Respect, tolerance and liberalism AKA No straights at The Peel
Our friend Andrew Norton has started a fascinating conversation about respect vs tolerance, framed within the context of The Peel refusing to allow straights and…
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Constantine Frantzeskos
I help global businesses delight their future digital customers with user-centred digital strategies, innovations and ideas.
I WANT AN APPLE TV!
Apple TVs are SO COOL! Now they’ll be able to stream YouTube straight to your TV. And soon enough, Joost and other online video services….
Continue reading →Travelling along nicely, thank you
In a mini little aside on this post from Russell Davies’ fantastic blog, he talks about helping others out to “save our souls”. Interesting. Have…
Continue reading →Alfred Chandler – GONE
Alfred Chandler, the man who almost singlehandedly invented the field of study in Business Management, has passed away. In the past few months, we have…
Continue reading →Joost – a brand new way to watch TV shows online
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Joost lately; I got a Beta invite. And I can’t get enough. I reckon it’s the greatest…
Continue reading →Why do I blog?
1. Because I enjoy the discipline of observing & writing. 2. Because I enjoy a rant (even if it’s to very few people) about issues…
Continue reading →I hate voicemail: Here’s four tips on handling voicemail
At the moment… is voicemail messages. I’ve hated them for a while without realising it, but I’m increasingly annoyed with them. If you don’t answer,…
Continue reading →Really cool site
Click onto this low-fi site, by Miranda July. It’s really cool.
Continue reading →Twit
Twitter is the reality TV of the web. Short, bite sized bursts of thought, with no narration, to be consumed instantaneously. I’m thinking it might…
Continue reading →Alan Morris loses his Mojo
One of the most influential people in the history of Australian advertising and popular culture, Alan Morris, has died of cancer. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1WMGOdDhAQ] Morris, half of…
Continue reading →EMI and Apple
It’s fantastic to see EMI and Apple strike a revolutionary agreement which frees up EMI’s content, removing DRM on music for use on any machine,…
Continue reading →Blogging Code of Conduct?
…would be a silly idea. The internet has always been an open place, the product of its users. A code of conduct is a waste…
Continue reading →WiFi Radio
Now I wouldn’t assume that it’s not too hard for someone to make a bloody WiFi alarm clock radio? For years, I’ve been thinking that…
Continue reading →Two Reasons why people say no to your idea – from Seth Godin
The two reasons people say no to your idea Variation on a theme: “It can’t be done” – with no logical reason why it can’t…
Continue reading →Pipes by Yahoo!
I’ll put this really simply. I think Yahoo! Pipes is one of the most revolutionary applications of the internet since the world wide web was invented…
Continue reading →Typography
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, was trained in typography. As was Tony Martin, Australia’s best comedian / radio host / film maker / film…
Continue reading →School Ties
Driving through the leafy suburban streets of Balwyn a few weeks ago, I was struck by the number of real estate boards outside homes which…
Continue reading →Borders is in trouble. Not good.
The Australian arm of the fantastic chain of bookstores, Borders, is being put up for sale by its US parent company. The US company is…
Continue reading →A corporate competitor for YouTube
From NewsCorp and NBC Universal. So interesting how this new venture will go, especially when you consider News Corp and Google are in bed in…
Continue reading →No bread for (red)
Have I mentioned this before? They’ve tried to diffuse it with this. Lame rebuttal. (red) is like many other major charities – a rort, a…
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