Regular Round Up of Riveting Reads
Links, Links, Links!! 12th May 2013
Happy Mother’s Day all! Check out the links for the week… Do you pay for newspapers or any news? Do you want to? News Limited has a paywall dilemma trying to deal with it… This announcement is their epitaph. It suggests that News Limited really sees little future in hard copy newspapers. They will continue until their revenue falls to a point where they are unprofitable. Then they will die. But don’t worry: you can always switch to news+. Society seems obsessed with the concept of “happiness”. It...
read moreLinks, Links, Links!! 5th May 2013
A stunning way to tell a story. Check out this audition on the X Factor. What have you been up to this week? It’s been a crazy one on this end…I had this interview come out on Radio National about the piece in the Griffith Review, learnt a fair bit about training someone and read many analyses about the reaction to the Boston Bombings (a few of which I have included below). Enough about me though…here are some of the bits and bobs which caught my eye this week. Paul Grahams words on finding your purpose and doing...
read moreLinks, Links, Links!! 28th April 2013
Hi everyone! How are we this fine Sunday? I’ve had an interesting week, not least as I was interviewed by the ABC (live! zomgsh) on my piece in the Griffith Review. Check out the video HERE! How many times do we have to say this? The use of the word “illegal” is ignorant and mischievous! While the Coalition may have hoped to score political points with the reappearance of its “illegal boats” billboard this week, it has shone a spotlight on its feeble grasp of international law. Opposition Leader Tony...
read moreLinks, Links, Links! 21st April 2013
How are we all this morning? How has the week been? I’ve been super busy with a crazy week at work (I’ve a new trainee), getting excited about being published and wrote one of my most-read articles on an encounter at the airport. Enough about what I did though…here is what I came across on the net! I love this piece by the Informed Comment: Top Ten Reasons why Terrorism is Forbidden in Islamic Law… From the simple dollar: 5 pieces of advice that changed my life. Young people need to be more involved in all...
read moreLinks, Links, Links! 14th April 2013
Well it’s that time of week again! Let me share with you some of the interesting pieces of the internet that have recently caught my eye… Trip down memory lane: The Iraq War told in headlines over the last 10 years. Are you moving from Google Reader? Want to know how to make the switch seamlessly to Feedly? Worry no longer. 52 reasons why you should date an aid worker (tongue in cheek and all…) A great collection of FREE apps from LinkedIn on making your work life more productive. LinkedIn...
read moreLinks, Links, Links! 6th April 2013
Hello all! How are we this week? I’ve been flat chat at work doing the oil and gas thing, while also working on getting a few things moving on the Youth Without Borders side and writing a whole bunch of different articles… anyhow, enough about me! Let us look at interesting things on the net recently… Daily Dishonest posters…I had to chuckle. But that’s the thing about racism: it goes way beyond bad intentions. The most insidious racism is just so ingrained it’s involuntary. Waleed Aly’s brilliant piece on ‘The Curse of...
read moreLinks, Links, Links! March 17th 2013
It’s been a big week and these links have been sitting ‘to be published’ for a while now – hope you enjoy nonetheless! The photo above is of the UNAOC Youth Forum that I had the honour of being a part of… How was your week? If you’re not sure yet…take some time to think while reading these awesome pieces! "Though there is inevitably a focus on the constant tug-of-war between work and life for women, I don’t think our feminist dream is a simple binary equation. Maybe it would be better if we had a more nuanced...
read moreLinks, Links, Links! 19th February 2013
On whitewashing in Hollywood… In other words, only white people can stand in for the human race as whole. No act of sexism is too small to ignore: a good piece about changing cultures. The interesting link here can be made with changing of any cultures; as the author says, there is no point in half draining the toxic swamp. Do jerks deserve free speech? An arresting article on South Korean women who have had plastic surgery. Apparently, they see it just like putting on makeup…what an interesting cultural difference. An amazing piece by an...
read moreIlluminating Links! 9th February 2013
Isn’t this an interesting article? Written about the Internet…in 1995! Hillary Clinton is extremely popular right now. Will she be the first female candidate for US presidency? What do you think about her policies? A terrible, but instructive look at celebrity altruism in Africa – which celebrities “own” which nations? An interesting Freakonomics experiment: Have a question? Let Freakonomics flip the coin for you! Thinking of volunteering abroad? 5 expectations to avoid! Jeremy Fernandez, a TV presenter, has an experience with...
read moreLinks, Links, Links – 4th February 2013
This is pretty cool – Lego that can talk to Apple and Android products! This NSW corruption story is turning out to be a big one… Illustration: Rocco Fazzari The belief that stars are born not made is demonstrated by the portrayal of genius in the media and popular entertainment. Higher achievers such as Mozart and Michelangelo are shown in plays and movies as having prodigious abilities from their earliest years, their talent the result of possession of some mysterious in-built gift. The role of studying and working at...
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