The QuickTake moniker returns! 📱📸
This is tangible evidence that the world is leaning more and more to the right.
PhD Study Journal: Entry 1 📝
Wooo! I finally finished reading Mapping Media Ecology: Introduction to the Field, which is a comprehensive text on the ...Figtree High School’s 50th Anniversary
It was nostalgic and hilarious to go back to our local high school today, seeing historical displays, new gardens and re...I’m super-pleased that my Feld Notes podcast is now available in Apple’s directory. It’s still a bit of an experiment at the moment—as a peripheral part of my PhD studies—however I’m looking forward to doing more and improving my skills in the space. 🎙
It was worth buying a HomePod stereo pair just for Samskeyti by Sigur Rós.
S1 E2: Penka’s Childhood (Part 2)
Continuing the discussion about her childhood, Penka describes her experience at school, troubles with her health and he...Natasha bought some flowers today and we found a friend inside! 🐌
S1 E1: Penka’s Childhood (Part 1)
In this first episode of Feld Notes, Martin speaks with his grandmother, Penka, about her memories of growing up in the ...An invisible caller
A Melbourne moment… hearing someone yell on the street, ‘I’ll add you on LinkedIn!’.
I’m in Melbourne for work today and whenever I visit, I feel like it’s a bizarro version of Sydney where the streets make sense and the footpaths have space for more than two people at a time. It’s good fun to observe the hustle and bustle of the place.
I recently stumbled upon this great photo of the suburb where I grew up, which is called Figtree. It was named after the gigantic fig tree that once stood at one of its main junctions. In this photo from 1937, you can see it on the right-hand side of the frame.
Here it is up close! It’s a real shame that it isn’t around today, due to disease and damage.
In my work, I have the pleasure of using ad campaign managers for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. They all have horrible user interfaces that are slow, ever-changing and incapable of showing any kind of helpful feedback about what is uploading, progressing or launching. Rubbish.
As Ace Ventura would say…
After much preparation and communicating with supervisors, I finally get to start my part-time PhD. It will take ages but I’m excited that it’s finally happening. See how I feel in a few years! 😜 📝
Budgie feast!
I managed to crush this milk bottle without leaking any of it!
I love this sculpture at the University of Wollongong Library. Yay books! 📚
ABC RN recently shared a fantastic new episode of its podcast The Philosopher’s Zone, called ‘Why the Humanities?’. You should definitely listen to it; the three guest speakers do a great job of showing the value of the humanities in a world that is driven by measurability. 🎙️
More often than not, marketing goes a bit too far. Rumination 53: Needless Storytellers on Lounge Ruminator
I bumped into an old friend briefly in Sydney.
Approaching the greatest building in the world…
Photo challenge by @macgenie (day ten): this is how friends enjoy a pigloo together.
Check out this great piece of writing on writing by Dr. Kate Bowles on her site Music for Deckchairs. I’m sure that Microbloggers will find it relatable, as we’re all here because we enjoy writing and perhaps find that other online spaces and workplaces can restrict it. 📝