one man “Lord of the Rings”

Having seen “One Man Star Wars” last year for my birthday, there seemed no better way to celebrate our wedding anniversary than by seeing the preview of “One Man Lord of the Rings”. If you’re wondering how this might work, you can see a brief series of clips. Essentially, actor Charles Ross, wearing overalls and …

Orson and Blake cafe, Surry Hills

Grinders coffee. 483 Riley St, Surry Hills. The cafe overlooks the furniture store; lots of natural light, and a series of furniture choices for the eat-in crowd. This is the real strength here: it’s a space with a lot of visual interest – you’ll want to spend some time here looking around if you can. …

the future of conferences

Have conferences jumped the shark? Perhaps the future of conferences lies not in opening them up further through real-time collaboration tools like twitter, but in having people switch off their laptops and phones, and being present in actual face-to-face collaborative sessions like the one details in this fast company article Fixing Conferences: Six Lessons From …

Kash Cafe, Surry HIlls

Toby’s estate coffee. 424 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills. This little cafe has a slight disadvantage in location: away from the city, and with its street frontage largely hidden from the sight of pedestrians until they’re in front of the cafe. There’s lots to like about it, though: from the varied menus (at the moment, any …