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That’s a LOT of page views … (and SPAM & bots)
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
That’s not copyright theft. It’s ‘intertextual mixing’… (Yeah, right!)
“Ooops, you caught me passing off someone else’s work as my own.” From The Independent Shortly after Ms Hegemann’s book appeared, a blogger pointed out that passages of it bore an uncanny similarity to Strobo. In one case a whole page had simply been lifted from Strobo and planted in [her book]. … “There was […]
Quite a good quiz
Quiz: prime ministers v the media From The Guardian… Prime ministers and journalists have often had a difficult relationship. As Lance Price reveals in a new book, Where Power Lies: Prime Ministers v the Media (from which these quotes are taken), the two sides have been criticising each other, in similar terms, for years. This […]
Keith Olbermann: ‘My Father Asked Me To Kill Him’ (VIDEO)
This is a worthwhile (and pretty tough) lead-in to a conversation about US healthcare reform and the “death panel” lies that are still swirling (fed by lobbyists and cynical attention-seeking politicians) … (via Huffington Post) “Last Friday night, my father asked me to kill him.” Keith Olbermann opened his emotional Special Comment on health care […]
Where the slippery slope of deception ends …
A scandal is whipping through the internet about a tech reporter/blogger called Randall C. Kennedy who “invented” an alter-ego as an “expert” source for info about a speciality area of computing. He even posed as his fake self when giving interviews to other reporters! Sucker/innocent victim ComputerWorld writer Gregg Keizer reflects on lies and liars […]
Ace communicator or duplicitous spruiker? (VIDEO)
There are certain ‘sales types’ who veer so close to Con artists and scammers that you wonder why the ‘authorities’ don’t shut the lying bastards down. Newly-bankrupt Mark Bryers of Blue Chip seems to fit into that category, judging by some of the material I’ve seen privately and from reports in the media and from […]
The very best you can afford …
Apropos of my earlier post ‘More unintended consequences?‘ … Tom Scott nails it. (via Stuff.co.nz)
“No more lies”
Thank goodness there are still people like this in the world … Bridgecorp staff told to lie to investors, court told By Edward Gay NZ Herald Monday Feb 15, 2010 A former staff member of failed finance company Bridgecorp has told the court she and her colleagues were told to lie to angry investors who […]
A lawsuit waiting to happen…
OhMyGosh.
Tax? ‘Quite a good idea’…
In New Zealand, there’s been a lot of, umm, ‘debate’ (heat but not much light) about finding a way to tax residential property investors. Much ado about nothing, we hope. Here’s a brilliant ad in support of a proposed UK tax on banks… I have one or two people I would like to question in […]
A three horse race to rule over the global distribution of digital content … Apple in front by a nose.
Worthwhile evaluation from someone who knows the publishing game better than most — and from more angles. Why Apple’s iPad is shaking things up with Amazon and Google from Martin Taylor’s e-report — digital publishing downunder When Apple launched its long-rumoured iPad tablet computer late last month, it fired a major salvo in the battle […]
Speak up (or shut up) to defend a friend?
I’ve had occasion to reflect on this, one of my habits/traits/addictions: Speaking up for my friends. And, having thought about it: Yup — I’d do it every time. It’s almost involuntary. (Asperger’s?) I’d hope (but not expect) my friends to do the same for me. There’s another aspect, too: A friend of mine was approached by […]
Mark Withers on John Key’s ‘Tax Direction’ speech
“3 bullets dodged but there’s still a round in the breech!” I had a chat with specialist property accountant Mark Withers this morning — ‘the morning after’ NZ Prime Minister John Key’s speech at the opening of Parliament. Here’s a free 13 minute audio interview (mp3) hosted by Empower Education. And here’s a link to […]
