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alexjcampbell

  1. @michaelbattle I know! Don't you miss all those cool slow-loading non-linkable sites that made noises when you rolled over the nav links? :)
  2. @GlennSterle @latikambourke Truly terrifying: a member of the Australian Senate not knowing the difference between your and you're
  3. The world's countries by real GDP growth rate bit.ly/KIton2
  4. Talk of "hockey-stick growth forecasts" should be grounds for summarily ending a meeting
  5. The two most dangerous phrases in investing are "this time is different" and "hockey-stick growth forecast" #bubbletwopointzero
  6. "10% of all photos (ever) were taken in the past 12 months" bit.ly/HRFTfk (via @kvox)
  7. @BrandDNA Sailor's Thai Canteen in The Rocks = amazingly good
  8. I'm all for hounding Craig Thomson out of office but 9 pages of coverage in today's AFR suggests it has moved from 'news' to 'entertainment'
  9. Excellent article on how Yahoo's corporate development team killed Flickr. Many lessons gizmo.do/JGMMQn (via @STWnextness)
  10. Microsoft's new social network promises to offer minutes of entertainment so.cl
  11. @MeghanMcTavish I have had great success getting Telstra to wipe out big roaming bills with that approach, hope Virgin is the same
  12. @MeghanMcTavish Act clueless ("but I don't even know what data IS!") while casually mentioning that you have great contacts at Today Tonight
  13. @MeghanMcTavish P.S. Happy birthday!
  14. @MeghanMcTavish Global roaming data? :/ Surely they will reduce if you call up and play dumb...
  15. @basscheffers Thanks Bas, will give that a try!
  16. @dprolfe No... I barely watch TV except for old episodes of The West Wing
  17. Signed up for Foxtel on X-Box last weekend. It is a complete waste of money. Apple TV is far better value. On-demand is the future!
  18. @carapring That's great! Congrats!
  19. @carapring Where are you off to?