During a morning flight on the commuter route (MEL<->SYD), I started thinking about past experiences and the art of experimentation. I’m a strong believer in trying stuff out – you never really know how you feel about something or where it will lead until you get a taste for it. I like to think I’ve […]
How tech news spreads
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New adventures
I have a pre-announcement announcement to make. I am leaving my digital director job at Niche Media and my last day is… tomorrow. It is a conscious decision I made just over a month ago and the timing feels heartwarming and right. My affiliation with Niche started in July 2008 and over this time I’ve […]
Podcast interview about #socialmelb
Lisa Lang recently interviewed a tired but hyperactive me, and others, at @socialmelb one morning as part of the inaugural episode of The Social Media Podcast. The premise of Lisa’s podcast surrounds “arts, community and technology in digital networks”. You can listen to the podcast here. We chat about the origins of #socialmelb, events and […]
Graphic facilitation of de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
A while ago, Alex White pointed me in the direction of the following sketch after I tweeted I was reading Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats. I think it provides a nice and concise summary (click to enlarge). What are your thoughts on the practicality of parallel thinking and the Six Thinking Hats?
No expectations, no disappointments
I’ve been reading a little on expectation management recently and came across the following analogy, which I thought I would share: “Think of it like this, when you were a kid you would get presents for your birthday. You never knew what was in the colorful shiny boxes but you knew you were getting a […]
Defiance
Still Face Experiment take outs
“Using the ‘Still Face’ Experiment, in which a mother denies her baby attention for a short period of time, Dr. Tronick describes how prolonged lack of attention can move an infant from good socialisation, to periods of bad but repairable socialisation.” I was fascinated by this video, and think it extends to broader adult-level communication […]
Value lies in usefulness
I’ve been thinking a lot about helpfulness lately (“the property of providing useful assistance“) and therefore usefulness. I’ve also been thinking about data, context and how to draw meaning – something that infographics literally do so well. Anyway, I decided to mesh everything together into the above flowchart. In essence, everything can be useful, but […]
Twitter noobiquette
I thought I would write a quick post dissecting simple Twitter etiquette for the newbies. I fear that many heavy users forget that not everyone speaks the ‘language’ and I find that I often get questions querying certain acronyms and so forth. (I also quickly discovered that I could go on for a while about […]
What I’m currently doing
Making stuff happen at Niche (it’s now been seven months since I was brought into the new role and yes, the main website needs to be done) Being involved with the Victorian Government’s App My State initiative Getting the @socialmelb site finally off the ground Researching and writing a thesis for my marketing masters at […]
Does contentment equal complacent?
Other than well known spiritual leaders, can you think of any individual (living or non-living) that has truly shaped the world we live in today that is/was content? Politicians? Great thinkers? Artists? Writers? Actors? Entertainers? Scientists? Entrepreneurs? Innovators? I know contentment is a deeply internal and subjective state, that is almost impossible to measure, but […]
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