Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side.
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Last night I watched two and a half hours of spectacle (interspersed with commercial breaks every 5 mins). The Platinum Jubilee Concert was produced by the BBC and goes to show what can be achieved when a national broadcaster is properly funded. Sure the British Tories have attacked funding for the BBC but not to the same extent that the Australian Tories have gutted the ABC. Remember it was …
June 7, 2022
I’ve been following Ian Whitworth’s blog “Motivation for Sceptics” since he started it as “Kill all MBAs”, but long before that I followed the antics of his marketing stunts starting with the MEA conference in Hobart in 2007, which I reported at the time… Launching Scene Change in Hobart In a very cheeky move Hobart’s new AV company Scene Change managed to attract plenty of attention at the MEA …
August 24, 2021
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Book review: The Art of Gathering
Professor Joe Goldblatt reviews The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker. Professor Goldblatt is the author, co – author and editor of 39 of books in the field of events management. When I first experienced the author Priya Parker and her husband Anan Giridharadas at the virtual SXSW Festival in March of 2021 I was fascinated at the immeditately obvious chemistry between these two successful people. It almost appeared …