http://www.drkellam.com The blog of David Robert Kellam, Melbourne Australia Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:49:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s a while since I posted on this blog, quite possibly because I’m too busy with my new company and reading much better or funnier blogs. Oh well, in the spirit of the Festive Season, I thought I’d share a few gems from the last year of RSS: Great post on ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/12/23/seasons-greetings/ Sometimes The Internet is just too small. Or too young*. Whatever it is, sometimes it’s a very small world. I’ve often had conversations about the best cartoons I remember from a kid (born 1981 in Australia, to give some perspective to that ) but rarely bothered to take those ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/10/03/the-internet-is-a-small-place/ In response to Richard’s post Companies create objects or services that they hope consumers will desire. They also must create, to truly succeed, a space, mental and physical, for the potential client to form a desire. The easiest way to do this is to understand desire at the conceptual stage of ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/06/03/desire/ Dear all, By now some of you will have heard my talk about my latest project - A Global Obligation. Well the good news is it’s open for all (Web 2.0-compliant beta mode of course!) Please do your part for humanity and check it out. If you have any feedback or ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/05/29/a-global-obligation/ This post by Seth Godin sums up nicely what’s wrong with most organisations. It certainly explains my daily frustrations in dealing with many incompetently-managed organisations. http://www.drkellam.com/2007/05/26/alignment/ What’s wrong with America is exemplified by this experiment. Maybe it’s my upbringing, but if you did that here in Melbourne, there is no way it would be ignored like that. Reminds me of the Michael Moore ‘Dead guy’ (almost wrote ’skit’) segment on The Awful Truth. Context indeed. http://www.drkellam.com/2007/04/12/whats-wrong-with-america/ I usually whole-heartedly agree with John Gruber’s posts. This time, I think he’s got a little sloppy towards the end of his argument. Specifically: People who are already buying from iTunes would continue to. People who refused to buy from iTunes because of DRM might start. And people who bootleg would ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/02/14/a-drm-free-world/ Having just bought a new car, fuel economy is somewhat on my mind, as I compare that of my old Volvo 242GT with my new Mitsubishi Lancer ES 2006 manual, senze go-fast stripes. I quickly realised the majority of fuel savings would come not from a change in vehicle, but ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/02/09/mileage/ In response to Richard’s post, I provide as a rough guide the following regarding any new PC purchase: I echo those pains! John and I are constantly complaing about it: particularly Dell. Apple is nice and easy to follow. You can even run Windows on their MacBooks now My advice ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/02/09/pc-recommendations/ All I want for Christmas (a month late, but let’s assume OS X Leopard is Christmas ) is an operating system that copies something from location A to location B, without choking in the middle. Do what you can, then give me a list at the end of what ... http://www.drkellam.com/2007/01/15/failsafe-copying/