Protected: SMA Series: Introduction and Outline

November 23, 2009 in Series, Thoughts
Tags: activism, campaigning, democracy, email, information, Internet, non-government organisations, online action, online activism, online activists, online campaigning, online organizing, personal opinion, political activism, politics, progressive change, resources, social media, Social Media and Activism, strategies, Web 2.0, website design

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National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples Announced

November 23, 2009 in Rants & Raves
Tags: accountability, Australia, Australian Human Rights Commission, democracy, federal government, government, human rights, Indigenous Australians, information, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, politics, Tom Calma, transparency

Tom Calma, Chair of the Steering Committee charged with establishing the new national Indigenous representative body, has today announced that the new organisation will be called the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples. Commissioner Calma, who has convened the independent Indigenous Steering Committee since December last year, announced the name after the federal Government confirmed it had accepted the recommendations of the Committee’s report, Our future in our hands, and had agreed to initial funding of the organisation until December 2013.

Civilization Revolution for iPhone

November 19, 2009 in Rants & Raves
Tags: applications, iPhone, recommendation, review, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (Civ Rev) is another in the very successful Sid Meier’s Civilization series, but for the iPhone. Like the other Sid Meier’s Civilization games, the concept is to build your empire, along the way reach different eras through scientific and cultural advances. The goal is to be the first to reach outer space.