http://pellacor.com A blog for writing practise and exploring ideas Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:53:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have had an opportunity recently to be exposed to people I haven’t, in the course of things, had to deal with in quite some time. In truth it has taken me back to my therapy days and the long hours of discourse covering irrelevant events in a long ... http://pellacor.com/2008/08/31/do-you-really-want-to-live-forever-forever-and-ever/ Each change in communication has bought about change in society. It began with the invention of language over 40,000 years ago when humans began settling into villages, it changed again with the invention of writing precipitating cities, to print and broadcast, that led to states and nations respectively. The ... http://pellacor.com/2008/08/27/talk-about-a-revolution/ Anyway in case you are one of our few international readers, New Zealand Media Madges are all a flutter today with the decision by a District Court Judge preventing websites from publishing the names of two men who have been charged with murdering a 14 year old boy in South ... http://pellacor.com/2008/08/25/the-issue-of-pretrial-prejudice/ http://groups.google.com/group/alt.hypertext/msg/395f282a67a1916c http://pellacor.com/2008/08/06/happy-birthday-webs/ This particular post has turned into a bit of a novel and as a result I am going to split it up into bite sized chunks - here is part I. I‘ve had a number of troubling interactions recently at work related functions around online marketing. These involve conversations between ... http://pellacor.com/2008/07/21/social-media-solutions-part-i-a-theory-of-brands-and-branding/ The Southerly is biting today, and winter has arrived in Wellington, it doesn’t scare me like London, and in fact the cold has advantages. The Southerly is a tail wind for the walk from the city around the habour to home, whereas the spring strength northerly is a hard ... http://pellacor.com/2008/07/07/winter-weather-worries-and-words/ There are three things I love the most about working in the world of the webs It is dynamic The online environment changes so fast so it is never boring, there are always new ideas, and new ways of working through issues and the scope for positive change seems endless. ... http://pellacor.com/2008/06/21/this-one-for-my-megan/ Pellacor has descended into what I described to someone recently as Sam’s personal playpen on the internet; but as outlets for creative activities and self-absorbed drivel go, I think it serves its purpose well. I am yet to hammer the voice into a cohesive and congruent whole but it ... http://pellacor.com/2008/06/17/teh-webs-is-serious-business-for-communication/ Dealing with the back lash of atmospheric carbon increase is, without a global consensus on green house gas emissions, most likely not going to work out and the first victims are undoubtedly the slow evolving multi-cellular life we share this planet with. I am sure insects will be okay, they ... http://pellacor.com/2008/06/09/freak-the-funk-hype-the-funk-swipe-the-funk-and-all-that-junk/ AKA The John Crowley Recipe for Cooking a Mutton-Bird – Step 2 – vegetables and grilling (Step 1 here). Beans and yams with roast potatoes, seemed like a good idea for vegetables but I feel I need to admit I am also making a rich fig sauce to accompany the mutton-bird, ... http://pellacor.com/2008/06/08/the-harbour-city-capitol-the-lights-beside-the-sea/