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• Weekly Wrap 12

  28 August 2010 in Internet, Politics

  A weekly summary of what I’ve been doing elsewhere on the internets. Not so much media work this week, but what I did do related to the hung parliament and the importance of broadband to the independent MPs who hold the balance of power. Articles Parliament hangs on a broadband fibre for Crikey, which explains [...]

• Weekly Wrap 10 and 11

  21 August 2010 in Internet, Media, Politics

  A weekly summary of what I’ve been doing elsewhere on the internets. Well, a fortnightly summary today, because I forgot to do a post like this last week. Sigh. Actually, a lot of this relates to the federal election here in Australia, so you’d better digest it all now before you vote today. Hurry up! [...]

• TechLines: Email is dead, what next?

  20 August 2010 in Business, Human Nature, Internet

  Has email reached its use-by date as a business tool? If so, what next? That topic was explored in the combined ZDNet Australia / Lifehacker Australia TechLines webcast last week. Here’s the 66-minute end product. If the embedded video doesn’t work, try over here. Panellists were anthropologist Genevieve Bell, Intel Fellow at Intel Labs; Alistair [...]

• Talking Twitter and the election on Syn Radio

  14 August 2010 in Conversations, Internet, Politics

  I’ve just been chatting about Twitter and other internet issues during the Australian Federal Election 2010 with Melbourne’s Syn Media, which broadcasts on 90.7 FM. And here’s a podcast. I was interviewed by Tamsyn Byrne and Emma Buckley Lennox for the “Below the Line” election program. This recording is missing the final few seconds of [...]

• Jetstar, Powderfinger to exploit fan’s enthusiasm

  14 August 2010 in Internet, Marketing, Music

  Australian airline Jetstar and the managers of rock band Powderfinger seem to think that waving the magic word “social media” means free labour. Exploitative cunts. As mUmBRELLA reported: Jetstar is continuing its drive into social media, funding an official blogger on Powderfinger’s farewell tour which is sponsored by the budget airline. According to Jetstar: “Over [...]