I started to write this entry only because I had heard that Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine and author of the 2006 bestseller “The Long Tail”, had not only released a new book called “Free” but had released it on Scribd.com for free so we could all read it. To my shock and horror I was told by Scribd.com that in fact “Free” was not – well, not in Australia anyway because “…this content is geographically restricted” and “Due to our agreements with our publishing partners, the document you requested is only available to users located in the United States.” [...]
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I have read the high profile Morgan Stanley report entitled “How Teenagers Consume Media” (http://www.scribd.com/doc/17319794/How-Teenagers-Consume-Media) by so called “whiz kid” Matthew Robson (Aged 15 yrs & 7 months) and I have to say that all in all this is a brilliant marketing exercise on Morgan Stanley’s behalf as they use this 15 year [...] While this news will most probably pass through the press without that much fuss (certainly in comparison to the current Michael Jackson circus) I am saddened by the news that I have just learnt of Robert McNamara’s passing. I am not old enough to remember McNamra BUT I do know about him due to a [...] So we know that celebrities such as Miley Cyrus (mileycyrus), Shaquille O’Neal (THE_REAL_SHAQ), Lindsay Lohan (sevinnyne6126), Ashton Kutcher (aplusk), Snoop Dogg (snoopdogg) and Alyssa Milano (Alyssa_Milano) have flocked to Twitter as a channel to express their thoughts and ambitions and (whether intentional or not) allow us all to laugh at her tweets. We [...] Polly (my wife) and I along with friends Matt & Bec all hit this Carlisle Street venue a couple of weeks ago and I have been raving about it ever since… As a matter of introduction an Izakaya is a Japanese pub which also serves food (sort of like Japanese Tapas) to accompany the drinks. They are [...] |
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