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As I sat today during the funeral of a friend's mother I pondered this question. Is it simply achieving great age? Is it leaving behind many who loved you? What about the joy and love and laughter you shared? What about the things you built - from great
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I was reading the article If Every Company is a Media Company…Then Who Owns Social Media? after seeing a Twitter conversation between @DesWalsh and @Trib. The article author, Don Bulmer, notes: Social media is no longer just a destination or a set of tools and features. It has evolved
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Many people have told me that freedom has a price. While others have told me that freedom has a cost. It got me thinking about the difference between a price and a cost. While pondering about this I recalled the Oscar Wilde quote: "A cynic is a man who
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Or how do we escape the 'experts' in the echo chamber? Inspired by @jeffjarvis, whose recent post on TEDxNYed: This is bullshit got me thinking about this whole 'expertise' thing again. Iconoclasts are the people who tear down the idols of faith. Traditionally this has been
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Had an interesting conversation with some friends recently and it got me thinking about what we work for. In Western societies many of us work, in addition to money and sustenance, for self-actualisation (in a Maslowian sense). Many of us pick work that is meaningful to us and which meets
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I was reading a post by Dave Snowden that really got me thinking. In his post, From oratory to the soundbite, he discusses the changes in how our politicians engage with us. Noting the change from the days of Lloyd George, who would speak for an hour without notes and
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I've been reflecting on the people who've influenced my life. The ones who have shaped my thoughts and helped me to work out what kind of person I am and who I want to be. There's a lot of them. They range from family
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Easter Greetings to everyone! moar Lolcats
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On Wednesday evening I attended the retirement dinner for a mathematics teacher whom I've known and respected for many years. I will not mention him by name as he's a very shy and private individual. This gentleman and his wife migrated to Australia over twenty years
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As a child I read a story where the main character wanted to be a 'real boy' and not just a wooden puppet. And this choice between being a real person - who connects with other people and things in an open and organic way - and being
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I attended the Social Business Summit today in Sydney and had the privilege of being on a panel that discussed Transparency - Risk To The Business Or Not? Apart from Nicholas Gruen's excellent incorporation of Hayek into his discussion there was much food for thought. A copy of