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Archive for Queensland

Learning How Twitter Lists Work: Part I

I’m a bit late to the Twitter Lists party, but starting to catch on Having started to uncover the mysteries of Twitter lists, I thought a post or two might help a few people understand this still fairly new way of managing your Twitter presence and the various conversations within the great Twitterville (thank you

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Social Media for Young Elite Athletes and Performers

When I first met Michael Jeh, former top cricketer and now staff member at Griffith University on Australia’s Gold Coast, back in June, I was impressed by the story he told me of his Skool Project and was very pleased to sign up. Today I had the privilege of participating. I did a 90 minute

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Government 2.0 at Barcamp Brisbane

Yesterday, Saturday July 18, I spoke at Barcamp Brisbane on some impressions from the Public Sphere #2 event Government 2.0: Policy and Practice workshop held a few weeks ago in the Australian National Capital, Canberra and shared some thoughts about more local possibilities, especially at Queensland State Government level. There is a two part video

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Social Media Club Brisbane is Growing

Back in March this year, I asked the question “Is Brisbane ready for a Social Media Club?”. The answer proved to be in the affirmative. We had a preliminary gathering of interested people and then launched Social Media Club Brisbane on July 11th. I take responsibility for the fact that in the enthusiasm of the

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