Community Blogging is a fabulous new project from Nicole Avery aka PlanningQueen from Planning With Kids, along with Kathy from Play, Eat, Learn, Live, Kate Pickle, Marita from Stuff With Thing, Amanda from A Permanent Flux, and Shae from Yay…
Invitation to a Creative Cultural Partnership
I like to dream. And I like to be terribly practical. I like to indulge in creative pursuits. And I like to make a real difference where it matters. I believe that imagination can assist in social transformation. I am…
Wire your cause
The ability to activate support by those in need or those wanting to help out those in need has never been more available than it is today. The connected cause movement is richly empowered by the Internet – from microlending…
Living with Integrity
If you are on MySpace or Facebook there is a good chance you have friends from work, close friends and even family connecting with you online. Amongst your friend’s status updates, photos of nephews and colleague’s birthday snaps, you might…
Taking innovation to the streets
Last year when I returned to work after parental leave, I had a real desire to get involved with innovative projects making a difference. My very first post on this blog mentioned the Global Kids Digital Media initiative who engage…
Twitter Passport
Laura Fitton’s post on Twitter Village & Shel Israel’s twitterings and tongue in cheek post seeking votes for a Twitter Mayor made me (again) consider the unusual social dynamics of Twitter. In fact, it made me think perhaps we are…
Virtual Culture
Is culture the very thing that creates community and life in a virtual world? A recent series on the ABC “Not Quite Art”hosted by Marcus Westbury grabbed my attention recently. I caught the episode in Glasgow where artists were doing…
Digital Leviathan
Are you afraid of the Digital Leviathan? I bought a copy of Spielberg’s first feature Duel recently and was reading on Wikipedia that both this movie and Jaws were “about these leviathans targeting every man“. If you have seen either…
Privacy Thresholds
Is web2.0 breaking the barrier of our own privacy thresholds? Are we giving away more than ever in the act of “sharing”? Bill Thompson sums it up I’m as bad as anyone here, handing over my shopping patterns to supermarket…