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March 26, 2009

Pollies stop Twittering

Posted by : Michael Lund
Filed under : Internet, Media, Observation, Online

During the election campaign in Queensland you could hardly hear the policies for all the Twittering from the two leaders battling it out for the state’s top job. Both Labor’s Anna Bligh and the Soda Pop Party’s Lawrence Springborg were using the Twitter website for all sorts of … well twitter. But the votes have [...]


February 23, 2009

The hands of Anna Bligh

Posted by : Michael Lund
Filed under : Internet, Media, Observation, Online

The Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is using every web resource possible as she announces an expected/unexpected early state poll. The debate is open as to who revealed what first, but when Bligh launched herself as anna4queensland on the social update website Twitter last Tuesday is was clear some announcement about something was due soon. Sure [...]


October 10, 2008

My Facebook doesn't understand me

Posted by : Michael Lund
Filed under : Internet

We’ve been friends for more than a year and I’ve been very open about my relationship. I always told Facebook I was married, right from the beginning so there was never any embarrassing misunderstandings. So why is Facebook telling me to look for singles in Australia (right)? Seems to me Facebook should have a long [...]


September 18, 2008

Sick of the Flash

Posted by : Michael Lund
Filed under : Internet, Media, Movies

When will web designers wake up and realise that Flash is not the ideal way to present information on a website? Here I am, trying to research a story on James Bond when I come up against the website www.007.com I’m looking for information on the new Bond movie Quantum of Solace but all I [...]


August 8, 2008

Disappointed at Google's street view

Posted by : Michael Lund
Filed under : Internet, Media, Online

Okay, not that disappointed. But rather than all this discussion in the media about what the street view should and shouldn’t show, wouldn’t it have been better if Google had told people exactly what day they were heading down your street. That way those that didn’t want to be shown could have hidden, but those [...]


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