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03 May 202004 May 2020

Weekly Wrap 518: COVIDSafe, cybers, and a lot of wind

Last Sunday the Australian government launched its COVIDSafe contact tracing app, and my week of Monday 26 April to Sunday 3 May 2020 contained a lot talking about it — for which I’m not paid of course. However my writing for ZDNet was about longer-term issues of national cyber resilience and diplomacy. Mostly.

26 April 202030 April 2020

Weekly Wrap 517: Learning to endure the lockdown

My week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 April 2020 revealed to me how the COVID-19 lockdown is making depression more likely — but also how a long walk in the sun can help with that. And Australia’s COVID-19 contact tracing app became a hot topic.

19 April 202030 April 2020

Weekly Wrap 516: Even the cockatoos are suffering during the COVID-19 lockdown

My week of Monday 13 to Sunday 19 April 2020 saw me write the first proper article in nearly a month. It’s an amazing change. And the weekly podcasts continue. Is this a new pattern?

12 April 202018 April 2020

Weekly Wrap 515: More isolation into and across Easter

Auburn Gallipoli Mosque in Auburn, Sydney, photographed in the late afternoon from a moving train.

Monday 6 to Sunday 12 April 2020 was another week of isolation, but it seems that I’m starting to settle into a new pattern. Is this good? Or bad?

05 April 202009 April 2020

Weekly Wrap 514: The coronavirus lockdown takes hold personally

My week of Monday 30 March to Sunday 5 April 2020 was a psychological transition, really, from the Beforetimes to the Quarantimes. The only productive thing I accomplished was a podcast, but I think it’s a good podcast. Oh, and the Serbia thing.