Writing

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

TPN gets some iTunes lovin’ Sep 2006
Melbourne’s Top Dogs Sep 2006

I’m in the planning stages for a series of interviews for G’Day World which will contain in-depth interviews with Melbourne’s leading business people. I want to know what…

Another IT Journo Goes Solo Sep 2006

Mary Jane Watson… sorry, I mean MARY JO FOLEY… has announced she is no longer writing for Microsoft Watch and is now going to be writing a blog…

GDAY WORLD!!! #153 – No More Mister Nice Guy! Sep 2006

Check out our new sponsors Wardy IT and Direct TV! Rich and Cam are back and we’ve decided it’s: NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY!! Uni Prof told to…

WWT gets interviewed on About.com Sep 2006

WWT, host of one of TPN’s top rating podcasts, The Cranky Middle Manager Show, has been interviewed in depth by John C Havens on About.com’s podcasting page. It’s…

TPN’s Microsoft Developer podcast re-launches…. finally! Sep 2006

Nick Randolph has taken over hosting TPN’s Microsoft Developer podcast. In his first episode, he’s talking with a bunch of experienced user group co-ordinators about the different .Net…

PayPal co-founder puts money into life extension research Sep 2006

From the Mprize press release today: Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of online payments system PayPal, Founder and Managing Member of Clarium Capital Management, a San…

Dave accidentally invents Virtual Psychotherapy Sep 2006

Dave the lifekludger can’t help himself. He *thinks* he’s been having an emotional breakdown. But what he was *really* doing was re-inventing an entire industry. I ended up…

Catching up with the other Daniel McPherson Sep 2006

Dan used to sit next to me at Microsoft Melbourne all those years ago. I remember when Dan bought this massive Creative mp3 player, I think it was…

It’s The Questions You Ask Sep 2006

One of the secrets I learned a few years ago was that it’s the questions you ask yourself in times of adversity that determine your paradigm. For example,…