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…
Continue reading →Conservatory Hotel – Sydney: Do not stay there
It’s patently clear. Do not stay at the Observatory Hotel in Sydney unless you want news of your most intimate moments splashed all over the…
Continue reading →More front than Myer
There is talk that Myer is selling its Londsale Street real estate and will be shifting out of the building. It will retain the Bourke…
Continue reading →Monetising Quality
…So the challenges, I guess, are to get good at predicting ‘great’ before the market takes action, and to be clear with yourself and your…
Continue reading →Don’t read this post
But feel free to analyse it.
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 →The new AFL site is utterly dreadful
The new AFL site has just come online. Sorry, the BETA site, from the little sign they’ve got on the top, has gone online. Unlike…
Continue reading →Westpac have created the worst bank ad of all time
There’s an ad on TV (or at least it was on TV) which is absolutely infuriating and appaling. It shows emotive footage of pollution, small…
Continue reading →“Another Budget Airline?”
There is talk low cost carrier Tiger Air, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Ryanair, will be coming to Australia soon. The Age has…
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 →Eat Your Greens – The truth behind “fair trade” and “ethically sourced” goods.
Although I’m only about two months late in reporting it, The Economist has done it again with a wonderful piece on buying “Fairtrade”, “ethically sourced”…
Continue reading →U2’s business practices
For many, many years we have admired U2’s business practices. This band has succeeded in not only writing and recording multi-million selling albums and lucrative…
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 →Traditional media are n00b5 – gaming is a PHENOMENON
WOW Burning Crusade is out. it’s very, very big. this is bigger than any film release of this year. The traditional media is slow to…
Continue reading →Toy Stores are really wonderful places – for an adult
The joy of walking into a toy store as a kid. Is there anything in adult life that approximates that pure open horizon, unlimited ecstasy…
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 →Lamenting over the Aussie car industry is a Beep Beep Beat Up
In a front page article in The Age, Bridie Smith has lamented the collapse of the local car industry, where sales are down over 20%….
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