Monthly Archives: September 2010

2010/09/30
08:00
by: Matthew

The Malfunctioning Echo Chamber

I would like to weigh in to the seemingly endless debate about the place of social media within the current discourses about politics, media and most things in-between and the large number of problems I have with no only the … Continue reading →

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2010/09/28
08:25
by: Matthew

Ecomentalism

This weekend saw another protest take place at the coal loaders inside the port of Newcastle. The protest shut down the entire operation for a number of hours after protesters started scaling machinery. The police eventually gathered them all up … Continue reading →

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2010/09/27
11:36
by: Matthew

I Don’t Care Who You Are

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000002207 StartFragment:0000000454 EndFragment:0000002191 Judging by my Twitter feed this morning, it would appear as thought the debate over “anonymous” blog and Twitter comments has again been raised by people who think that having unattributed comments is going to … Continue reading →

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2010/09/21
15:44
by: Matthew

Global Marketplace is Global

The creation of the internet has ushered in the era of the true global marketplace. It has expanded the reach of business beyond what anyone in history could have imagined. It has given consumers the opportunity to not only shop … Continue reading →

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2010/09/16
17:31
by: Matthew

Think Different

It’s an argument that raises itself at least a couple of times a year for the past while now; that is that the internet and other technologies are making children less intelligent than they have been in the past. But … Continue reading →

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