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What this election lacks

Joseph on Jul 25th 2010

This is one of my favourite scenes from one of the ten top films of all time. Fantastic story, brilliant script and a cast that grits and grumbles through a film that will leave you drained. There’s no high-speed fight scenes, no time/space/body-shifting heroes, no fantasy land; but since 1976, Network feels as modern a [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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community and coding fun at WordCamp Australia, day 2

Joseph on Nov 30th 2008

WordCamp Australia day2 After a great day at Word Camp Australia, my personal highlight of day two was definitely Harley Alexander of Baffle! inc who gave a fun and entertaining presentation on a simple but complex (yes, I just wrote that!) concept, WP_Query versus Query_posts. The great thing for me was that he is 15, [...]

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The Tribe at WordCamp Australia

Joseph on Nov 29th 2008

WordCamp Australia, Day 1 Only about 75 people here, in a small hangar like cavern, quite appropriately called the big red box in canal street, Sydney. (Sorry, gotta complete my wordpress upgrade before I add the images!) On the bus home, hired macbook on my lap (don’t get me started on how my MacBookPro died [...]

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barCampSydney4, fragrantly remarkable day at U of NSW

Joseph on Nov 15th 2008

Sydney is one of those cities that carries its own perfume, one you get a whiff of from open bus windows, moments stuck in traffic jams, or just walking down the street. It is the unmistakeable scent of gum trees, the eucalypt sweet-citrus that is as much a part of the city as the Harbour [...]

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Movember is moustache month

Joseph on Nov 2nd 2008

During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’m growing a Mo. That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about tackling men’s health issues and being proactive in the fight against men’s depression and prostate cancer. For those non-antipodeans among you, a Mo’ is a moustache, ‘tash, lip-warmer, soup-filter, abomination, etc! I [...]

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My First STUB

Joseph on Oct 30th 2008

Had a lovely social in The Beresford Hotel in Sydney Wed night, thanks to a tip-off from the lads at Happener, with some charming ad interesting bods. I really love this friendly city and the open warm connections it is possible to make here. Anyway, the group is called a STUB, is for Sydney twitterers [...]

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Act in haste, repent at leisure

Joseph on Jun 24th 2008

I just found out first-hand what that means. I posted a comment to an article on a popular UK newspaper’s website. (Don’t ask – I’m not tellin’!). The thing is, I empathised what the writer was writing about in broad terms, and, as a good leftie, wanted to add my un-expert three pence worth. So [...]

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