There’s a new social networking tool on the horizon. And when I say new, it has actually been around for 10 months, but of course just hasn’t yet gone “mainstream”. It’s Instagram – and it’s growing rapidly, with over four million users worldwide. To be that well used there must be something about it, and I tend to think there is: because Instagram has inspired my own search for creativity.
A healthy democracy needs the freedom to disagree
Posted by Tim Malone
on Tuesday 16th August, 2011
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The debate for gay marriage is raging in Australia – and this week marks seven years since the Marriage Amendment Act 2004 was passed. Equal marriage rallies were held around Australia over the weekend and today the National Marriage Day rally is being held at Parliament House. But this political debate, more than others, has been turning nasty.
The media gets a hold of my tram love note
Posted by Tim Malone
on Thursday 11th August, 2011
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On Monday, I posted a picture on Facebook and Twitter of a note I’d been given by a random girl on the tram. The note – which you can see on the right – was picked up by the media today!
Lennox v Singer: Is there a God?
Posted by Tim Malone
on Thursday 21st July, 2011
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Last night in Melbourne, Oxford mathematician John Lennox debated philosopher and bio-ethicist Peter Singer in a debate organised by the Fixed Point Foundation. One believes in God, one doesn’t. This is how the debate unfolded.
How Vienna changed the world
Posted by Tim Malone
on Tuesday 19th July, 2011
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For another month-and-a-half, the National Gallery in Victoria is exhibiting works from Vienna, Austria from a period of rapid change at the turn of the 20th century. I’m new to the appreciating-art world, and this exhibition caught my attention because of its byline: “A little over 100 years ago in Vienna, Austria, a group of radical young creators and thinkers overturned all the rules and created a brave new world.”
