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Here's a little quote from one of my Gen Y friends on my Facebook wall today: "I won't ever pay for normal news content ever again full stop. If i wanted to subscribe to something niche likes financial markets pieces etc, then potentially yes, but
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The very smart Vint Cerf sharing some of the things he'd change about the internet (via Fora.tv). Fascinating stuff. http://fora.tv/embedded_player
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Stefana Broadbent's TEDTalk video about her "research [that] shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules" - interesting stuff: http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf
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I had the pleasure of running into Jim Shomos the other night & he was telling me about his latest project - Mordy Koots. This project is amazing in the way that it brings together so many of the threads of film, gaming, web and social computing. Lots of the ideas
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Really looking forward to speaking at the SME Technology Summit by The Insight Exchange on 1 December 2009. There's lots of interesting speakers: * Tim Pethick - Entrepreneur & Founder, Nudie * Mark Pesce - Inventor, Writer, Educator, Futurist * WilliePang - Managing Director, Search Marketing, Yahoo! Australia * Suzi Dafnis - Community Director, Australian Businesswomans
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I went for a cheese & wine dinner at Bells at Killcare on Friday night with @frombecca and @JohannaBD. The food - by Stefano Manfredi (a.k.a. @manfredistefano) - was wonderful as usual. The wines selected by Michael Trembath were lovely, the cheeses selected by Will Studd were a delight, the
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Last night I attended the 2009 NSW Pearcey Awards & a few people I know were honoured for their work. These are all dynamic intelligent people who are passionate about technology but who also have put in a lot of effort into building community among the tech and startup folks
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In this day of LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook and Twitter it might seem that networking the old fashioned way is dying. But nothing could be further from the truth. Many real life social interactions arise from these online networks. The old fashioned networking skills actually assist in both the effective use
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In Australia we commemorate our veterans with The Ode. It comes from a poem by Laurence Binyon called For The Fallen, and seems appropriate today: They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down
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I recently had a thought provoking note from a buddy, Sheetal Patel, who's not really a fan of social networking apart from LinkedIn. He commented that "perhaps this increasing human need to relate is being perpetuated by Web 2.0 enablement technologies standing on (and encouraging even
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Joel Postman argues that A Blog is a Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter. I tend to agree, especially from a business perspective. His post got me thinking about the critical elements for a business social media toolkit. 1) A Blog or a Website (it's the same thing
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Have been chatting online with Evan from Sency.com and decided to experiment with his new gadget using the Media140 Twitter feed: http://www.sency.com/scroll.php?bgcolor=white&textcolor=black&h=300&w=200&q=media140&border=1&borderstyle=solid&bordercolor=