Live from the ARTN conference in Roma Queensland and just before I jumped on stage to deliver the opening keynote for the Australian Regional Tourism Network’s national conference, I caught up with ABC Far North’s Kier Shorey to look at the Future of Australia’s Regional Tourism and the many changes awaiting them. Globally travellers will […]
Does technology pull us apart or bring us together? How to find the perfect balance? In a recent movie an unsettling scenario is served up for anyone with a smartphone. Seven friends come together for a dinner party and the host suggests a game. Everyone must put their phone on the table for the duration […]
Every great invention started life as a mere thought, became a vision before turning into an obsession. One of the most oft questions I get asked, “Is where do ideas come from?” and one of the most oft answers I give is Science Fiction. It’s amazing what our brain’s have stored away from what we’ve […]
On this back of this infographic, ABC Far North’s Kier Shorey and I chatted about the inspiration and foresight HG Wells, and others like him, bring to the rest of us mere mortals with their ability to see what has not yet been created, hypothesise on what might be, challenge us to live up to […]
By 2030 global demand for food will increase by 35%, as we feed an additional 1 billion recently born people and continue to feed many billions of existing people, many of whomt will thankfully have increased ready access to proteins and food. This leaves us with a growing (pun intended) conundrum of having to provide […]
On the back of this new craze taking the world and Hong Kong by storm, Hong Kong 3’s Phil Whelan and I explore all things Pokemon Go, what is it, why is it, where it came from, what it might tell us about the future of augmented reality and do kids remember how to play […]
