Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category

Catching Up: Education as the tail end of the digital revolution

Some (extended thoughts) on education in the digital age, and the proposition of three levels of learning: reception, expression and interception.

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Stop Fetishising My Prime Minister

The Prime Minister’s gender is something that Australian critics have been forced to deal with. I barely get through 100 words before stumbling over the personal pronoun.

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Viral Spiral: Has TV trickery gone too far?

Isn’t it wonderful? Finally, we get the media we want. We have become a part of good, honest entertainment on the daily. It’s fantastic. That is, if it stays honest.

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It’s Hard to be a Man

We are Kings, we are warriors, we are figureheads and we are immovable. We are men and we will not change.

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Beginner’s Guide To (not) Planking

Yep, we’ve reached the point in human civilization where our greatest endeavour towards a spectacle is to mimic an inanimate object.

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The Steps are Nothing: Interview with Rafael Bonachela

“You’re always writing, aren’t you?” The personal attention struck me kindly, something I would soon find as natural as his coy smile. “I’m going to get a coffee. Can I get you anything?”

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Deadly Rhetoric: Sarah Palin and the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

After Columbine, America sought people to blame. After today’s massacre, a great proportion is blaming the rhetoric of Sarah Palin. Why not look for preventative measures over momentary triggers? Why not treat the means, instead of the cause?

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Misinterprotato – The Gentle War (review)

Given the creative possibilities one’s brain can explore with combinations of interpretation and potato, this Brisbane trio is certainly hard to resist.

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Andy Bull – We’re Too Young (review)

Andy Bull focuses on what it means to be a work in progress; approaching lyricism with a sensitivity and wisdom he may just admit he doesn’t yet deserve.

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I’d prefer that you burn the Qur’an in private.

Pastor Jones is not responsible for the syndication of his hate; that information was put in the hands of people who should know the consequences of their actions and chose to run with it anyway.

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