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 [...]

A tweeterview about The Perfect Gift for a Man

Today I tweeterviewed co-creator of the concept and book ‘The Perfect Gift for a Man’, Gavin Heaton (@servantofchaos). This was a follow up to a previous post about the launch of the book. Yes it is a shameless plug for the book, but then why not. It is a serious cause. Importantly the tweeterview provides some additional [...]

It’s a team – from top to tail

Posted by darryl in Business, Misc. on Sep 17 | 3 comments
It’s a team  – from top to tail
What is a team? What makes some teams win over others, and how does that impact on our successes? This past weekend I have watched several sporting events which were big for their own reasons, but out of which I got to observe the real key characteristics of teams in action. Some things stand out: A willingness to...
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Don’t forget where the future comes from

Posted by darryl in Business, Misc., ireckon on Jul 29 | No comments yet
Don’t forget where the future comes from
Ireckon has been a proud supporter of the Beacon Foundation, a national not-for-profit aimed at helping young people create their own future. They work with schools to provide positive influence and leadership to help young people avoid unemployment and to think forward. Today I got to experience first hand the work they do, and how well...
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Sometimes the system takes the cake

Sometimes the system takes the cake
Systems are important for business. In previous posts I have mentioned that as we have grown we have tried to find ways to improve our systems constantly so that we can continue to maintain the service levels we aim to. Any business owner knows this can be hard. As your business changes sometimes you don’t change enough...
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New Gadget – it’s a Curve

Posted by darryl in Misc. on Jun 06 | No comments yet
New Gadget – it’s a Curve
Been sold, have the t-shirt and yes I have my new Blackberry Curve. So not really one to get too hung up over phones it was a tough call on whether to wait and try an iPhone or not. I love the ‘play’ factor with the iPhone, but wasn’t fully convinced it was going to replace...
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velocity bandwidth restored

Posted by darryl in Misc., This Web Thing on Apr 10 | No comments yet
velocity bandwidth restored
further to my previous post, the virgin blue velocity global game is now back up and...
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