Thanks For All The Lentils
Tonight we had lentil soup for dinner.  I don’t always remember to make it,  but every now and then life gets so busy that the simplest meal seems to be the best choice. Incredibly, the kids love it and go for seconds and thirds. Simple. Delicious. Easy. Soup. So here’s to being grateful for the simple things. To keeping things uncomplicated and savouring the Everyday. You might not like lentil soup,  but you mig

Tweetsgiving Shapes Up
Social Media makes it so easy for people around the world to make a difference. People like me, a part time working mum. And people just like you. Physical barriers are removed and social networks kick in for good causes. Tomorrow I’ll be enjoying Tweetsgiving with thousands of people around the world and you can too. It begins 24th Nov 12 noon EST (that’s very early Melbourne time) and runs for 2 days. I saw

Jim’s Mo
As you might have gathered from the disturbing amount of facial hair gracing our streets and Twitter avatars,  it’s Movember and loads of people I know are growing moustaches to raise funds for men’s health. Last week I noticed Jim from Coffee Minded at Southbank had a mo, and asked him if he was growing it for Movember. If you know Jim, he always has a smile for his custom

Tweetsgiving in Melbourne!
Guess what? Tweetsgiving in Melbourne is happening! We will be raising funds for this amazing global event and celebrating on November 26th. Tweetsgiving Funds will “benefit the school, where a dormitory/orphanage, library, school cafeteria and additional classrooms are much needed. In addition, TweetsGiving 2009 seeks to fund new Epic Change partners and fellows in other parts of the world. Beginning in 2010, we’ll be looking for changemakers and social entrepreneurs like Mama Lucy who are transforming thei

Social Media for a Smarter Planet
One of the things I’m pretty passionate about is looking at ways we can apply technology and some creative thinking to help create a better world. I saw this video appear in my Facebook news feed, and thought I’d share it in case you’re interested in seeing how IBM has been using social media to post content to the Smarter Planet website. One of my clever colleagues Jack Mason put together this little demo using