I’m taking a break from blogging for around 4 weeks. See you again at the end of August 09! Geoff ps. You can still follow my 1 Photo per Day Project over here

Hat tip to Johnnie Moore for alerting me to this little interview between Doug Rushkoff vs Stephen Colbert. As myself and few others in Aireys Inlet start to get a Transition Town movement started, I think we need to apply and remember some the lessons here. Particularly when other community members feel the need to start controlling the outcomes and other corporate measures that come from conversations and gatherings. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Douglas Rushkoff www.colbertnation.com

Euan Semple has a blog called The Obvious and every now and then he writes something that helps me to articulate stuff that I am thinking about (and grappling with). In his post ‘Why Michael Jackson Smart Mobs made me so Emotonal‘, Euan writes about this video in which Flash Mobs dance to Michael Jackson music. Go and watch it. “Flash mobs start with a few text messages to friends to gather at a public place.  Usually there’s an action planned.  Something simple and direct that would also draw in anyone who just happened to be around.” Euan starts by …

A question put to me by my 4 yo son the other day …

Every now and then, someone posts something on Twitter that captures your attention and ends up being the highlight of your week. Holger Nauheimer lives in Tehran (over at the Change Management Blog) and posted this Tweet … “A must see video (60 min.) on world change effected by social media: http://watch.usnowfilm.com/ #usnow (via @acwagner)“ Well I’ve watched ‘watchUsNow‘ and it communicates the ideas that I’ve been trying to get out to the world over the past 2 years. As I was listening this sketch fell out in the first 15 minutes … Here’s watchUsNow … Us Now from Banyak …