How much is enough?

Last night I went to see ‘The Blind Side’, a movie based on the true story of Michael Oher. In the story a family (The Tuhoys) take in Michael ( a poor African American uneducated  boy) and add him to their existing rich white southern American  family. He eventually becomes one of the most prized [...]

Peter Dutton MP are you for or against the filter?

It’s an election year. I am the consumer. My single vote is meant to count. I want to know where politicians vying for my vote stand. I want them to earn my vote, or accept the consequence. I want politicians the country over to step out from the shadows of their mighty parties and their leaders, and stand for [...]

Getting movie tickets shouldn’t be such an event.

This post first started in early 2009, back when the Event Cinemas site was still found at the greaterunion.com.au domain. As evidenced across social media channels, many users were frustrated by an awkward and poorly serviced website provided by one of Australia’s leading entertainment providers. I wanted to summarise many of the site failures into [...]

Education is meant to be about learning

Today, the launch of the My School website occurred. It was heavily promoted, and given how controversial the scoring system and the way schools can be compared has been, it was always going to be a pretty obvious heavy first day of usage. It was very disappointing (albeit a little expected) to see that the site has [...]

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All that glitters is not gold!

Last night a person (yes a real human) made several mistakes. They made an error and then the attempts to manage it weren’t so great and things didn’t exactly resolve themselves as they could have. Ever happened to you? In your working life, have you ever made one of those mistakes that sent chills down your [...]

Listening on the web for business 101

Posted by darryl in Business, This Web Thing on Dec 18 | 2 comments
Listening on the web for business 101
It happened again this week. I was discussing online strategies with a business, only to discover that they do not have even a basic listening program in place for electronic chatter about themselves. I realise that before online media came along it was extremely easy to stick your head in the sand. As long as sales...
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How safe is your offline data?

Posted by darryl in Business on Dec 02 | No comments yet
How safe is your offline data?
Yesterday morning the business residents of Woolloongabba (where our office lives), were inundated with a paper flood. I didn’t witness the event, but drove in not long after, to a bunch of council workers clearing a road covered in paper. Logan Road was a wash with someone’s documents. Being the curious type I picked up a few...
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Take notice of the warnings.

Posted by darryl in Business, Life on Nov 29 | 2 comments
Take notice of the warnings.
Today I spent the afternoon at Woody Point Redcliffe. It was the turn-around point for one of my sons outing with his cadet group. Basically they cycled 15km to there, then back 15km to Shorncliffe to earn their cycling badge. While myself and some of the other fathers waited with the supplies and cooked snags on...
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All that glitters is not gold!

All that glitters is not gold!
Last night a person (yes a real human) made several mistakes. They made an error and then the attempts to manage it weren’t so great and things didn’t exactly resolve themselves as they could have. Ever happened to you? In your working life, have you ever made one of those mistakes that sent chills down your...
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5 Social Media Tips from Folbot, they get it!

Posted by darryl in Business, This Web Thing on Sep 09 | 2 comments
5 Social Media Tips from Folbot, they get it!
Last night I Tweeterviewed David AvRutick, President of Folbot Inc. Folbot make foldable (and consequently portable) Kayaks. I chose to talk with David because of several posts I read about them and also a colleague in Sydney Sean Smith (aka @fatpaddler) who recently purchased one, and used it to do some fantastic paddles in Alaska.(View...
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