Writing

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

The Difference Between Speculation and Faith Feb 2007

Over the last few weeks I’ve had a number of people, in the comments section and in emails, suggest that science also involves an element of faith and,…

Molly Wins a $50 Amazon Voucher Feb 2007

I’m pleased (kind of) to announce that Molly Malone of Mollyzine.com has won the $50 Amazon voucher for my competition around promoting G’Day World on your blog. Congratulations…

Telstra CEO: “Google Schmoogle” Feb 2007

ROFL! Mark made the brilliant observation on the recent Sensis post that Telstra’s American CEO, Sol Trujillo, in a November 2005 article on the ABC said: SOL TRUJILLO:…

G’DAY WORLD 194 – Brian Watson, Investment Banker Jan 2007

Today, in the next episode of my “Melbourne’s Leaders” series, my guest is Mr Brian Watson. Brian is the founder and Executive Chairman of Georgica Associates Pty Ltd,…

Father Bob Shuts Me Down Jan 2007

I caught up with my favourite Catholic, Father Bob Maguire, for a chat on Monday and attempted to engage him on some of the subjects I’ve been discussing…

Happy Australia Day? Jan 2007

Scienta’s post on why not everyone in Australia likes to celebrate the coming of the Europeans reminded me of a podcast I listened to this morning in a…

Subscribe to G’Day World via email Jan 2007

When I was with the Tangler boys last week, I asked them for suggestions on what they would like to see us do to make podcasting easier for…

Sensis and Yellow Pages in free fall? Jan 2007

Meg has this interesting post on the decline of Sensis and Yellow Pages. Check out their Alexa graphs. I wonder where their online customers are going? I was…

G’DAY WORLD 193 – On Scientology. Jan 2007

I was listening today to an episode of The Infidel Guy’s show and he was interviewing a bloke by the name of Dan Garvin. Dan Garvin was a…

Science v Faith – the poll Jan 2007

I’ve set up a new forum for the ongoing discussion of science versus faith. As the first post, I’ve thrown up a poll based on Dawkins’ probability scale…