The inaugural Australian Film Festival wrapped up last Sunday, 7 March, with The Spot Food & Film Festival, which took place on the streets outside the Ritz Cinema in Randwick, Sydney.
The Australian Film Festival
Unlike events such as the Melbourne International Film Festival, or the Sydney Film Festival, which present a mix of local and international [...]

Ask anyone what they like the best about going to an art show and most people will tell you it’s the opening night party.
And who can blame them, after all what better way is there to spend an evening, than enjoying some brand new art while partying?
So while from a show-goer’s point of view [...]

The other week, an article written in 1995 by Clifford Stoll who – in short – could see no future for the internet, resurfaced.
While events obviously took a different course, Stoll’s words started me wondering about a world without an internet, and what our lives in 2010 might be like in the absence of [...]

Classical, or chamber, music recitals were not events I went along to a whole lot until I was introduced to the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) last year.
Going to see a band, either in concert or at the local pub, seems – to me – like something that requires no thought it’s so natural, but [...]

While the movie buff in me takes an avid interest in who wins what in the Academy Awards each year, I’ve never given much thought to how a film reaches the winning list, aside from the fact it must be good – or reasonably good – and was favoured by members of the Academy Of [...]

I must be one of the few people I know not to own a smartphone of some sort, whether it be an iPhone, Blackberry, or an Android.
The phone I’m using at the moment won’t last forever though – increasingly erratic battery performance is just one indication it’s on the way out – and I’ve been [...]

While I may not be a digital nomad in the strict sense of the term, I still like to dream as I move between bases in Sydney, the NSW Central Coast, and wherever else I may go.
And sometimes it seems that my laptop (together with a wireless internet connection), and a mobile phone – probably [...]

I know we’re sick to death of the hype and non-stop chatter surrounding new Apple iPad, so I’ll try and be brief, but the furore over the name quite frankly has me puzzled.
It seems Apple has shown very poor judgement in including the word “pad” in the name of their new product, but I can’t [...]

The long awaited new look Australian INfront arrived, as promised, on Sunday 10 January.
And in addition to a much needed visual overhaul, a number of other changes – which are detailed here – have also taken place:

The core, or admin, team (previously referred to as “founders”) now consists of just three people.
While the original founder [...]

Last Sunday the Australian Concert Orchestra (ACO) kindly invited me to a performances from their Great Romantics programme – which is currently touring Australia – at the Sydney Opera House.
The show featured three string sextet pieces, the world premiere of “Black is the Night”, a tribute written by composer Ian Munro to celebrate Richard Tognetti, [...]