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• So how should I cover Budget 2013?

  14 May 2013 in Internet, Media, Politics

  I’ve commented on Australia’s federal Budget for Crikey every May since Labor took power in 2007. This year will be no exception — but how will I top last year’s rant? Why do politicians and their groupies always go on about the budget “sending a message”? Can’t they just use Twitter, email and the phone [...]

• Weekly Wrap 153: Dumb tribalism and a long flight

  13 May 2013 in Weekly Wrap

  My week Monday 6 to Sunday 12 May 2013 is technically still continuing, because as I write this it’s the start of a beautiful Sunday morning in San Francisco — and I’ve got the day to myself. But it’s already well after midnight Sunday night in Australia, so here we are. Articles You’ll love the [...]

• Choosing my next media directions: you’re doing it, OK?

  05 May 2013 in Business, Media, Personal, Stilgherrian Live, The 9pm Edict, Weekly Poll

  Look, I’ve been thinking about this stuff all week and I can’t decide. So over to you. Scroll down for a Proper Scientific Poll on the Internet! What media stuff would you like me to do? I last wrote about this in January, in Five questions and no answers about my media work. Read that [...]

• Weekly Wrap 152: LulzSec, Optus, radio and thinking stuff

  05 May 2013 in Weekly Wrap

  My week Monday 29 April to Sunday 5 May 2013 began gently, with planning and washing and other chores, and just two articles to write. But by Wednesday night I’d also done four radio spots, washed an infinite number of towels, and eaten most of a sheep. Or so it felt. Then Thursday was full [...]

• Talking LulzSec and hacktivism on Triple J’s “Hack”

  04 May 2013 in Conversations, Internet, Media, Politics

  On Tuesday, Triple J’s current affairs program Hack decided to take a look at hacktivism more generally in the wake of Matthew Flannery’s arrest — and boy was it a shemozzle! I was interviewed for half an hour or more. Also interviewed were independent journalist and “chaos magnet” Asher Wolf, and Nigel Phair from the [...]