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Three great things I came across this year

December 30, 2010
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I love lists. They can be arbitrary, but there’s something to them: a look back, before leaping into a new year. I’m a science writer and researcher, arts broadcaster and music obsessive, and a compulsive reader, so there is a  lot to draw on. So I focussed on three great things I came across this year and haven’t been able to stop talking about: Tipping Point, Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Brisbane’s Other Film.

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Reading #5

December 2, 2010

Sometimes all it takes to be creative is a different perspective. Matthew Engel’s Financial Times report on Australian politics captures something: The insecurity of power is reinforced by the layout of the parliamentary chamber. Instead of nestling alongside their colleagues on the front bench, the leaders sit alone at the despatch box, on swivel chairs, [...]

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Steampunk Blogging, meet Ross Floate

November 24, 2010

You can’t escape the death of print media talk. Newspapers may not be folding at quite the same rate as they were earlier this year or last, and there are plenty of exciting projects getting up, but print newsrooms are still clearing out – the latest is Fairfax cutting some $10 million in costs with [...]

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Reading #3

November 21, 2010

Thinking about ideas is all about imagining a future, and that’s something Kristin Alford has lots of experience doing. When I caught up with her for ramen last week in Sydney, we talked through nanotech, climate science, books, data visualisation, Synapse and the Australian Network for Art and Technology (Kristin’s on the board), and the [...]

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