As we reflected on the 2 year anniversary of the 2011 QLD Floods, little did we know that another severe weather event was literally around the corner. Thanks to ex-tropical cyclone Oswald, our season of drought was about to be spectacularly broken, in more ways than one. 400mm+ of rain fell and fell and fell.…
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When Breastfeeding becomes your PR disaster
OK, this one is a ‘mini-post’ to ‘get the subject off my chest’ – yes, pardon the pun. On the news yesterday we heard of a mother who was approached by a staff member at a council-run public swimming pool, because another swimmer was uncomfortable with this lady breastfeeding her baby at the poolside. The…
RIP the Australian sense of humour, murdered by Twitter.
OK, lets cut right to the chase on this one. Does anyone on twitter still have a sense of humour? Have we become so politically correct that our comedians will suddenly find themselves searching for other employment? Do we know the difference between fun and trolling, or is ‘funny’ now attacked if it remotely offends…
Hands up if you need a Smartphone Pledge!
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Over the last few days, a few articles have come my way (including one I wrote myself) about smartphone addiction and the impact of our ‘always connected’ society. My favourite so far has been this fromm Joe Kraus at Google Ventures: http://joekraus.com/were-creating-a-culture-of-distraction Hi, my name is Sonia and I’m addicted to my smartphone. Except it’s not…
My Titanic story, as we remember them 100 years ago
It’s hard to escape Titanic news at the moment, as we mark 100 years since the ship sank. I refrained from calling her unsinkable, as apparently the White Star Line never called her that, but it was stated in a shipbuilding publication that her design made her ‘practically unsinkable’. I confess to following @TitanicRealTime as…
Anatomy of a fake Facebook email
Today one of my email accounts received a Facebook notification, only I knew straight away that it was a fake. This post shows you what the email looked like and the warning signs that this wasn’t a valid notification. More likely, it was an attempt to steal my facebook details & hack into my account,…