The ATO is planning on taxing gold farmers?!
Virtual world: tax man cometh – BizTech – Technology – theage.com.au The Australian Tax Office is with it… In another sign that the virtual worlds…
Continue reading →Wired’s lesson: “Let everything happen and measure it”
The Editor of Wired, Chris Anderson, has come out with this very interesting perspective, echoing what I was saying earlier in the week: He described…
Continue reading →The Gold Rush – Virtual goods and virtual wealth
There are huge changes in the relationship between the online and real worlds (the real world being referred to in cyberspace and in this piece…
Continue reading →What if the every band in the world could record one album only?
I was reading one of Russell Davies’ excellent blog posts when I found this great, great thought. What if every band ever was only able…
Continue reading →A fantastic World Cup Ad by Coca-Cola
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDBG9VEHuK8] Well done to Coke on producing this ad, so good… So on brand.
Continue reading →My piece for Crikey on French talent woes at the FIFA World Cup 2006
I had the great pleasure of attending Switzerland vs France at the Gootleib Daimler Stadion in downtown Stuttgart. What a wonderful atmosphere. The World Cup…
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 →The Economist got it wrong on the reasons for John Howard’s success as Prime Minister
I’ve just read a very poorly reasoned article about John Howard’s 10 years as PM in this weeks The Economist. I felt compelled to write…
Continue reading →Why Globalisation Works – Martin Wolf
In “Why Globalisation Works”, Martin Wolf, an editor of The Financial Times, has written a magnificent book which works to dissect globalisation, explaining the benefits…
Continue reading →A Bright Future Fund
Peter Costello – take a bow! In securing Melbourne as the headquarters of the Future Fund, the $140 Billion Investment Fund to be set up…
Continue reading →Finally, iTunes is in Australia
I love it, iTunes Music Store has arrived in Australia! It’s great that the best and pretty much only decent digital music shop has been…
Continue reading →Introducing Microcredit
It is the International Year of Microcredit? Microcredit is such a cool concept. A means to empower those who are poor and unable to assist…
Continue reading →Water into a leaky bucket = An empty bucket
A very interesting article in the English Version of DER SPIEGEL, the respected German Newspaper. It is with Kenyan Economist James Shikwati, who PLEADS with…
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 →Welcome to the New Economy Part Two: CDs are dead
The CD is dead. When will the record companies wake up and smell the coffee? In one of my earlier posts I spoke of how…
Continue reading →Welcome to the New Economy Part One: Halo
The sequel to one of the greatest games ever released, Halo, has been released to the public. On the evening of September 8th, hordes of…
Continue reading →15 Years of Freedom: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Today marks the 15 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The greatest symbol of oppression and truma of the socialist years stood…
Continue reading →Straight Talking on Gay Marriage
One of the stories which has received little coverage in the aftermath of George Bush’s re-election has been the vote in seven US states to…
Continue reading →I bet you any money George Bush wins…
Check out this price/volume graph from online betting firm Betfair. I just bet $8 at $2.50 return and caught the edge of the Republican rocket,…
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