I was involved with AC/DC in the early days of the band, when Bon Scott was the singer – I ran the Albert Productions label back then. So I take a continuing interest in the evolution of the band… At Perceptric we are preparing a report on the content and technology sectors to be released someti...

I predicted that there would be an economic collapse two years ago. A lot of people told me that I was a Cassandra and that I was just plain depressing. The fact is that this is not about collapse per se. It is about understanding what is happening around us so that we can plan for the future. That ...

I spent the last two days at a workshop at the University of Wollongong discussing Broadband In The Bush… Met some fascinating academics from Sweden, Canada, Australia, Korea and China. Saw some interesting presentations… One of the most surprising was about an Indian company called United Villa...

This from Onion, says it all about the consumer society and media in general nowadays, doesn't it?...

Yesterday marked the 1st anniversary of Robyn and I moving from Paddington in Sydney to Berry on the South Coast of NSW. It has been great to get away from the city, particularly at a time when our state government seem so intent on utterly screwing the place up. I think that they have the same fund...

Last night I saw Leonard Cohen perform at the Centennial Vineyard in Bowral. What a magnificent concert! Great sound, great location. Would have been nice if there had been another video screen, on the left side of the stage, but it wasn't essential. What was truly wonderful was the artist. I rememb...

There are many parallels in industries and industry sectors. That is why you find that common branding across so many kinds of things. The customer for one product is the customer for another seemingly unrelated product. Once the customer builds trust in a brand they are likely to extend their consu...

John is a good friend from Los Angeles, who voted for Obama in the recent Presidential election. He sent this to me earlier today. I thought it was too good to not share and John has agreed for me to publish it here. Seems to sum up so much how quickly the honeymoon can end if you are not absolutely...

It is interesting to see how the entertainment sector is shaping up in Australia given the changing global market conditions. In December 2008 EzyDvd was put into administration close on the heels of Destra being put into receivership. Were they victims of the changing business environment globally,...

For some time (a couple of years, I think) I have been blogging about the problems in the global economy. My belief has been that with the transition from national economies to one single global and connected economy some sectors would find themselves in a boom while others were crashing. At the mom...