It’s been a while since i’ve posted anything of interest here. I’ve got a job, of course, over at Geekdom which will involve a fair bit of blogging, but from a business perspective.
I’ve not really had a great deal to say about online journalism for a while - certainly nothing that I hadn’t already said 5 years ago - and I feel like the field’s doing well enough without me. So rather than drag this blog out any longer, I might kill it. I’ll still be blogging over at Geekdom and writing for New Matilda, Thinking Points, TechWiredAU and other places when I get the time, but those pieces will be syndicated at barrysaunders.com.
I’m also spending a bit of time doing video work with my friend Andy, that will be at monoclepopsoff.
I might resurrect the blog if I get back into my PhD, or I might use it for another project. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, let me know.
I’ve started a new job at geekdom doing SEO and social media. I’ve not done a great deal of SEO before - or at least, not done OMG SEO MAKE MONEYS WITH KEYWORD STUFFING - but I’m finding it interesting and it feeds into my interest in social media metrics and conversational media.
I’m working with Cathie McGinn.
The view is gorgeous.
Best of luck with your life together.
The CPD has just launched a new publication called Thinking Points: talking points for thinking people, providing rapid-fire responses to the debates of the day with an eye to the big picture and the decades to come.
I have a short policy piece up here.
Senator John Faulkner’s announcement of changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws is long overdue, and his approach promises to address a number of concerns about FOI in Australia.
First, addressing the egregious abuse of the ‘cabinet in confidence’ provision, exemplified by the wheeling of trolleys of documents in and out of the cabinet room, is a major step forward, as is the removal of conclusive certificates. However, simply reducing the legal loopholes available for abuse by government and the public service is only part of the solution.
