I nicked the idea from the awesome Mags Lum. @Londonjustin asked people to list their #essential20 songs using Spotify and listing the criteria they used to choose them, why you chose each song, what you left out and what you learnt while making the list. Sounded too good to pass up, because I am bored and procrastinating at the moment. ...

I nicked the idea from the awesome Mags Lum. @Londonjustin asked people to list their #essential20 songs using Spotify and listing the criteria they used to choose them, why you chose each song, what you left out and what you learnt while making the list. Sounded too good to pass up, because I am bored and procrastinating at the moment. ...

Image Credit: ET Stock I am reporting on the National Carbon Capture & Storage Conference in Perth (part of National CCS Week) for Science Network WA. I am hoping to curate all the tweets live from the conference in this post so if it works and you cannot follow the hashtag #ccsconference then check back here and follow the conversation ...

I am reporting on the National Carbon Capture & Storage Conference in Perth (part of National CCS Week) for Science Network WA. I am hoping to curate all the tweets live from the conference in this post so if it works and you cannot follow the hashtag #ccsconference then check back here and follow the conversation below. I am also ...

Conference Room by PW Haiti Intern via Flickr Since I am both organising a conference and attending a few for work purposes, I thought I’d write something to help journalists on how to cover a conference. This is the latest one I got invited to recently. The invite and the pitch Two days ago, I got an email in my ...

Conference Room by PW Haiti Intern via Flickr Since I am both organising a conference and attending a few for work purposes, I thought I’d write something to help journalists on how to cover a conference. This is the latest one I got invited to recently. The invite and the pitch Two days ago, I got an email in my ...

Helpful Leader by GrowWear via Flickr At a Society of Editors (WA) meeting tonight, I was asked to be a mentor by an enthusiastic wannabe editor. I was both amused and flattered. She made a distinction between advice and ongoing support – someone who would show her the ropes and keep her from freaking out too much along the way. ...

Helpful Leader by GrowWear via Flickr At a Society of Editors (WA) meeting tonight, I was asked to be a mentor by an enthusiastic wannabe editor. I was both amused and flattered. She made a distinction between advice and ongoing support – someone who would show her the ropes and keep her from freaking out too much along the way. ...

Today is World Mental Health Day. And so I wrote a guest post on depression for the Emergen networking group. Ask someone you care about how they are today.

Today is World Mental Health Day. And so I wrote a guest post on depression for the Emergen networking group. Ask someone you care about how they are today.

There is an easy way to tell if a game is actually any good. Check to see if it has the Lace Mamba logo on the box. Screenshot from The Book of Unwritten Tales Lace Mamba are not the actual developers of The Book of Unwritten Tales. No, that acclaim goes to King Art Games, specifically  the creators Marc Konig and ...

There is an easy way to tell if a game is actually any good. Check to see if it has the Lace Mamba logo on the box. Screenshot from The Book of Unwritten Tales Lace Mamba are not the actual developers of The Book of Unwritten Tales. No, that acclaim goes to King Art Games, specifically  the creators Marc Konig and ...

This last Saturday was Fairday. Fairday is a family friendly event for most of the day and is part of the Pride Month festivities. I didn’t go. Usually, I go for these things but this time I didn’t. “Why aren’t you here? You should come and take pictures and write something! There are people here who want to meet you!” ...

This last Saturday was Fairday. Fairday is a family friendly event for most of the day and is part of the Pride Month festivities. I didn’t go. Usually, I go for these things but this time I didn’t. “Why aren’t you here? You should come and take pictures and write something! There are people here who want to meet you!” ...

Note: News events listed below are as they happened on the morning of Thursday, 03 Oct 2012 prior to debates, apologies and anything else really exciting. It takes awhile to think up rhymes. I give students a news quiz each week and today I couldn’t decide whether to post the quiz and some of the odd answers or a poem ...

Note: News events listed below are as they happened on the morning of Thursday, 03 Oct 2012 prior to debates, apologies and anything else really exciting. It takes awhile to think up rhymes. I give students a news quiz each week and today I couldn’t decide whether to post the quiz and some of the odd answers or a poem ...

One of the many terrifying yet somehow oddly successful rides in Sideshow Alley at the Perth Royal Show (c) Marisa Wikramanayake, 2012 I can’t tell the screams of my friend apart from the yelling of the others. I’m just glad I have my feet firmly on terra firma, two showbags and a handbag (hers) wedged firmly between them and a ...

One of the many terrifying yet somehow oddly successful rides in Sideshow Alley at the Perth Royal Show (c) Marisa Wikramanayake, 2012 I can’t tell the screams of my friend apart from the yelling of the others. I’m just glad I have my feet firmly on terra firma, two showbags and a handbag (hers) wedged firmly between them and a ...

I WAS supposed to write something today but i have things to do. You know, like work. Like invoicing people so I get paid and, most importantly, the cat has kitty litter and cat food. And like a thesis. That the cat has only allowed me to work on in the hopes that it may boost my income somehow (I ...

I WAS supposed to write something today but i have things to do. You know, like work. Like invoicing people so I get paid and, most importantly, the cat has kitty litter and cat food. And like a thesis. That the cat has only allowed me to work on in the hopes that it may boost my income somehow (I ...