STOP the Great Firewall of Australia

if you have been tracking the news today the australian government is attempting to subvert the freedom by which australians are able to choose what information they consume on the internet.
to make matters worse, they have brought pressure to bear on a critic of this move.
mark newton, a network engineer for isp, internode, wrote a [...]

busted by facebook: kyle doyle and the sickie

so i originally posted the full name and details of everyone involved, but now that sick boy has taken down his public facebook page, i think it only nice to anonymise.
the interesting thing about this, besides the obvious lesson, is if there are only two people involved in this exchange, how did this email go [...]

bad apple. bad apple. bad apple

i must say i am really disappointed in the new “i’m a pc” tvc by apple. i think the hubris has set in at one infinte loop.
apple you were original once. resorting to vista bashing again? how much do you spend on advertising? how many time did you use the word “beautiful” mr jobs to [...]

funny photo depicting apple’s market share

your man here is no apple zealot (or pc zealot for that matter) but this image is particularly powerful and particularly funny. i don’t know whether to think “wow” or “what a bunch of unoriginal clones”.

social media case study: drupal.org-part i

few posts ago i wrote about my experiences tweeting about drupal and then having the drupal redesign guys start to follow my tweets.
well, i was immensely impressed with the proactiveness of this approach and i reached out to the team to find out more about the project.
for those of you who don’t already know, [...]

should i have one blog or multiple blogs?

is it better to have one blog where you write about anything and everything or have multiple blogs that are more specfic to different interest areas?
for example, this blog i talk primarily about pr and social media.
however, i am interested in many things. i am still a technologist to a large extent and would love [...]

don’t mess with the press – letterman vs mccain

one of the blogs i have been following of late, is operated by singapore blogger dk.
his posting today, on mccain cancelling an appearance on letterman at the last minute is amusing and raises an interesting point.
letterman gives mccain a ten minute bashing in return.
dk makes a valid point, in the social media landscape, can organisations [...]

social media: do we need editors? – follow up – jobs has heart attack

“steve jobs has heart attack”
a timely illustration of one of the reasons why we might need editors or we need to start educating people to be much more discerning when they read news.

the nigerians are alive and well on ted.com

if you haven’t discovered ted.com yet, it’s worth a checkout. there are some super brilliant people talking about their trades and passions which i find inspiring and a great source of ideas.
weird thing is though, the day i signed up i started getting emails from nigerians scammers. well, i don’t know that they’re actually from [...]

social media: do we need editors?

i am very anti-censorship but i read an article in today’s sydney morning herald that led to a stream of thoughts.
for the most part, journalists are an ethical bunch and adhere to a code. where the areas are grey, an editor steps in and ensures that stories are truthful and conducted in a manner fitting [...]