A follow up post, I found a few more articles on this whole censorship issue in Australia from numerous sources and some more thoughts. There has been a huge discussion on Twitter between social media and web folks who I personally consider experts in the online world but many of them seem confused. Not good.Continue reading “More on censorship”
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Mandatory censorship of the internet
The new Labour Government had announced there intend as part of the election campaign to introduce filtering of the internet and on Dec 31st they provided further details on what would be happening with mandatory filtering of the Internet by ISPs. Senator Conroy says it will be mandatory for all internet service providers to provideContinue reading “Mandatory censorship of the internet”
We need a red pill for the organisation
Yesterday I caved and went back to Twitter, yes I know I am weak but that is a whole other story. There was a conversation about the red vs blue pill in the Matrix, remember the red one you learn the truth while the blue one you go on living the lie. I got inspiredContinue reading “We need a red pill for the organisation”
Find that missing tweet
I am currently on day 3 of a self imposed Twitter/Facebook/social network ban so I kind of feel I am disconnected from a community I have heavily been involved in for over a year. Why is a long story and I’m not sure how much longer it will go on for. Today I found aContinue reading “Find that missing tweet”
Slide show available online
I have put the slides from last night’s presentation online at SlideShare, they can be viewed via http://www.slideshare.net/mspecht/intro-for-hr-on-blogs-web-20/, only issue is you miss out on my fantastic commentary. A couple of points The cartoons are all Hugh Macleod’s of gapingvoid fame To review the buzz words you need to view the CommonCraft Show videos ToContinue reading “Slide show available online”
IM how do you use it!
IM is finally starting to make it’s way into corporate Australia, I know we are slow off the mark! But this is starting to pose all sorts of issues. The Google Australia blog posted today about this very topic and it reminded me that after about 10 years of prolific IM usage where I currentlyContinue reading “IM how do you use it!”
MODM4 was last night
As a self confessed social/digital media groupie I attended MODM4 last night at the Riverland Bar on the side of the Yarra River, food and drinks were provided by Simon Chen from EightBlack. Many of the “regulars” were in attendance good to catch up with them, also met a few new people which is evenContinue reading “MODM4 was last night”
The innovators dilemma
Another article from the NY Times where it seems the technology that “made†the pornography industry is being used against itself and as such could fundamentally change the industry. Basically as Clayton Christensen called it “The Innovator’s Dilemmaâ€. Existing powerhouses invest heavily in technology (the big traditional pornography houses) only to be beaten at theirContinue reading “The innovators dilemma”
Photowalking in Hong Kong
Yesterday I went out and about walking and traveling around Hong Kong for just over 5 hours, end result 135 photos and 5 or 6 videos. While the photos are going to take a while to sort through I have pulled together a quick video with some stills of my trip up the Peak onContinue reading “Photowalking in Hong Kong”
Why Web 2.0 sucks
Charlie over at This is going to be BIG has pulled together a list of 10 reasons Web 2.0 sucks. In reading the post I found that it tied in nicely with some of the things in my recent post about how many people were really online. Go read the full post to get allContinue reading “Why Web 2.0 sucks”
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