December 2009 Archives

Thank you Stephen Conroy! Thank you so much for keeping my family safe. By announcing that your new internet filter is a measure "to improve the safety of the internet for families", I feel reassured that you only have my, and my daughter's, best interests at heart.

I just have a comment - I didn't know the internet wasn't safe!

I'm a parent. Therefore, according to the news reports, I should be scared about the prospect of extremely violent video games - or ones that portray sexual imagery or drug use - being made available in this country. The argument I continue hearing from parents in these news items is that - even with an R18+ classification system for video games - their children may still be exposed to these unsavoury pixilated adventures.

Sure, okay, I can see there is a risk that R18+ games can still find their way into a school bag. We all know what little tykes our kids are. So here's what I propose.

If you want to make me chuckle, talk to me about how social media is something new - a recent innovation or modern cultural phenomenon. The only thing that's new about social media is the standard suspicious business reaction to something that - quite frankly - ain't all that surprising if you have a sense of history. The technology may have changed, but technology is merely the delivery system. The principles are exactly the same as they have been for millenia. Do CEOs and managers really believe listening and responding and building relationships with their public is a controversial new concept?