I am organizing a conference on Additive Manufacturing at the Innovation Campus of UOW in April. It should be a really good event, so if you have an interest in the next generation of manufacturing technologies, I urge you to check out the web site and to register. Here is a video that describes the [...]
I recently got into an extensive FaceBook conversation/debate with someone that was somewhat ridiculous, but we all do stupid things from time to time. This debate was about CO2 emissions and the role of man. The person on the other side of the debate is a big fan of Lord Monckton, the media shill who [...]
If you are completing your degree at university and going into the work force it can be a daunting challenge – if you choose to allow that. It is natural to feel some trepidation about going into a new and seemingly foreign environment. However, if you look at the data, which is always a good [...]
The movement to mobile is incredible, isn’t it? I have been reading up on data relating to the growth of mobile over the last couple of days so that I can deliver a reasonably coherent lecture on a number of issues relating to mobile to first year communication students at UoW. At the same time [...]
Last night on Australian TV's #1 political debate program, the highly innovative Q and A, we saw live TV at its most innovative… audience participation Iraq style…
It seems that the election yesterday has resulted in close to a dead heat between the major parties – a hung parliament. This can be seen as a major problem in that it can stop legislation going through, or, as I like to think, a huge opportunity for good sense. And this is why: When [...]
Only one week to go until we find out who is going to be our Prime Minister… Its kind of like Christmas, but where you suspect that while you have asked Santa for a bicycle, the likelihood is that you will get either a couple of pairs of socks, or a a plastic airfix kit [...]
Podcasts – or more importantly time shifted audio content – are, I believe, one of the great information accelerators of our age. I subscribe to a number of feeds mainly from NPR in the US, the BBC in the UK and the ABC in Australia. I listen to them in the car on my commute [...]
Amazing to think that it wasn't too long ago that EMI Records ruled the waves… This was the company that in the '60's brought us the Beatles, The Beach Boys, Gerry And the Pacemakers, Freddy And The Dreamers… Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Cliff Richard, The Band… And then more recently artists such as [...]
Here is a brilliant interview with Brian Eno – musician, record producer, artist – talking about what he does, why he does it, and how he does it… The interesting thing is that you could apply his advice with regard to music to almost any endeavor requiring innovative thinking! (and a tip of the hat [...]