Over at “The Helmut Post” blog, there’s a list titled “You know you’ve been in Australia too long when… … …” There’s some good points about what makes Australia what it is ……. but this is the best observation: You expect all hamburgers must contain beetroot. I was going to pick out a few reallyContinueContinue reading “Australia = Beetroot”
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Beetroot is a safety hazard!
Had to warn everybody….. I’ve got the ‘inside goss’ as to why Beetroot and pineapple disappeared from Subway’s menus … it’s a SAFETY issue! Over at my Bring Beetroot Back guestbook, Sarah says: look i work at subway, beetroot left because it was a safety hazard it not only spreads germs but is easily slippedContinueContinue reading “Beetroot is a safety hazard!”
Empowering the LongTail
Very important announcement this one methinks I saw over at Read/Write Web. Especially this bit: “….In fact, Yahoo wants to go broader and deeper, eventually working with smaller blogs “empowering people who don’t buy ink by the barrel.” Great for the LongTail.
Blob and Lifekludger in Temple U roundup
Temple Uni does a good Disability Blogs Roundup and this blog and Lifekludger get a wrap in roundup #4… Disability Blogs Roundup, #4 I’ll start the roundup this month with a welcome to some new disability-related blogs. Australian David N. Wallace has put up TWO: blob is his personal blog, and LifeKludger is specifically forContinueContinue reading “Blob and Lifekludger in Temple U roundup”
I’m hung up on the concept of context
Further to my previous post titled Attention, Recognition & Context, I read Scoble talking about what term to call someone who generates content, Scoble muses thus: The problem is we don’t have good language. When I’m on Flickr I’m a photographer or a commenter. When I’m here I’m a writer or a blogger. When I’mContinueContinue reading “I’m hung up on the concept of context”
Attention, Recognition & Context
What can attention do for recognition? To be recognised requires attention – def: # Attention or favorable notice: She received recognition for her many achievements. The amount of recognition can be tracked and measured by attention. Attention is being measured so recognition can be. The key is context. In what context is the object givenContinueContinue reading “Attention, Recognition & Context”
A blog is like a garden
A wise man once told me a blog is like a garden. It needs to be regularly attended to and maintained to grow. These Egglings reminded me of that. via – romp
Screenagers
LearnDog has a post that directed me to an interesting article in the New York Times about teenagers and the way they are interacting with the digital world. Here’s some thoughts I had on it. “These young kids are very sophisticated and phenomenally intuitive,” he said. “This is the first generation that’s been born intoContinueContinue reading “Screenagers”
It’s all about the people!
My friend Mike’s been to Melbourne and made good connections. In a post titled CONNECTING to people behind the BLOGs he says: This was my first experience of meeting people I’ve been ‘reading’ (connected to via RSS). It was really quite empowering! I think I understand why people do, and write about ‘geek dinners’ andContinueContinue reading “It’s all about the people!”
disintermediation
It’s amazing how I know so little. I came across this word, disintermediation, while reading comments about what Mike’s trying to pull together over at LearnDog As I look around at what’s going on in what Mike terms this “Web 2.0 world of disintermediation”, it occurred to me to draw a comparison to a situationContinueContinue reading “disintermediation”
beetroot is back!
Before Everyone Eats This I can harldy believe it! It seems Subway have finally come to their senses….. A mate of mine, Wol, sent me an email to alert me… “Hi DNW,I just saw and ad from Subway about a new (limited time only) sub with beetroot!well done!…………..Enjoy your Aussie Legend sub with beetroot -ContinueContinue reading “beetroot is back!”
learndog vision
Long Audible Noise My mate Mike Seyfang over at LearnDog has unveiled the first draft of what he terms the “Master Plan” for the developing media company whose goal will be to “Help kids through recognition of their vocational skills” In the document the aims of the venture are stated as: Become the world’s mostContinueContinue reading “learndog vision”
occupational therapy
1, 2, 3 Going back a few posts under the title upright drifters I wrote about a presentation involving my life-tools and other things I was preparing for an OT class. Well that’s been and gone but there was a request for the powerpoint file, so I thought I’d put it up with a linkContinueContinue reading “occupational therapy”
the isthmus principle
a friend sent me some more information about that ingredient subway insist on leaving off their menu – beetroot.in a column of ‘the peninsula’ magazine, titled ‘the truth about food’ – “Beta vulgaris: the common, vulgar beetroot, has been adopted by Australians as national food. People from other countries are always surprised to find theContinueContinue reading “the isthmus principle”
i’ll gladly pay you tuesday
the age of the quality burger may soon pass … such is the lament over at the sydney morning herald. what’s going on? why should someone be contemplating such a dire prediction? yes, it’s all about the ‘missing ingedient’ – beetroot Kiriaki Orfanos sound a warning in the article that the absence of beetroot couldContinueContinue reading “i’ll gladly pay you tuesday”
asylum
forget death and taxes, seems i can’t get away from work and beetroot lately. so much to do (blog), so little time. kayla, over at devil’s playground seems to get it…or not get it – which is what we’re on about – “Why don’t Subway have beetroot?” she muses in this blog entry about thingsContinueContinue reading “asylum”
there’s a hole in my bucket
i’m on a crusade. at present though it’s gone a bit quiet out on the frontier. i was chatting with my mate mike seyfang today who dropped into work to catch up. mike and i go way back, but that’s another story. the point of that sentence was to say that while talking to mikeContinueContinue reading “there’s a hole in my bucket”
