Repatriated to Canberra

May 9

“But providing content isn’t about getting a network right and bundling content onto it. It’s about making that content available wherever a customer wants it, in whatever format they want it; no matter what underlying network may deliver that content. The birth of the Internet has ensured that content has become disaggregated from the network layer that delivers it; and very few customers want to go back to the bad old days where the two are tied irrevocably together, as they are with Foxtel.” Reality check: ISPs do not understand content | Delimiter

May 8

“What we think of as free markets are actually not that free. Even if you remove legal barriers between people and allow them to interact, they are still separated by distances caused by geography, lack of trust, inefficient social networks and differences in culture and language. This is the next frontier for government to explore: how can leaders bridge the remaining interpersonal distances that separate people in social networks?” VC Victor Hwang: How To Create The Next Silicon Valley

Apr 26

“None of this is helped by whining U.S. trade representatives complaining about “trade barriers” that are nothing more than prudent reactions to overreaching U.S. laws. What’s called for is a second look at U.S. law - and a repeal of the parts (if not all) of the Patriot Act that give foreign organizations (and U.S. citizens, for that matter) cause for concern. The other alternative is to cede business to companies outside the U.S.” How U.S. Policy Creates Barriers for Cloud Providers

“Today’s global workforce requires employees to communicate with vendors, partners and colleagues well beyond the firewall. Workers not only need to access the enterprise, but they also need to collaborate with a growing network of contacts to ensure business projects are conducted and completed on time.” BYOC usurps BYOD as the CIOs latest IT headache | Media network | Guardian Professional

Apr 24

“the embarrassing catalogue of errors that led to a the Royal Navy’s most advanced submarine being ambushed by a pile of rocks.” Catalogue of failure led to HMS Astute running aground - UK - Scotsman.com

Apr 18

“I’ve calculated the chance of Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom celebrating their golden anniversary,” he says, “Even when I extend it to 15 decimal places, the probability is still zero.” A Refined Formula to Predict Doom in Celebrity Marriages - NYTimes.com

Apr 13

“A number of US companies had expressed concerns that various departments in the Australian Government, namely, the Department of Defence, The National Archives of Australia, the Department of Finance and Deregulation, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) and the State of Victoria’s Privacy Commissioner had been sending negative messages about cloud providers based outside the country, implying that “hosting data overseas, including in the United States, by definition entails greater risk and unduly exposes consumers to their data being scrutinised by foreign governments”.” US slams Australia’s on-shore cloud fixation | Delimiter

Apr 3

“I’m old enough to have seen people dance on the coffins of Australia’s major parties before, only to be surprised when the lid turns out not to have been nailed shut.” Antony Green’s Election Blog: The Cycles of Party Politics

Mar 22

“Nokia has lost four out of five customers it had and sells only one out of every 20 smartphones” Communities Dominate Brands: Brutal Truth about Lumia - cannot sustain even 1 to 1 replacement of Symbian: Windows Phone strategy doomed for Nokia

Mar 21

“What gives value to travel is fear. It is the fact that, at a certain moment, when we are so far from our own country we are seized by a vague fear, and an instinctive desire to go back to the protection of old habits. This is the most obvious benefit of travel. At that moment we are feverish but also porous, so that the slightest touch makes us quiver to the depths of our being. We come across a cascade of light, and there is eternity.” The Next Time You Travel…Travel With Fear