Writing

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

QLD Coal Makes Half the World’s Steel Mar 2017

Kind of embarrassing, but until recently I had no idea how much of the world’s economy is based on coal from QLD. For example – Queensland exports half the world’s…

Inventing The Messiah Feb 2017

My latest project is a secular (non-religious) documentary about the history behind Jesus and early Christianity. We’re going to interview a range of biblical scholars and academics to…

How To Make Money From Podcasting Oct 2016

I just published a small book about my experience in podcasting and how my new business model works. Over the last 12 years I’ve tried different ways to…

Ten Enduring Lessons from the Challenger Explosion Sep 2016

I recently co-wrote the first blog post / newsletter for my client Enable Advisory. They are a boutique consulting firm made up of senior executives from the coal…

My Hazel Rules Jun 2016

I’ve been listening to a recent episode of Mac Power Users dedicated to Hazel. I fucking LOVE Hazel and it’s one of those tools that I love to tinker with…

Corporate Lobbying Pays Off May 2016

A study by the Sunlight Foundation found that, between 2007 and 2012, 200 of America’s most politically active corporations spent a combined $5.8 billion on federal lobbying and…

Using Alfred to search inside Dropbox Feb 2016

Since I bought my latest 13″ Macbook Pro with the minuscule on-board flash storage, I’ve had to build systems to offload large and/or old files onto external storage. But…

Generating Profit Through Podcasting Oct 2015

A few weeks ago I took part in “International Podcast Day” and spent an hour talking live about my approach to making money with podcasting. You can listen to…

You Have To Love Moore’s Law Jul 2015

I was just scrolling through some old posts of mine and found this one from 2008 where I talk about the fastest supercomputer in the world at that…

Setting Google to Return Recent Search Results by Default Jun 2015

I’m often only interested in the search results that are fairly recent – for example, if I’m looking for “great apps for iphone”, I don’t want results from…