I am a big proponent of looking for the non-obvious solution to problems. In fact I would go so far as to say that in the era of digital disruption pretty much every time the obvious solution is used it goes belly up after a short period of time. Look at New South Wales. The [...]

I bumped into one of the local real estate agents from our area yesterday while Robyn and I were out walking the dog. He told us he is taking five weeks off – the market is so flat that it isn't worth his while to go into the office. By the way this guy was [...]

All the data received by Facebook in a nifty visualization….

Over the last couple of weeks I have been focusing on getting our vegetable garden happening. Not as simple as you might think. When you live on the edge of real bush, the benefits are fantastic – lots of butterflies, and birds that of course feed on the butterflies and other bugs; families of echidnas, [...]

The State of New South Wales is nothing short of abominable. The new Premier is out of his depth (but if you live in Australia you knew that already). Eric Roozendahl, the Minister for Roads a couple of weeks ago, and now the Treasurer (and if Reese goes on sacking ministers at the rate he [...]