Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
My week of Monday 27 December 2021 to Sunday 2 January 2022 was a very lazy one, although I did produce a podcast. I also received some exotic goods, difficult to obtain in Australia. But I was so lazy I didn’t even post this Weekly Wrap until Monday. How lazy is that!
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 605: A lazy New Year with exotic goods from afar”
At last 2021 is coming to a close, so in this episode I look back at this shambles of a year, and maybe generate some hope for 2022. I’ll call this the first episode of the summer series, for obscure but sensible reasons which I won’t explain.
Continue reading “The 9pm Triple Boxing Day Landfill of Lamentations”
My week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 December 2021 was spent in Ashfield in Sydney, and it was remarkably unproductive. As I explained last week, it was the final few days before Christmas, and everyone had pretty much given up anyway. But do read on.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 604: Halfway to a new and potentially better year, or a worse one”
The Australian government made many changes to the regulation of the online world during 2021. They were the subject earlier this month when I was a guest on the new podcast Talking Tech Policy from the new Tech Policy Design Centre at the Australian National University.
Continue reading “The 9pm Extra: Talking Tech Policy episode 2, “Replumbing Power””
My week of Monday 13 to Sunday 19 December 2021 ended with me realising something: the holiday season is upon is and I should stop worrying about getting things done. Because no one else is. I can’t be fucked posting this Weekly Wrap on Sunday night, I thought, because I’m enjoying my conversation with friends. So here we are, on Monday.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 603: Birds, a beetle, crowdfunding, and a CBF epiphany”
If you’re a “content creator” of any kind — writer, artist, whatever — then there’s something important you need to remember. The major platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and so on have no real obligation to preserve your content.
Continue reading “Talking platforms and losing your content on ABC Brisbane”