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Taking selfies means you’re mentally ill

If you’re someone who takes lots of photos of yourself in a bathroom or out somewhere enjoying yourself – instead of taking photos of what it is you’re enjoying – then you’re probably a narcissist with a mental illness. There’s … Read more …

I have some great friends

One of the things that’s become clear to me now that I’m leaving Canberra and heading off to Melbourne is how close my friends are. Some of them have expressed their sadness that I’m going. One of my friends told … Read more …

Do you know your tribe?

One of the things that’s been of interest to me over the past few years has been the concept of ‘tribe’. Tribes aren’t new, dating back thousands of years. But ‘modern tribes’ have been redefined by Seth Godin as: “A tribe … Read more …

I’ve been busy

I should apologise, to you and to myself. I haven’t been keeping up with my daily posts of 500 words. I’ve been focused on my web design website and the work I’m setting up for myself with that. Over the … Read more …

Click to Tweet

I saw a blog post the other day that talked about offering up quotes within the writing that you do, but doing it in such a way that the readers can instantly tweet the quote to their Twitter followers if … Read more …

Back home from the holiday

It was a brief holiday my wife and I had, traveling up to Sydney yesterday for the Bruce Springsteen concert, staying overnight, and coming back home today. Just like the concert was, it was a wild and wonderful ride. We … Read more …

You can find me on IRC

Some time ago – I forget exactly when – I set up IRC (internet relay chat) on this site, but it wasn’t very reliable so I didn’t promote it or do anything with it. But last night I got my … Read more …

Birds of a feather flock together

“A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things … Read more …

Improving my life with Google+

After disconnecting from Facebook the other day, I redesigned this blog’s sidebar to the left so that Facebook Likes are no longer an option. Since I’m not active there, there’s no point promoting it… Instead, I enhanced my Google+ badge, but pointing it … Read more …