Author Archives: forbesworthy

For Darryl McGuire deleting digital information turned out to be no mean feat.  A recent ICAC inquiry heard the former Member for Wagga Wagga rolled a tractor over his iPad and iPhones when notified of the inquiry. Somewhat predictably, Darryl’s actions fuelled a number of twitter jokes and memes of the yet another country MPContinue reading “An unfortunate tractor accident and the death of the digital record”

The Netflix docudrama “The Social Dilemma” is worth a watch.  Centred around interviews with former executives of social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Google, it has been criticised for using a fictional all-American family and personified algorithm to dramatize its central narrative. Despite criticism, it has been well-received, staying in Netflix’s top 10Continue reading “Netflix goes head to head with Digital Frankenstein”

I once had a job where the basement flooded.  As we crept down the stairs with flashlights, cold water creeping up to our calves, pieces of paper floated past us sticking as they went. Peering down we could see certificates of title. Each document protecting someone’s ownership of their home and property. We forget thatContinue reading “Unpacking our anxiety”

My pandemic has been spent in a bubble. Living in Sydney we were locked down but only briefly. We are those people who not only don’t anyone who has had the pandemic but don’t anyone who knows anyone who has had the pandemic. But still the pandemic has changed us. I have started walking everywhere,Continue reading “Blogging in a pandemic”

Running through AC/DC Lane in Melbourne on a work trip (when such things were possible), I found myself drawn to Inner Demons, an iconic street art image located on Melbourne’s AC/DC Lane. The image struck me, mostly because I had been spending a lot of time thinking (well OK obsessing) about our reactions to informationContinue reading “Inner Demons”