Weekday vegetarian

June 29, 2010 4 Comments

One of my 2010 resolutions was to leave my pescatarian diet behind and become a strict vegetarian. I’ve stayed rather true to this, only having eaten meat and fish less than a handful of times in the past six months. There are many reasons why I chose to live this way, but rather than me preaching about the environmental, health and pro-animal benefits — I thought I would share this TED Talk by Graham Hill instead. Why does vegetarianism have to be a decision? Why not just a habit? What if it didn’t have to be an ‘either/or’ commitment? What if it could just be a weekday one… let me know your thoughts in the comment section.

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Give it a go

June 23, 2010 3 Comments

Words courtesy of Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) on my favourite new site: The Daily Aphorism.

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My manifesto for living

June 21, 2010 5 Comments

June 2010

To seek authenticity in all that I encouter
To maintain a high level of integrity in all that I am responsible for
To question constantly and learn continuously
To respect others and empathise with their perpectives
To energise and excite the environment around me
To appreciate and focus on every moment I have
To share all that I have and all that I acquire
To stay curious and maintain a ‘can do’ mentality
To assist others by using my full capacity and knowledge
To challenge myself by overcoming fears and residing out of the zone of comfort
To be grateful for all that I have and spread this gratitude
To resist the social conditioning that decays my personal philosophy
To make wise decisions and judgments
To be conscious of my feelings and their impact on my perception
To be genuine, humble and open
To hope, dream and believe
And to love myself exactly as I am…

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Where should all the young journos go?

June 16, 2010 Leave a comment

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‘Online 1984′ mini documentary

June 15, 2010 2 Comments

Myself and a few others, including Lucio Ribeiro, Jeff Richardson, Alan Isherwood and Ryan Egan, were recently interviewed by a group of Swinburne documentary students about the very timely topic of online privacy. The documentary was directed by Ben Sale and focuses on issues surrounding Facebook, data, users, access and attitudes towards privacy.

I appear under the guise of ‘Social Media Expert’ in the clip, and would like to state that this was not a self-proclaimed title. ;-)

Overall, I think the team did a top job and wish them all the best with their final grade and future studies.

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Just saying

June 9, 2010 1 Comment

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A city and its people: London in timelapse

June 5, 2010 1 Comment

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Photoblogging foray

June 2, 2010 Leave a comment

I recently transferred my photoblogging platform of choice from Facebook to flickr. It’s ironic because Facebook’s schizophrenic privacy changes have actually instilled the desire for me to be more open elsewhere, and share my images with the universe – not just my friends. Like many digital citizens, I think I have developed a sharing compulsion – I can’t stop. It’s rather liberating, not to mention a great way to connect with like-minded individuals. I would like to believe it is helpful too. For instance, I uploaded a relatively mundane picture of my feet in white plimsolls last month, and it is one of my most viewed items. Weird, but obviously interesting or useful to others!

Anyway, I have started a set called ‘Project iPhone photo’, which you can view here. The premise is “Many days, many places, many people, many photos…” i.e. It’s highly likely you’ll end up featured in it one day!

I’ve also started uploading photos from the @socialmelb meetup here.

So, what’s next? Well, videoblogging of course. ;-)

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Belief and fear: a selection of quotes

June 1, 2010 Leave a comment

“Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.” ~James Harvey Robinson

“Life ends when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when you stop caring, friendship ends when you stop sharing.” ~Anon

“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.” ~James Byrnes

“Dreams are like the paints of a great artist. Your dreams are your paints, the world is your canvas. Believing is the brush that converts your dreams into a masterpiece of reality.” ~Anon

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” ~Dorothy Thompson

“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” ~James Thurber

“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~Marianne Williamson

“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” ~Marie Curie

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