Alex’s blog about strategy, campaigning, growth, politics and climate (among other things).
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The Glenn Beck story: the tail end
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the Glenn Beck story, where an internet prankster satirised ultra-conservative US pundit Glenn Beck (a kind of super-Bolt). The prankster, Isaac Eiland-Hall, registered a website, which called on Beck to prove that he did not sexually assault and murder a young girl in 1990. The site was a… Read more
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Really amazing artist from South Africa
Alex Latimer is an artist from South Africa who helped Mark Forrester (of Woothemes) redesign his website. Having looked over Latimer’s site and his portfolio, I am both amazed at this excellent and talented idiosyncratic and whimsical artist’s work. The below piece is one of my favourites. I thoroughly recommend you check him out. Read more
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Latest polling on climate change
Unsurprising results from the latest polling on climate change from Essential Research: Q: Do you agree that there is fairly conclusive evidence that climate change is happening and caused by human activity or do you believe that the evidence is still not in and we may just be witnessing a normal fluctuation in the earth’s… Read more
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My new toy
Just arrived today: the Gigabyte t1028x. Pretty happy with it so far. The specs are better than I’d hoped for, and Windows 7 (Starter) is not too shabby. Just need to load up some final software, etc, before it’s ready to roll. Read a review about it here. Read more
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350.org and the Day of Climate Action
Joe Trippi has a great wrap of the decentralised nature of this global movement, and the massive organising effort that was mobilised to make Saturday 24 October such a success. Quoth Trippi: Issuing calls to action via text message, soliciting photo sharing of actions, and providing real-time updates to supporters, onlookers, and the media, the… Read more
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The importance of 350
Image from News.com.au Today marked the International Day of Climate Action, organised by 350.org. The Labor Environment Action Network is one of 14 environmental organisations in Australia supporting the activities that took place. Thousands of Australians took part hundreds of local activities, the most visually spectacular of which was a rally on the steps of… Read more