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• The 9pm Shut Up It’s Called Logic

  05 March 2015 in The 9pm Edict

  Australia has chosen its face for Eurovision 2015, and it needs a shave. Christopher Pyne explains science. And Malcolm Turnbull explains reality. In this podcast, there’s talk of logic, leadership, public relations, science and Florida. Obviously. You can listen to the podcast below. But if you want all of the episodes, now and in the […]

• Talking Airpnp and sharing economy on ABC 105.7 Darwin

  05 March 2015 in Business, Conversations, Human Nature, Internet, Media

  It’s not every day that I end up talking about my experiences in Thai urinals on live radio, but that’s exactly what I did today. It’s all down to Vicki Kerrigan. Kerrigan is the drive-time presenter on ABC 105.7 Darwin, and a story about Airpnp caught her eye — or that of her producer. No, […]

• Weekly Wrap 247: Attacked by car, leech, and diarrhoea

  01 March 2015 in Weekly Wrap

  My week of Monday 23 February to Sunday 1 March 2015 began with fatigue and ended with drama, and then more fatigue. The fatigue was inevitable, given that last weekend saw the production of two podcasts, as well as the first day of Tech Leaders Forum, which continued into Monday. What I wasn’t expecting was […]

• Talking Gemalto’s response to ‘hack’ on ABC Radio’s AM

  26 February 2015 in Conversations, Defence, Internet, Media, Politics, Privacy

  So SIM card manufacturer Gemalto has responded to the claims that America’s NSA and Britain’s GCHQ had hacked their network in 2010 and 2011 and stolen SIM card encryption keys. I spoke about that response on ABC Radio’s AM this morning. You can read Gemalto’s full press statement, but The Wall Street Journal has a […]

• Talking SIM cards, spooks and hacks on 1395 FIVEaa

  25 February 2015 in Conversations, Defence, Internet, Media, Politics, Privacy

  Third time’s the charm, right? My third radio spot on The Great SIM Heist was for 1395 FIVEaa in Adelaide on Wednesday afternoon. Again, I won’t repeat the background, because it’s all in my first post on the subject. But I will say that this is the most detailed conversation about it so far, because […]