Writing

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

GDAY WORLD 197 – Climate Change, Fake Bombs, and Comments Feb 2007

John Howard *still* doesn’t want to do anything about climate change. The Cartoon Network pays $2 million in fines in the cheapest ad buy this year. And I…

Eric Rice takes over TPN Rock Feb 2007

But only for the day. If you haven’t been listening to TPN Rock recently, you should check it out. Ewan had this great idea to bring guest hosts…

Ted Haggard: “There’s a lot about blood.” Feb 2007

Andrew Sullivan recently linked to this 2005 article about now-defunct American Pastor Ted Haggard. This quote from him lends weight to my recent arguments that Christianity is incredibly…

A Sneaky Way to Bring AllTunes Back To Life? Feb 2007

Missing AllTunes? I am. I miss it like a lost limb. However, someone called Scottitude in the comments section of my old blog just posted this: If you’re…

GDAY WORLD 196 – Chris Saad on Media 2.0 Feb 2007

Chris Saad is one of the whizkid whippersnappers behind Brisbane-based start-up Touchstone. He’s also one of the founders of the new Media 2.0 Workgroup which (according to their…

Melbourne Readers Only – Tune In to Jon Faine ABC 774 Wed Feb 7 10am Feb 2007

James Farmer and I will be debating the future of citizen media on Jon Faine’s top rating ABC radio show this WEDNESDAY morning. James used to be a…

Tips for Self-Motivation Feb 2007

Michael Specht is my Productivity Buddy ™. If you don’t have a Productivity Buddy yet, I highly recommend it. It’s one of my better ideas. Basically Michael and…

Interview with comic book artist Mark Sparacio Feb 2007

Brian Shearer has a great interview with comic book artist Mark Sparacio over on TPN’s new Comic Review Weekly podcast. I didn’t know Sparacio by name but he’s…

Blacklisted by my own blog Feb 2007

Believe or not kids, I can’t even comment on my own blog today. I’ve been blacklisted by Akismet!

G’DAY WORLD 195 – Theo Tsiamis, dLook Feb 2007

Recently I discovered an Aussie start-up taking on the big boys in the area of local search – the online business directory dLook. Started in April 2006 by…