Anecdotal
- 07.Dec.2009
- Student Me-dia
I wasn’t one for many of the traditional student activities while at varsity. Didn’t spend much time at the student bar, join any clubs or take part in any sit-ins. Admittedly the late ’90s weren’t exactly a hot-bed of student activism and the student bar’s choice of music didn’t much align with my tastes [...]
Dancing about
- 16.Aug.2009
- Neil Postman on C-Span in 1998
I spent an hour watching this 1998 lecture by the man who convinced our (80’s kids) parents to deny us all of the Television time we wanted, Neil Postman. It is interesting to watch it now a decade later. Postman is entirely dismissive of the Internet and views it through the lens of it being [...]
Work
- 20.May.2009
- We didn’t invent the remix (Wellington, May 2009)
On May 19, 2009 I gave a 5 minute presso at a Webstock Mini evening along with 14 other fine folk.
Having only 5 minutes I decided to forgo slides altogether and go for a quick slice of delight, insight and impact. Or at least, that was the plan. In thinking about a topic beforehand I [...]
Spent+10
- 08.Feb.2010
- Donation – Save the Childen
It was the birthday of a friend’s child this week, which helped me select my charity – Save the Children. Like many of the larger international charities they have a well established chapter in New Zealand who operate on both a local and global level.
I had to do some digging to find a children’s charity [...]
atmos
- 08.Feb.2010
- Water Borders – Akko
I’ve not got a lot of info to go on – but from the two songs on Water Borders’ Myspace I’m picking them as a group to watch. They’re out of San Francisco, are two clean-shaven chaps (really I’ve got nothing…) and I suggest you befriend them on Myspace while they’re still small enough [...]
Any Media
- 16.Jan.2010
- Whatever Works
We saw Woody Allen’s latest film Whatever Works on the weekend. I was a little concerned my literal knee-slapping enjoyment might be a bit boisterous for the sedate Newmarket cinema but it seemed the rest of the small audience enjoyed it nearly as much as I did.
I’m a fan of Woody Allen. And I’ve enjoyed [...]
