A few years ago, I accepted a commission to write a sustainable development policy document for the little island nation of Nauru.   During my all too brief time there (great climate and all the fresh Blue Fin Tuna you can eat – Free – normally $75.00 per kilo in downtown San Francisco) – I [...]

One of the presenters on today’s Public Sphere #1 talked about the Governments Toilet Database – which had no API for open access by other information developers – in fact the Copyrtight page deliberately prevents any reuse of the work except by pointing to it with a url.   F***** Me. What is so special [...]

A section of my Introduction to the  Responses to Digital Economy Future Directions Consultation Paper By Thomas P. Koltai, on Behalf of Perceptric Pty. Ltd.   Submitted 10th of February – Before the Governments National FTTH rollout announcement and before the ACCC ruling against Telstra on last mile local loop. – A section of my [...]

A story from the US about the demise of newspapers is interesting to think about in terms of the continuing element of surprise that is being seen with regard to disruptive impacts on business and the reasons that people attribute to the disruption. The story was essentially about the incorrectness of the (US) hypothesis that [...]