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The old media model of the twentieth century was monolithic and based on a broadcast model. Large scale media players distributed a fixed series of products to a passive audience.
In the twenty-first century we are seeing the beginnings of a new media model. The passive broadcast audience is fragmenting [...]
These are some thoughts that I presented at the AMP Social Media Cafe in Sydney on 11 November 2010, the slides and references follow below.
The future of shopping is social. But that is nothing new – shopping has always been social. The difference is that now we [...]
Sheryl WuDunn’s Half the Sky investigates the oppression of women globally. Half the Sky lays out an agenda for the world’s women and three major abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender-based violence including honor killings and mass rape; maternal mortality, which needlessly claims one woman a minute.
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There are a lot of women who don’t like to be called a girl. It’s their choice. I don’t mind it and have even been known to refer to myself as a girl – usually as a geek girl.
The interesting thing here in Australia is that I’m pretty much [...]
I was chatting to someone at a party on Saturday night about copyright. The gentleman I was chatting with was strongly in favour of strict enforcement of copyright. He was advocating fining people who share copyright material online.
It got me thinking. Once you consider the problem in [...]
This recipe was shared by my buddy Heather for an upcoming barbecue that I’m planning.
The story behind this cookbook is sad but heartwarming all at once. As Heather explains:
Saturday 7th February 2009, now known as Black Saturday, saw the state of Victoria devastated by [...]
We see much discussion of the openness and collaborative nature of the web 2.0 world. However, many of the challenges facing us as a result of this new world relate to ownership of virtual goods.
There are longstanding conventions that enable us to sort out who owns property [...]
This coming Thursday, 25 March, many folks will be attending the Social Business Summit in Sydney.
I will be on a panel discussing Transparency in Business – Risky or Essential?.
The debate will be moderated by Headshift’s Anne Bartlett-Bragg and Robin Hamman and the panel members [...]
It was fascinating to be at the inaugural Digital Citizens event in Sydney last week – the topic was: Private Parts: Personality and Disclosure – Finding a Balance in [...]
Just travelled back from Melbourne and sat next to an extremely spry gentleman of 71 years who spent the entire trip reading on his Kindle.
He told me how much he loved this new way of reading. That it can hold 1500 books and he only recharges it [...]
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