During hot sunny weather such as today’s 37C temperature in Sydney and Melbourne if you work from home or are at home with young children, taking a laptop and a drink bottle to your cool local library during the hottest hours of the day will cost... Read More
Learn How Workplaces and Politics Function Through Satirical TV Shows
What you studied at school and university doesn’t prepare you for working life because it doesn’t take human nature, politics and how organisations really work into account. These are the kinds of things you need to know to survive in a... Read More
Black Swan Risks to Australian Electricity Grid & Liquid Fuel Supply
What would happen if the Australian national electricity grid collapsed or a war broke out in the Asia-Pacific, blocking cargo ships carrying liquid fuel from reaching us? Australians people and businesses rely on electricity, water & liquid... Read More
US Presidential Security: Photos Behind The Scenes
The US President travels with a huge entourage including lots of security staff and advisors. When President Obama visited Australia in late 2011 this was the case and it will be again if he visits us before his second term as President ends in late... Read More
Car Sharing in Australia & USA – Collaborative Consumption
GoGet is an Australian collaborative consumption everything as a service (XaaS) success story which has provided car share as a service for over a decade. Collaborative consumption reinvents the concept of sharing using networked technologies to enable... Read More
Jobs, Technology & Subsidies: Future of Australian Car Manufacturing
The future of Australia’s car manufacturing industry is very important as many jobs are involved and Federal and State governments have doled out billions in the past to car companies to continue local manufacturing, with the promise of lots more... Read More
Teleworking: Boost Business Productivity & Reduce Traffic Pollution
GUEST ARTICLE: An increase in teleworking will boost business productivity and reduce traffic pollution in our major cities, argues Jon Dee the Managing Director of advocacy group Do Something! and NSW Australian of the Year for 2010. One of the key... Read More
Protesters and Politicians Wearing Anti-Fascist V For Vendetta Guy Fawkes Masks
Activists around the world in the Occupy, Anonymous movements as well as those protesting against proposed copyright laws like ACTA, SOPA and PIPA have taken to wearing smirking Guy Fawkes masks inspired by Alan Moore’s anti-fascist graphic novel... Read More
Shark Attack Fears Irrational – Death from Defective Toaster More Likely
If sharks could write they would have complained long ago to the Press Council about having their reputation maligned by sensational, unbalanced, media over-coverage of a tiny number of human deaths caused by sharks each year compared to the mass... Read More
Force Of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (Canadian Film Festival)
I watched the documentary “Force Of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie” yesterday at the Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival held in Sydney (using a press pass from sponsors RIM, a Canadian company which created the Blackberry... Read More