Internet democracy
Joseph on Jun 10th 2010
Provocative presentation from Brett Solomon, Campaign Director at Avaaz.org about Citizen Journalism and Democracy. Great stats, interesting and useful facts, and an intelligent view, based on fact, not rhetoric. Covers several different issues in one sweep in 14 minutes. well done!
Corporate Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Joseph on May 18th 2010
Tuesday June 1st is Corporate Tuesday, according to my chums at the Inspire Foundation. So in order to convince you to part with your lovely waterproof Australian money, I will be wearing a suit for the day. If you already wear a suit to work you will be aware of Dress Down Fridays, where the [...]
Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks
Joseph on May 12th 2010
I bet this is not what you thought I’d be posting about Social Networks, here, namely as it is not about digital Social Networks but physical and tangible ones. These people actually touch each other.
NIDA Teaching Session
Joseph on Aug 11th 2009
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To the moon, and beyond
Joseph on Jul 20th 2009
People of my age remember watching men walk on the moon, on our television sets, when we were young kids. I have no doubt, it shaped us profoundly and irrefutably. Practically, in the way we viewed the world & humanity, and spiritually, in how we saw our fragile breed, riding this blue marble. in the [...]
Social Media, what does it mean to you?
Joseph on Jul 7th 2009
A Social Media Consultant, a PR consultant, two agency specialists and a client walk into a bar….. Sounds like an 50′s style joke doesn’t it? At Social Media Club Sydney two a few weeks ago (I know, I am soooo slack! I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now) the talk was [...]
If you have to blame someone, why not Drew’s cancer?
Joseph on Jun 11th 2009
Just a short note today to talk about Drew’s Cancer. ( I know, not a good plan to start a blog with an external link, but bear with me. All these links will open in a new browser window, if that’s any consolation.) A few weeks ago Drew Olanoff was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. You [...]
Put a door on it – stop pissing away the environment
Joseph on May 31st 2009
Am I the only one who seems to get upset at the massive open-air refrigerators in grocery stores? My local council introduced a scheme to reduce the use of plastic bags, called “bagbusters” in the neighbourhood, for obvious reasons, and you can read the press release by downloading the PDF from their site. But to [...]
The train-chasing shuffle
Joseph on Mar 24th 2009
We’re not individuals all of the time; we’re occasionally herd animals, sometimes like flotsam sometimes like wheat, and yes, occasionally the lone wolf. I’ve been noticing how people behave when a train’s approaching. Ok, it is usually during rush hour, with that 8am grogginess or 6pm urgency that I notice this, but it’s a valid [...]
