Media Dragon: It’s in Your Hands

On Stand-Up Comedians And Their Water Bottles

"Their purpose seems obvious — to quench thirst, duh — but stage actors get dry mouths, and no Hamlet puts down his sword to pick up an Evian. The water bottle is the prop that clues us in that a comic — not a character — is at work."...

It’s in Your Hands.

7) It’s in Your Hands.

When Man City were 1 point ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League with the same number of games left, Pep Guardiola was asked about the pressure his team were facing. He said “It’s in our hands” and walked towards the pressure. Figure out what’s in your hands this year, and walk towards that pressure, that decision – and do something.

Act Now.

A Federal Police warning to the Coalition government over the conduct of one of its MPs was kept secret until it was too late for his constituents, writes Rex Patrick.

“Thank you, Mr Christensen.” Words I thought I’d never say, and especially never write.

The Australian Federal Police have been forced to release a June 2018 letter they wrote home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, stating that Queensland federal MP George Christensen, “undertakes extensive international travel to South East Asia during non-sitting periods and has engaged in activities that could potentially place him at risk of being targeted for compromise by foreign interest”.

Whatever Mr Christensen’s activities in South-East Asia were (and it’s probably best to steer clear of that topic), the battle over access to the AFP’s correspondence relating to the matter has been helpful in showing the public how moribund our FOI regime is.

A reluctant thank you, Mr Christensen: what we learnt about a travelling MP

Determining Cultural Quality In The Age Of Massive Data

As Van Dijk has observed, in our digital society, evaluation of cultural products has become synonymous with crowd evaluation. On websites or in newspapers and magazines, rating culture produces a diverse range of big data. - Journal of Cultural Analytics

Now The Crypto And Blockchain Guys Are Coming For The Book Industry

"This is the future an emerging number of publishing startups are after — aiming to change the value of a book from a $10 Amazon purchase to a $100 investment opportunity, while creating a market of readers excited to see the books they love succeed." - Esquire