A challenge today for politicians and public servants is how easy it is for a photo or frame from a video to be reused out-of-context to parody, well, literally anything. We’ve seen the increasing use of ‘photoshopped’ images on social media to support all kinds of political and social positions, ranging from the clever and…
Most people under the age of 35 probably don’t remember a world without e-tax, a system developed by the Australian Tax Office to make it simpler and faster for Australians to complete their tax returns. Before e-tax was introduced in 1999 Australian taxpayers all had to do their tax by hand, or get an accountant involved…
Thirty years ago if you wanted to read the news, you bought a newspaper. A paper newspaper, with real money. As a result all of a government’s announcements – media releases, Ministerial statements, advertising and other content had a price tag by default. You didn’t get to see them if you didn’t pay the paper’s…
With the news this week that Fairfax is following News Ltd in introducing paywalls to their major metro online news mastheads, organisations need to think deeper about their social media strategy. With a paywall strategy two things happen. Firstly a large number of people stop using the paywalled websites. For example it’s been reported in…
Last week FaHCSIA released a great video on accessibility that they’re using to educate staff and management on its importance, who it affects and the basics of what to do. I think it is an awesome resource for all organisations (not just government) to help them understand their legal obligation and how to meet it….
I thought this infogram had huge relevance to governments, as well as to corporations, so have posted it to ensure it doesn’t get missed by people in the daily hurley-burley. The infogram provides some excellent suggestions on the strengths and weaknesses of various social media services and when to use each. Find out more at…
A few weeks ago I became aware of a very interesting documentary project, Twittamentary, a movie that explores the intersection and interplay of peoples’ lives on Twitter. Directed by Singaporean filmmaker and Tweeter, Tan Siok Siok, the documentary takes a grass roots approach, looking at how Twitter has connected, affected and influenced individuals across America….
Often in government there’s only two social media networks discussed and considered for community engagement and communications, Facebook and Twitter. MySpace is a distant memory, LinkedIn is used just for resumes and services like FourSquare, Plurk, Ning and others are not well-known. Also not that well known is Google Plus, and perhaps rightly so –…
With the release of News Ltd’s Future of journalism ‘discussion’ I’ve submitted a ‘Your view’ to the site which may, or may not, be published at some point in the future. On the basis that traditional media is no longer the gatekeeper for participation in public debate I have posted my submission below. I see…
While this post is a little outside the usual topics I cover in this blog, I thought it touched on enough to publish it. Also it is so long that The Drum may not publish it as a comment on their article Murdoch kills paper, bodycount continues – and note that if it is published,…
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