Truly there is a Facebook group for everything. Including holders of special belief such as: An orgy with the Golden Girls would be awkward at first — but fun overall.
Politicians and Social Media: a catalogue of cluelessness
I’ll be in Perth on 27–28 October for PodCamp, the New Media Community UnConference, where I’m presenting a session on Social Media and the Federal Election.
While my first visit to Perth will be fun enough, I’m also enjoying researching my presentation. Australian politicians really don’t have a clue about this stuff.
Starting at the top of the food chain, John Howard’s MySpace profile is a disaster. The screenshot (right) records how it looked this morning — with a a broken rectangle obscuring part of the photo and adverts for the Labor party. Click for the full-size version.
MySpace is the world’s largest and best-known social media operation. Yet this profile doesn’t have anything to offer apart from a recycled media release. No blog entries. Not even any personal information beyond Howard’s age — reminding MySpace’s relatively youthful audience that he’s “old”.
How could John Howard’s personal profile not even mention cricket? If a profile contains even less information than we already know, why would we bother reading it? Why would we bother coming back?
At the other end of the spectrum — in more ways than one! — is Australian Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett.
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Hey, classy antlers, Doc!
The Snarky Platypus will appreciate this one, I’m sure. This is Royal Stags, a mixed media artwork from 2005 by Kate Rohde which is currently gracing the walls at Sydney’s Gallery 4a.
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Thanks for all the recent comments. I haven’t responded yet because I took most of today off work, recovering from “election overload” and hiding from the unnaturally hot weather. I will look at them all soon.
Glory Hole
Should I post this video? I mean, it’s called Glory Hole, but it’s not what you think.
Well, it is. But not quite.
Oh, bugger it. Decide for yourself.
Thanks to Alextremist for the pointer. I think. Now get back to your homework.
Why the porn filter don’t work, by the guy what did it
Tom Wood, the teenager who cracked the Australian government’s NetAlert porn filter in under an hour, has written a detailed analysis of the whole issue. Lotsa useful links at the bottom. Go, boy!