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Billy Thorpe: Australia’s Loudest Man goes Quiet

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

There will be many Aus­tralian sharpie Baby Boomers very quiet today. The hero of loud, Aus­tralian Rock and Roll, Billy Thorpe, died at 60 of a heart attack over night.
I won­der if in this elec­tion year, the pol­lies will pull a State Funeral. I hope so, as the impact his music had on that gen­er­a­tion surpasses […]

In the Digital Generation Gap

Monday, February 19th, 2007

If you are not a par­ent or teacher with chil­dren between the ages of 5–15, you might want to read some­thing else. I know how it gets when people talk about kids.
If you are a teacher or par­ent, wel­come to the new inter­net gen­er­a­tion gap.
An art­icle pub­lished in the New York magazine, Say Everything, details the […]

Our Brain Wiring is Evolving

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Talk­ing to the great Michael Stod­dart (Stod) around the pro­ver­bial water cooler, he stated that under-25’s don’t learn the same way as us Generation-X and cusp-Baby Boomers.
Rather than learn by rote the ins-and-outs of a “new thing”, the Generation-Y’s remem­ber the tags and “where to access” the inform­a­tion — know­ing that if they ever need […]