Just enjoy seeing the world from a musician's POV for three minutes. It's awesome... Thanks Bennett.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
well played, Optus... you got me
I have just fallen for the aggressive tactics shown by Optus in the race to sign up every fanboy and fangirl ahead of the iPhone 4 release in Australia. After being with Telstra for over ten years, I left for Optus' iPhone plans a few years back, and although their reception is pretty crap when compared to the Deathstar Telstra... Well, it's just nice to feel wanted for once. Some dude called from SA or WA and said he would put me on their "database" in return giving me a free month of access, upgrade my plan doubling my included calls and tripling my included data rate for the same price with a free iPhone 4.
Let's not be coy... He had me at hello.
Now that we have that incredibly unpleasant discussion out of the way... Check out this amazing drawing of Boston
what's the big idea
A few days ago I posted about one of my favourite things on this entire planet, This American Life.
The whole point of that post was to tell you about something that seemed quite relevant to this website, which was an episode aired last week titled 'Million Dollar Idea'. Check it out if you're interested in how a venture capitalist approaches a new venture, how big ideas can go so right and so wrong... or just interested in interesting things.
the hive @ order of melbourne
Hatem Saleh of the Atlantic Group speaking tonight at The Order of Melbourne as part of The Hive talks series. Check out more awesome entrepreneurial success stories online or just come along and say g'day. You'll probably find BC and I tucked away in a corner scribbling out new business ideas like we were tonight.
Monday, July 26, 2010
payment notice 84546***5
Dear Payment Notices Officer,
I have just spent two hours wading through your phone system, alternating between suicide and phonicide.
My parents have just returned home after an extended time away to several letters from your organisation telling me I need to pay $30 for an administration fee for a glaring omission made by the *insert shitty gym name here regarding the conditions on extended parking.
I understand that sometimes these things cost time and money, so even though I feel this is entirely not my fault (for once) I would have been happy to pay (for once).
However, although I explained in my original letter to you that I had borrowed my mothers car and I lived at a different address to her, these legal notices continue to be sent to an empty home over an hour away.
I would have been happy to pay the administration fee months ago but the fact that none of you seem to be doing any administrating over this account makes me feel like that would be a pretty stupid thing to spend my money on so if you would like to send me a letter to my actual address explaining how *my really crappy gym and/or your organisation stuffed up by not even telling us the parking extension was restricted to weekdays then I will happily pay your administration fee.
If not, then I guess we can consider the case closed.
Thanks heaps for listening
MG
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wow, it's been a year already?
So I knew I wasn't going to be very good at posting stuff every day but I really didn't think it would take me an entire year to write something new.
Fortunately, I had lunch with a good friend (and sister of my blog hero Julian Cole @ Adspace Pioneers) who decided we are the perfect candidates for a blog about cool stuff to do in and around Melbourne. I agreed, but only on the condition that it was titled something like "all the stuff you should be doing, because we're not"
The internet has created a huge opportunity for sponges like me to become aware of so many amazing things going on that I often feel guilty for not participating in more. Added to that the fact that I used to do so many interesting things and meet so many interesting people that now I feel sluggish at the thought of catching up with an old friend who seems blissfully unaware of my now uber boring habits of work, sleep, work, drink.
I'm not even sure if I like who I have become.
I like the part of me that still gets so excited when attending things like last nights Junior event @ the workers club, or even just coffee with BC today, discussing all the potential that the world seems to hold for us right now. I want to focus on that part of my personality.
And so internet, I commit to you the first in my series of many thousands of blog posts about things that I think are incredibly important and funny or just plain interesting.
Fortunately, I had lunch with a good friend (and sister of my blog hero Julian Cole @ Adspace Pioneers) who decided we are the perfect candidates for a blog about cool stuff to do in and around Melbourne. I agreed, but only on the condition that it was titled something like "all the stuff you should be doing, because we're not"
The internet has created a huge opportunity for sponges like me to become aware of so many amazing things going on that I often feel guilty for not participating in more. Added to that the fact that I used to do so many interesting things and meet so many interesting people that now I feel sluggish at the thought of catching up with an old friend who seems blissfully unaware of my now uber boring habits of work, sleep, work, drink.
I'm not even sure if I like who I have become.
I like the part of me that still gets so excited when attending things like last nights Junior event @ the workers club, or even just coffee with BC today, discussing all the potential that the world seems to hold for us right now. I want to focus on that part of my personality.
And so internet, I commit to you the first in my series of many thousands of blog posts about things that I think are incredibly important and funny or just plain interesting.
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