March, 2009

Former AusAID manager, Mark Thomson writes: The tiny coterie of regular readers of this blog will know I’m no fan of the ruling regime in China. I am a strident critic of China’s human rights record and its colonial repression of Tibet. However, the recent foray of senior Opposition politicians into the realms of fear [...]

From the Hyku man: “Is there a rift between those who do and those who talk? Yes there is. Here’s a bit of a tip. Those of us that work on projects full time look at those that twitter all the time and say, “What do these people do all day? How are they billable?” [...]

At the Good Ideas Salon in London, Simon Waldman, head of digital at the Guardian, discussed the future of journalism and how the Guardian is adapting to a rapidly changing industry. In his talk, Simon presents ways the Guardian has transformed with the upheaval of old media models, choosing to embrace new approaches to storytelling, [...]

Rudd’s handling of the Fitzgibbon scandal raises more doubts about whether he has the toughness to be a good prime minister. The idea that it’s all OK because Fitzgibbon has apologised is just pathetic.

Dotcom doom is back says the Economist: Internet companies are again laying people off, scaling back, shutting down, trying to sell themselves to deep-pocketed industry giants, or talking of charging for their content or services. Some Web 2.0 darlings (MySpace, YouTube) managed to find buyers before the bubble burst, thus passing the problem of finding [...]

Alliance Online – Right To Know Free Speech Conference. Don’t mention those photos eh Harto.

Rudd Government reneges on key promises | Business | News.com.au. Why give people lots of money to go out and spend and then tell them you’re going to rip it back off them a few months later? It just doesn’t make any sense.

Newsagents who sell tobacco products would do well to read Steven Denham’s blog post on the challenges they are facing in newsagencies in the UK.  We are seeing various changes here in Australia – SA, NSW to name two. via The challenge of tobacco retailing. Yes its getting more difficult, that’s the general idea. But [...]

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