Have you ever noticed how the media is sometimes used as a weapon of mass destruction? Example: News Headline: Jews are Ruining the Economy! Result: Krystallnacht and 6 million Dead Jews. Rupert Murdoch wields News Limited as his private editorial rapier, slashing, trimming, opining and burning. Burning institutions, politicians, industrialists, bankers, entrepreneurs. [...]
The problem with the Internet is that it’s full of lies and misdirection. Some of those lies emanate from Media barons, some from Politicians. Hell, some even come from Bloggers. But when the misdirection is uttered by a music artist who is worshipped by the young and naive, then I feel that I have to [...]
We''ve enjoyed watching the growth of Farmville from nothing to the number one “Coolest Thing” on the internet.OK – it's subjective – you might not like it – but nearly 50 million users do. Thats 2.5 times the population of Australia, 1/8 the population of the USA. So it's gotta be worth a mention. The [...]
Prologue: Most of us remember the Blair Witch Project and it’s phenomenal box office success based on a number of web pages suggesting it was a real occurrence. Mythology – The Aftermath – The Legacy – The Filmmakers That was an exceptionally clever piece of PR marketing, resulting in one of the highest [...]
A story on page three of the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday (No – I didn’t buy it – Chris did….. he was on the train and likes to do the crossword….) entitled “A blast form the Past: music lovers paying to play quoted some interesting numbers”. Digital Music Player 88% Had Purchased Music from [...]
Politicians and the folks from the press would have you believe that P2P is illegal. It isn’t. As an analogy, let me talk about Bonnie and Clyde. When the audacious pair were finally apprehended, did the law make a big announcement about the 1932 Pierce-Arrow they were driving ? Nope had nothing to do [...]