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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 offline terms
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I'm lucky enough to be attending the Women, Management and Work Conference in Sydney today. There is a great turnout, with many familiar names and faces from around Australia. So far there has been an impressive line-up of speakers. Yet these impressive speakers each talked about the issues
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This post was inspired by a humorous post on The Onion, titled: "New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It: Let Someone Else Report On This Bullshit" It was shared by my friend Mark Pesce via Twitter this morning and gave me a chuckle while
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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: The devastation of Marysville was almost total. The township needed something that was theirs and theirs alone. So
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The following post is from a talk I gave at the Gov 2.0 lunch on Monday 31 May 2010 at Parliament House in Canberra. The internet is a strange beast; it is everywhere and nowhere all at once. Unlike traditional media - with its registered offices, chief editors, and
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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 in
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I’m lucky to be attending the Australian Institute of Company Directors 2010 conference DIRECTORSHIP:10 Ahead of the Curve in Christchurch this week. Sessions today included: * Australia and New Zealand - performing in the global arena * Is the current system broken? * Challenges and opportunities in the global economy * March
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I spent most of my youth and childhood hanging about in public libraries and reading their books. In fact I blame libraries for most of my quirks these days, since it was there that I was exposed to dangerous ideas from philosophers, historians and fiction authors. The local, school and
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A good example of the fellow feeling across the Tasman for ANZAC day and all that it means is the speech by the New Zealand Governor-General, Dame Silvia Cartwright, at the 2004 ANZAC Day Dawn Service: "The presence of so many children and young men and women at ANZAC
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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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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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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