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Play, Fear, Failure, Me & I

The past few months I’ve been working in a culture that had no play, no acceptance of failure, and a philosophy of fear. Obviously every employee’s perspective and situation are going to be difference, but this is how I see it.
In other parts of my life, I’ve been coding/mashing data up, building services, drawing, [...]


Staff Who Follow Stupid Policy

Seth Godin in Small is the New Big, talks about following policy in a post titled A Wake Up Call about Wake Up Calls.

Before going to work out, I called to cancel my wake up so the ringing phone wouldn’t bother the neighbors. The receptionist then asked, “Would you like me to cancel the follow [...]


Flickr 888 - Free Tibet

Flickr 888 - Free Tibet - Madam Lasher

 
As a member of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, I joined the I Will Not Watch Campaign. Flickr launched their 888 Photo Sharing/Celebration, and I thought that was a nice way to avoid watching any TV.
Flickr 888, made me pause. It made me think about who I am, [...]


Henderson & Horning – Sexist Advertising, Justice Through Social Networks?

Picture of a guy, top ripped open, sitting down, staring suggestively up towards the crotch of a lady in red fishnet stockings. Sign reads, “How Long Have You Been Looking?” (Corner of Harris Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, [still current]).
I passed this sign at least twice a day, 5 days a week, for months on [...]


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