets A Birthday Present From Apple Feb 2007

itunes UK featured providers Originally uploaded by cameronreilly. The VERY fine folks at Apple (you know who you are) provided TPN with a WONDERFUL 2nd birthday present today…

Would Jesus Be A Christian? Feb 2007

An interesting post on Andrew Sullivan’s blog recently from one of his readers who says: I am an atheist (who was once a Christian) and wanted to comment…

Re-booting Laugh Out Loud Feb 2007

Remember when radio made you laugh? I’m re-booting the Laugh Out Loud podcast to shamelessly exploit the rising amount of podsafe comedy appearing out there. Get yourself a…

Van Halen 2007 Feb 2007

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Ben Folds Embraces User Generated Content Feb 2007

I remember going to see a Ben Folds gig in Melbourne a couple of years ago (we go pretty much every time he visits, it’s always an awesome…