People tell me that they get a lot of value from reading my blog posts, watching my daily videos where I work and learn out loud as well as the tips in my monthly newsletter. The ideas, hints and strategies presented have helped people to create their own personalised learning strategies or given them the […]
The Lieutenant
Last year I became obsessed with learning all I could about how Australia was settled. My interest in Australian history was inspired by an Australian author David Hunt who wrote Girt. I had gone to the publishing event of his second book True Girt at Black Inc in Hawthorn where the audience asked him questions […]
My Perfect Job
If you had to write the description of your perfect job, what would it look like? This year I haven’t made any goals or resolutions. I have deliberately decided to keep things open to see how what I have been openly sharing over the past few years around new skills, networks, relationships, connections, and knowledge of workplace […]
Learning is Like Fitness
This year as I started my fitness routine, I was reminded by a quote by Addison who said that “Reading to the mind is what exercise is to the body“. Now I’m not one who loves exercise. In fact, I hate it. I do it because I have to. Every time, I come up with […]
Happy New Year
Hello everyone and hello 2017! Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday break and enjoyed the special times with loved ones as well as took a well earned break now looking forward to a new year! I love this time of the year as it’s an opportunity to start afresh […]
Have an iPhone, Will Vlog
By now many of you may have noticed my insane liking to vlogging. Ever since stumbling upon Casey Niestat’s Wildly Functional Studio video on YouTube, I have fallen for the idea of sharing the STORY behind our work and learning through video. It’s “working out loud” to some extent – namely, you’re sharing the process […]
What’s Your Word for the Year?
Just One Word. For the last two weeks we had a house guest. Every year, our friend who is a tennis fan, comes to stay with us and attend the Australian Open. While he was here, he organised a dinner for a group of eight one Saturday night at a restaurant on the banks of […]
Co-Working at the Docklands Library
Last Friday, I organised a co-working day at the Docklands Library in Melbourne and called it ThirdPlace. I started this meet up group a couple of years ago for people interested in adult education, coaching and all things related to “learning” to gather for informal social networking events. The people belong across all different industries and professions. […]
It’s a Kinda Magic Augmented Reality
Last year, I attended an expo called Future Assembly and while there, I had an opportunity to participate in an augment reality experiment. A Melbourne based company called Plattar (@PlattarGlobal) set up their camera equipment and invited people to film a short video that they can augment onto your business card. Obviously, I was keen to give […]
What is Your Life Purpose?
This week a friend had posted this TedX video called How to Know Your Life Purpose on Facebook where Adam Leipzig, an entertainment executive (and author of Film Making in Action) presents five questions to the audience that answers this question. It’s well worth viewing. Well I started to think and reflect on these five questions […]