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• Talking Twitter for idea-generation on ABC Local Radio

  26 May 2012 in Conversations, Human Nature, Internet, Media

  I must admit, this one threw me a bit. Last Sunday ABC Radio presenter James O’Loughlin wanted to know whether he should start using Twitter because “having to tweet” might help him generate ideas. I thought he was looking at Twitter from the wrong angle. If he used Twitter it’s not that he had to [...]

• iSpy: Talking total surveillance at Sydney Writers’ Festival

  26 May 2012 in Conversations, Internet, Marketing, Personal, Politics, Privacy

  Here’s the complete audio recording of last weekend’s panel discussion iSpy at the Sydney Writer’s Festival with Tommy Tudehope, me and moderator Marc Fennell. Even before Google controversially demolished the privacy walls between its various products, we were already living in the total surveillance society. With every keystroke we are voluntarily telling companies, governments and [...]

• Transcript: Hacking and irrational actors in Redfern

  26 May 2012 in Conversations, Internet, Politics

  Back in February I spoke at the “Freedom of Information? panel held in Redfern by Recordkeeping Roundtable. I’ve previously posted the audio of my contribution. Here’s a transcript. Recordkeeping Roundtable’s website has the raw transcript as supplied, but I’ve decided to edit it up a little to make it more readable. Enjoy.

• Weekly Wrap 102: Infosec and interference

  21 May 2012 in Weekly Wrap

  My week from Monday 14 to Sunday 20 May 2012 was mostly about the AusCERT information security conference and a blur of returning pain thanks to my dodgy shoulder. As I finish compiling this post, I’ve still got lots of AusCERT material to produce and Monday looks like being intense. So let’s just list everything [...]

• Video: 5 Conference Tips for PR Professionals

  19 May 2012 in Business, Internet, Marketing

  On the way back from the AusCERT 2012 information security conference this afternoon I found myself stranded at Gold Coast airport for a couple hours, exhausted. What better, then, than an impromptu video explaining how public relations operatives can improve the way they interact with journalists at these events. This video was shot with a [...]