A while ago, a friend was flirting with the idea of doing an Avatar course (thankfully, she ended up giving it a miss).
I’ve done Landmark Education’s Forum (worthwhile, but won’t comment further here, as this will be the subject of another post). I’ve also read a shitload of self-development stuff over the years (all the usual suspects), attended a Christopher Howard weekend seminar, even read a friend’s copy of The Secret (herk) – hmm…there’s another post. Before I dig myself in any deeper, my point is that I’m no stranger to this stuff and am generally cynical, but not necessarily dismissive of all of it. Continue reading Avatar? My Arse!→
Groan – now the Benny Cousins soapie is taking off in the States. Yep, as the media headlines trumpeted at us, Benny scored a mention on PerezHilton.com. The only noteworthy aspect of the post was the following comment, which earns Perez the inaugural Boomtown Rap Quote Of The Day:
“No one has any idea where he is,” said a person with knowledge of the situation.
As promised, here’s a roundup of last weekend’s “PodCamp Community Unconference” from the perspective of a non-Geek.
Why “unconference”? Probably partly to emphasise the informal nature of proceedings and partly out of a slightly precious sense of perversity. This was a Web 2.0 gathering, remember. And Web 2.0 is synonymous with community, where centralisation of organisation is minimised and power is really disseminated amongst the community (eg: Wikipedia). Web 2.0 might just be the purest form of democracy ever realised in practice. Continue reading Perth PodCamp 07 – Straight From The Cerebral Hard Drive→