It’s the end of another year this year. And what an end of a year it’s been. Also, the rest of the year was eventful. I started 2013 with no regular work and by March I’d run out of money. Well, I say “run out of money”, but I mean it in the first world […]
2013 A.D(MG)
Hooray for student media
In response to new Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s comments last week RE: again abolishing compulsory student services fees at Australian universities, I wrote an opinion piece for ABC’s The Drum website about my own experience last time it happened and the impact it had on student media. Read my thing here: Student media needs student […]
Twittiquette
If you missed my piece (opinion piece, I mean. Not a firearm.) in mX last week, here it is in fabulous scanned electro-newsprint: And if that’s not working for ya, here’s the text version: For What It’s Worth David M. Green on Twitter Etiquette I followed Phil Collins on Twitter. You’d think of all people, […]
10 tips for working in show biz
As I quickly approach a decade of dabbling in “The Biz”, I find myself pausing for a moment and doing a double take at all the crap I’ve done. And I use the word “crap” in the most positive sense. As in, “Hey, check out all that crap”. I’ve worked with lots of people. Many […]
How do you solve a problem like The Logies?
No comedy. No writers. Catering aplenty. The Logies are unique among the world’s entertainment industry awards. This is not a compliment. The organisers would like to believe Australian Television’s “night of nights” is the equivalent to The Oscars. The biggest. The fanciest. The most regarded awards ceremony on the event calendar. But the Academy Awards […]
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