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Archive for December, 2006

Get Stupid

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

I’m introducing my kids to Season One of Get Smart this morning before school because I figured it’s about time they understood why I always say “Good thinking 99″. Reading up on this history of the series on Wikipedia I learned about a new movie version due to go into production in early 2007 which [...]

G’DAY WORLD PODCAST 176 - Ross Dawson on The Future Of Business

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Ross Dawson is a strategy consultant, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. He runs a company called Future Exploration Network, a global events and consulting firm specializing in the future of business.
Earlier in 2006 he ran the The Future Of Media Summit and we chatted for a while last week about the future of media [...]

 
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TuneSleeve - an awesome iTunes art app

Monday, December 18th, 2006

I’ve been using iArt for a few months to get missing mp3 art. But I have found something better. Dave and Knightwise talked about it on Global Geek Podcast #30. It’s called TuneSleeve and I’ll tell you a few of the reasons why I like it.
1. It has an option to delete the current [...]

TPN Random Feed Of The Day - “Today in Music History”

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

How many TPN shows do you listen to? Just G’Day World? Then you are missing out on some great ear juice.
Here’s one you should have, especially if you’re the kind of person who likes to go to work and spout of random bits of trivia to impress your colleagues.
Brian Ibbott’s “Today in Music [...]

Mohammed Al Fayed has a blog

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Reading up on Lord Stevens’ report on the death of Diana and Dodi this morning and it lead me to searching for Mohammed Al Fayed’s response. This is turn lead me his blog which looks pretty new. I’ve invited him to come on the show to discuss the report in depth. I personally expect the [...]

G’DAY WORLD PODCAST 175 - Hanan Lifshitz, Palore

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Today my guest is Hanan Lifshitz, founder and CEO of Palore, joining me from Israel.
Palore is a browser plug-in that pulls together reviews of businesses (restaurants, plumbers, etc) from across the web and let’s you view them directly from the website of the business. I think services like this will be key to us [...]

 
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Scouta looking for beta users

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Richard Giles tells me his start-up, Scouta, is looking for a limited number of beta users. Go sign up at Scouta.com. Looks pretty cool. I think he’s onto something big.

Wake Up, Breathe, Keep Breathing

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Another from my list of great albums you probably haven’t heard is “Dead Inside” by The Golden Palominos. I remember buying this cd when it came out in 96 because of one thing - the cover.

I’d never heard of the Palominos but this cover grabbed me. I was in JB Hi-Fi, looking for something different, [...]

G’DAY WORLD PODCAST 174 - Simon McKeon

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

This is the second show in my series of interviews with Melbourne’s top business and government leaders that I’m calling “Melbourne’s Top Dogs“. On this show, I’m very fortunate to interview Simon McKeon, Executive Chairman of the Melbourne office of Macquarie Bank, aka “The Millionaire Factory”, Australia’s premier investment bank.

Simon is an inspiring bloke. Not [...]

 
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Waking Up To A Red Sun

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

The bushfires in Melbourne have turned the sun red this morning. Here are a couple of shots I took from our street corner. I’ve told the boys this means we’ll have Kryptonian gravity today and by the time the sun turns yellow again we’ll all have superpowers. Hey, it’s no worse than telling them that [...]