Archive for October, 2007
Bla bla bla…Knowledge Economy
Monday, October 29th, 2007Stumbled into this one today when searching for innovation unit’s at big companies. I reckon most would be disappointed. Just try the Google search “insert big company name Innovation Unit” and view the disappointment for yourself. Is there someone out there actually IN an innovation unit, can you please say hi - I’d love to […]
Wolf man and Biomimicry
Sunday, October 28th, 2007I caught a fantastic documentary on Discovery today, which related to the book I’m reading at the moment, Biomimicry.
The doco was about a guy named Shaun Ellis, who left his family and life in society to raise a pack of wolves in captivity. It’s a long story, one that is better capturedhere by ABC […]
Corrupted Computer
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Well, the unthinkable has happened. My laptop has recently come unstuck…my 4 month old, Twinhead laptop (a beautiful machine, really) has some memory issues. Mainly, it lost it all.
The culprit (scape-goat?)…
My USB Stick
…My USB Stick, which I removed from my VISTA machine without properly ejecting it (yes, a word of warning…Vista doesn’t like […]
What I’m Reading: Biomimcry - innovation inspired by nature
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Thought I’d use this space to chat briefly about what I am reading at the moment. A book called Biomimicry…
The book is excellent so far (I’m about half way through) and provides some really interesting insights into how we could take a better cue from nature about they way we go about things. What is […]
Divorcing the Commonwealth Bank…finally
Monday, October 15th, 2007I have recently come to a sad conclusion. Youth today are engaging in less and less relationships, too scared to commit to any one person/organisation/brand. I however, have a top 5 relationship list that scares me a little. As follows…
1) Family (Mum and Dad, they have been their from the start…duh)
2) My sister (2 years […]
Dopplr = Interesting concept, but not for hobbits
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007So, Ross very kindly invited me to Dopplr the other day, which allowed me to have a little looksey at what the concept was for the new venture. I quickly came to the conclusion that I like the concept, and think it has the potential to further let people gain access to an organizations staff […]
The Pmarca Guide to career planning…get on it!
Monday, October 1st, 2007Okay - if you have been reading this blog you’ll know that I am trying to live the Brand Me life. I started this blog mainly to try to capture my portfolio of projects going on, how I was juggling the opportunities presenting themselves in each one, and to start conversations with other who were […]