Nov 3, 2008
Photo by Nite Scape
Whether it’s business or charity, the money almost never comes from where you expected — have you noticed?
Last weekend I took part in the Sydney to The Gong bike ride, a 90km social fund-raising event put on by the MS Society. Participating with 14,000 other cyclists, volunteers and support crews is inspirational. I try to raise some donations from friends and business contacts...
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Giving, getting, and the Three Types of People
Jan 30, 2008
A new post from Nic Hodges helped coalesce some of my recent thinking about social messaging and social networks. Nic talks about how two-way, conversational media is now becoming as involving and entertaining as, say, ‘60 Minutes‘. And a lot more entertaining than ‘Girls of the Playboy Mansion.’ No, really.
Why is this so? How can smileys out-engage boobies?
The simple answer is...
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This is not about me.
Jun 6, 2007
Morning Walk Wooden BoatOriginally uploaded by oliverw.
Time out: let’s take a moment to reflect.
Lavender Bay is my favourite bay in Sydney harbour, and the walk along the foreshore from the bridge to Berry Island and beyond is all beautiful. The whole way I’m thinking, “how the hell can this be free? in what other country in the world would you be able to do this, for free?”
In...
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Early morning, Lavender Bay
Jun 6, 2007
Morning Walk Wooden BoatOriginally uploaded by oliverw.
Time out: let’s take a moment to reflect.
Lavender Bay is my favourite bay in Sydney harbour, and the walk along the foreshore from the bridge to Berry Island and beyond is all beautiful. The whole way I’m thinking, “how the hell can this be free? in what other country in the world would you be able to do this, for free?”
In...
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Early morning, Lavender Bay
Dec 20, 2006
Another two entries in pseudodictionary
My geek biorhythms must be at their peak – this week pseudodictionary.com accepted two of my submissions: “ex-cel” and wifeframe.
Don’t spend too much time wondering why both words refer to failed relationships – I was inspired by an IM conversation with a friend having relationship...
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Another two entries in pseudodictionary
