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An interesting issue came up this week in the Australian (and international) media landscape, with the story of Madeleine Pulver. For those hidden under a rock, this 18-year-old Sydney schoolgirl was attacked in her home, an apparent collar bomb placed around her neck, and various extortion demands set out by her attacker. The suspect was arrested in the . . . → Read More: To pixel or not to pixel? That is the question I had the most delightful experience in the world of web this week, and by “delightful”, of course I mean harrowing, potentially damaging professionally and crushingly embarrassing. Updating my LinkedIn profile, with one careless click of a button, I accidentally asked everyone in my contact book to be a connection of mine. Everyone. No filters applied, no – . . . → Read More: It’s amazing what you can accomplish as a dunce In July 2004, I was watching television in a hotel room in Chicago, Illinois, eating a slab of cheesecake from the world-famous Cheesecake Factory. It’s a memorable moment because the cheesecake was so good. But also because a little-known Senate candidate, Barack Obama, was knocking socks off at the Democratic National Convention. We had been in Boston . . . → Read More: Obama’s speech was all cheese – I’d prefer the cheesecake I took a domestic flight in the United States yesterday, and was intrigued to find wi-fi available on the plane. It’s extraordinary. US airlines have been struggling financially to the point that customer service agents are like unicorns – a mysterious animal no-one quite believes exists. On a flight Miami-LAX, there was one television screen per hundred . . . → Read More: Joining the mile-high (online) club When I worked in journalism, Freedom of Information was jokingly referred to as Freedom from Information. The process of applying to the relevant government department, paying your monies and inevitably being denied information again and again was left to the most persistent and hard-headed of reporters. The FOI legislation was amended in May 2010, and it’s likely . . . → Read More: New era of FOI legislation opens up Government to scrutiny It used to be that you could bury a time capsule, or hide some old love letters under your linoleum floor for fun. In the digital age, New Yorkers are sticking USB sticks in concrete on the sides of buildings to share information with others. .Net magazine has published a fascinating interview with the brains behind the ‘Dead . . . → Read More: Dead drops the new message in a bottle |
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