Sydney woke up to an eerie dust storm - the red dust from the outback has been picked up by strong winds and blown across the country. Experts have attributed this to climate change and the ongoing drought afficting in Australia. I picked up the...

With my background as a lawyer, I always enjoy legal dramas and thrillers. While I’m carried along by the story, there is a part of me that often laughs at the unrealistic portrayal of what it’s really like working in the law. The fictitious lawyers...

These days we grumble if our digital camera doesn’t quite fit into our pocket. And that the camera bundled with our mobile phone produces blurry pictures. We take cameras so much for granted and expect so much of the technology. So it was great to be...

I’ve been invited to join a panel discussion on Asia and the Interactive Web at the Asia Pacific Technology Network on Wednesday. It’s open to the member of the public as well as to members of the network, so if you can make it, it would be great to...

Chinese-English translator, Nicky Harman, who has previously written for this blog, emailed me last week with some information about a talk she is giving tonight on literary translation. I’m sorry for the short notice about the talk, but if you can...

My good friend and co-author Silvia Cambie had a week or more of the ultimate nightmare - her blog was down due to hosting problems. She has just tweeted that her blog is back up and running - what a relief! In case you’ve had trouble locating her...