Google might be making us stupid
A great piece on how Google, and changing media consumption habits are changing the way we think – literally. Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Continue reading →Innovation and Technology
Innovation drives us forward. Technology unlocks the door.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Five reasons why Second Life is shit
1. There’s no point to it. World of Warcraft and other online games and spaces have a point – make friends, complete quests, shoot people,…
Continue reading →Jobs’s Volte Face on Music?
Steve Jobs, guru extraordinaire of Apple Computer, has published a very interesting essay on the Apple website entitled “Thoughts on Music”. It describes how he…
Continue reading →Mass Debate Online
If you love a bit of a verbal stoush, check out ConvinceMe.net. I haven’t tried it yet but I like the idea of it. Not…
Continue reading →“Participation is the new consumption” – from Trendwatching.com
participation is the new consumption I LOVE IT. Consumption has consumed itself. Nothing is original. Affluence has become affluenza. The only thing which is original…
Continue reading →EMI = Every Mistake Imaginable
The past few weeks have been somewhat tumultuous in the music industry, with the departure of two of the music industry’s best regarded executives, David…
Continue reading →‘Welcome to 2007’
Big things are afoot in Cupertino, California – the HQ of Apple Computer. Mac Rumors reports some very interesting possible new releases on January 9…
Continue reading →Worldmapper
I’ve come across this brilliant little web application, Worldmapper: The world as you’ve never seen it before. This map shows world energy fuel exports It…
Continue reading →Drowning in the BogPond
Telstra’s ISP division, BigPond, has just released its ADSL 2+ service, which is priced at over double the most competitive market ADSL 2+ offering. Incredibly,…
Continue reading →Live Internet Hunting and the “Internet of Things”
The internet is really a pretty amazing thing. Back in the late 80s when most of my contemporaries were asking their older brothers and sisters…
Continue reading →Talk to Me! I LOVE VOIP. I worry about Telstra.
Voice over IP is the coolest thing since the invention of the telephone. It will grow far quicker than the net. It will be far…
Continue reading →KaZaA vs the world – digital downloads vs legal eagles
Sharman Networks, the owners of the KaZaA P2P file-sharing software, has been sued by a collection of record companies in a civil case in Australian…
Continue reading →A New Medium?
Robbie Williams released his Greatest Hits album on Monday, which was released on a multimedia card (MMC) format for the first time. Is it the…
Continue reading →The Dinosaurs of the Recorded Music Industry Must Evolve or Perish
There was a time when music companies objected to the playing of music on the radio. Instead of seeing early radio technology as a positive…
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