Absence makes the heart grow fonder

by | Sep 13, 2004 | Uncategorized

Well good friends of chriscurnow.com, you’ve most probably noticed the paucity of posts lately. Life just does that to you sometimes doesn’t it? What can I say? I’ve been busy. I’ve taken on a new project and the old one is not quite finished...

Birnbaum snags Hendrik Hertzberg

by | Sep 1, 2004 | Uncategorized

We try to keep up with Birnaum’s interviews in The Morning News. Here he snags an interview with New Yorker political commentator Hendrik Hertzberg. To quote from the introduction: As New Yorker editor David Remnick points out in his introduction to Politics:...

Holden finds soft stuff is the hard stuff

by | Aug 30, 2004 | Uncategorized

Holden is not exactly the environment you expect to see Emotional Intelligence high on the agenda. But according to Catherine Fox’s piece in the August edition of BOSS magazine that’s been a key ingredient in getting Holden’s latest V6 production...

Howard calls Election

by | Aug 29, 2004 | Uncategorized

In breaking news just announced, John Howard will become the first ‘Coalition of the Willing’ leader to face an election on October 9. See national broadcaster ABC’s coverage here. The latest Morgan opinion poll is bad news for Howard, but apparently...

Surowiecki on the Google IPO

by | Aug 24, 2004 | Uncategorized

Kottke notes that James Surowiecki has finally weighed in on the Google IPO. Surowiecki comments: When Google went public on Thursday, it immediately became one of the most highly valued companies in the world. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, its co-founders, are now...