The Future As Seen By Me In 2010
Well looky here, things one has scanned in eh. (ignore the photo, that's some guy that made some accounting software, not sure what became of him ;) MIKE RIVERSDALE is fuming. The expensive headphones he bought in Sydney three weeks ago have just died. His first reaction is not to randomly spill expletives into his coffee, but to use his iPhone to vent his frustration to his Twitter con- tacts, under the moniker Miramar Mike. "I will also put, 'What should I do?' It's a conversation. I'm reaching out to the people following me." The council predicts hand-held digital devices such as smartphones will rule the world in 2040. They already rule the life of Mr Riversdale, whose company WaveAdept helps businesses adapt - their computing sys- tems to allow staff to work from anywhere - and with anyone. In order of fre- equency, he uses his iPhone to tweet (1136 followers; 8363 tweets since joining), e-mail, make phone calls and use online services, such as checki
Thanks for helping spread the word Mike.
ReplyDeleteIt was just on TV3 apparently... that's pretty good for like 12 hours since we launched it :)
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ReplyDeleteit's all well and good to spread the word, but having a blacked out photo on a social media website is not going to change laws. That's just ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteThere are better things to do than to put up a black image on a site that no politician or lawmaker is going to see or care about. Like, mass letters to members of parliament and newspapers, organising campaigns to take to the streets, organising interviews on radio and tv.
Anything but posting a blacked out photo. That's just like saying, "Hey, I don't like it, but I'm not prepared to actually do anything about it 'cause I'm too bloody lazy. But if I put this black image on my Facebook profile, people might think I care."
Wow.
@alan Hmm, maybe but writing just one letter to dictators also 'never makes a difference' until there are many many others. It's made the NZ "main media", being reported around the world (politivians do talk to other policiticians and word travels).
ReplyDeleteIt's also part of a campaign and not the only action.
Oh, and there is a "march" to Parliament tomorrow.
But, as they have (randomly) on the CreativeCommons site:
"So many people tut and say "Someone should do something", but so few step forward and say "...and that someone is me" –Terry Pratchett