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Bias and race
I’ve been following the online conversations about race (particularly in the US) via AJ+ on facebook. This morning I saw this video shared by AJ+ about a white guy opening up about his prejudice and asking for advice on how to get over it. Now the other day I was going through the train station […]
Growth of the value adding marketer
I’m pretty new to the marketing industry, whenever I start a new job I do a full on deep dive into the industry. This helps me understand what matters to our users and helps me advocate for quality products on their behalf. I’ve recently started a new job in an email marketing company called Campaign […]
Feed a Starving Crowd – marketing training overview
Last week on Friday I attended a 1 day workshop run by Robert Coorey author of Feed a Starving Crowd. Rob’s book is full of marketing tactics, 147 of them require no advertising budget. This course was run by Zambesi; a learning platform targeting entrepreneurs learning from people with skin in the game. Each workshop is limited […]
goal setting for 2018
I’m generally not one to set new year resolutions but it’s a time of year for reflection. At the beginning of this year I set myself 3 main goals; Beat obesity (have a BMI of less than 30) Cut my credit card debt in half Maintain an average daily step count of above 10,000 for […]
Cheats ricotta/paneer
You can make fresh ricotta* (or paneer) cheese from powdered milk. It’s pretty amazing and very easy. You can have fresh cheese in 5 minutes. You will need: Milk powder Boiling water Acid (up to a few tablespoons depending on strength) (e.g. citric acid, lemon juice, vinegar) Cheese cloth/fabric cloth for straining cheese (I reckon […]
My values and goals
Values Experiences over things I enjoy new experiences, this is almost to my detriment. As an example, I find it hard to walk past a new fancy cafe without walking in. I try not to be materialistic and attached to my possessions. I do not achieve this all of the time but it means I […]
Vandalism and street art
I look at vandalism in sydney and I wonder why is it seen as a bad thing? Instead of cleaning it up, what if we gave people the skills to turn their scrawls and tags into Street art? Give people the tools and resources to practice and perfect their style. What if we studied Street […]
Robots Are Cool – Social Enterprise
This is an executive summary of my idea around a social enterprise, this is open for discussion and your feedback/ideas/questions will be greatly appreciated. Mission To create a social enterprise around promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through hands on Robotics workshops. This social enterprise will focus on reaching out to remote and rural […]
Workshop ideas
#TurtleRobot This robot will be a basic robot that can be built in less than 30 minutes, preferably 20 minutes the average 10-12 year olds. I haven’t come up with a design yet, this will be one of the first workshops I create next year. The robot will have a pen attached and will be […]