About me

Since I was a teenager back in the sixties I resented, and rebelled against, mass media. Instead I pursued as hobbies my own interests in art, folk music, and what is now known as world music. I stayed away from technology for a long time.

In the mid nineties when the world wide web became graphically accessible I embraced it wholeheartedly, seeing in the web the potential for a renaissance of participatory culture. That renaissance I hope for may or may not develop, depending in large part upon decisions being made now in relation to the laws and technologies used in copyright protection, and relating to the structure of the internet itself..

Currently I am doing a Master of Internet Studies online at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. My major is Policy and Practices, and I intend to focus my studies and research on cultural practice on the world wide web. I live across the other side of Australia, in Brisbane.

I’m actually taking leave of absence for a semester right now. I will hopefully have the spare time to play with art and technology, and to blog some more. Also to engage with some important issues currently confronting the web.