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!
With so much news about social media in Australia right now, I thought I’d wrap up the winter series by speaking with Professor Axel Bruns from the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology.
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My week of Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2024 began in the cold with the need to sleep continuing, and ended with an excellent fish — which is part of why this is only being posted on Monday. That and the wine. There was also a fun podcast about cybercrime.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 740: The end of the week ended the fish, and it was fantastic”
I finally posted one of the three podcasts I’d recorded recently. My week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 July 2024 saw a return to at least a moderate amount of productivity. It was also rather cold, with more cold weather to come.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 739: Let’s start squeezing out the podcasts!”
My week of Monday 15 to Sunday 21 July 2024 was both busy and not busy. I recorded three of the five special-guest episodes for The 9pm Edict winter series, but during the cold and windy winter weather I was fighting some sort of infection and needed so much sleep.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 738: Three podcasts recorded, nil posted, and what cold weather we’ve been having”
My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 July 2024 was far less busy than I’d planned, because both of the podcast guests I’d booked in went down with throat infections. Still, I finally posted an episode recorded a couple weeks back, and started planning a Queensland expedition for October.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 737: Admiring an enormous American car while my podcast guests fall ill”
My week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 July 2024 saw me pump out a solo podcast episode, but little else of note. I’ve said in the past that I seem to have a cycle of productive and non-productive weeks, and here we are. I did a lot of sleeping. I’ll tell you about that some day.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 736: Winning at crowdfunding, not winning at productivity”