Damian Holmes http://www.damianholmes.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:19:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Book Review: Screw business as usual by Richard Branson http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/27/book-review-screw-business-as-usual-by-richard-branson/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/27/book-review-screw-business-as-usual-by-richard-branson/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:18:48 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=975 I picked up Screw Business As Usual when I was in Hong Kong returning to Shanghai late last year and had seen a couple of videos online of Richard promoting the book and thought it would be a good read.

Screw Business As Usual is full of Branson’s anecdotes on how he setup Virgin Unite and The Elders. The book ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/27/book-review-screw-business-as-usual-by-richard-branson/feed/ 0 the world also needs more doers http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/03/the-world-also-needs-more-doers/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/03/the-world-also-needs-more-doers/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:39 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=968 Yesterday, I wrote ‘the world needs more thinkers’ today I though it would also look at actually doing something after the thinking.  There is a need for more thinkers to attack the world’s problems but there is also the need for people to put things in motion by actually doing something. Doing is underestimated and often ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/02/world-needs-more-thinkers/feed/ 0 Looking forward to 2012 http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/01/looking-forward-to-2012/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/01/looking-forward-to-2012/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:13:53 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=959 I am looking forward to 2012 and the coming year. I am not making any resolutions as they are often forgotten by Chinese New Year. This year is about connecting with more people, moving my website World Landscape Architecture and magazine WLA forward, and travelling to learn and for recreation. After returning from Australia for a ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/01/looking-forward-to-2012/feed/ 0 Who pays for the data? Why websites will start to charge http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/12/01/who-pays-for-the-data-why-websites-will-start-to-charge/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/12/01/who-pays-for-the-data-why-websites-will-start-to-charge/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:04:05 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=956 More and more data is being produced and consumed on the internet everyday as people become more mobile and more social. This data is paid for by the consumer to their provider whether it’s an ISP or their mobile carrier they pay for data download. Vast amounts of data we consume everyday comes from free ......

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LDN-REDUX from THE LIGHT SURGEONS on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/11/27/ldn-redux/feed/ 0 Cory Doctorow | carpool | science fiction | creative commons | ebooks | computers http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/11/20/cory-doctorow-carpool-science-fiction-creative-commons-ebooks-computers/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/11/20/cory-doctorow-carpool-science-fiction-creative-commons-ebooks-computers/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:42:10 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=947 Cory Doctorow interviewed by Robert Llewellyn makes some interesting insights into the word of publishing, ebooks, computers, science fiction and the web. Great video about 26 minutes long.

]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/11/20/cory-doctorow-carpool-science-fiction-creative-commons-ebooks-computers/feed/ 0 Using Social Media – the biggest cost is time but the longer you wait the higher the cost. http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/07/using-social-media-the-biggest-cost-is-time-but-the-longer-you-wait-the-higher-the-cost/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/07/using-social-media-the-biggest-cost-is-time-but-the-longer-you-wait-the-higher-the-cost/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:49:35 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=941 How much you spend on Social Media is up to the company marketing budget and how much you allocate to digital but it is the cheapest form of promotion – in effect the only cost is time but really the longer you wait to enter the social media arena the higher the cost in time ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/07/using-social-media-the-biggest-cost-is-time-but-the-longer-you-wait-the-higher-the-cost/feed/ 0 Will the world over react to China’s seasonal slowdown? http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/03/china-seasonal-slowdown-will-the-world-economy-over-react/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/03/china-seasonal-slowdown-will-the-world-economy-over-react/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:14:52 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=934 China’s economy is been seen by many pundits as the savior for the world economy and over the last three years has proved the eternal flame of glowing production and growth, however there has been lingering doubt for the last 18 months whether China’s economy can continue to grow at double digits and whether its ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/03/china-seasonal-slowdown-will-the-world-economy-over-react/feed/ 0 Where They Create – Paul Barbera | website & now a book http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/02/where-they-create-paul-barbera-website-now-a-book/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/02/where-they-create-paul-barbera-website-now-a-book/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:21:44 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=923 Paul Berbara is from my hometown – Melbourne Australia and has been travelling as a photographer for many years across the world. Along the way he has documented the offices, studios, workshops and creative spaces of many architects, designers, artists, fashion designers and other creative people. The photos became wheretheycreate.com and then a Where They ......

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