Actually it's an anagram but it's nonetheless a clever spot by Stephen Fry. "Laptop machines", by one of those preposterous twists of circumstance that make you wonder who is running things and why they haven't got anything better to do, just happens to be an anagram of "Apple Macintosh". If an anagram is a derivative rearrangement of essential elements, then one might be disposed to argue that such has ... Read full entry

What makes some ideas stick, or work, (such as YouTube, Facebook, or even urban legends) while other, sometimes quite similar variations, fail to see the light of day? To succeed ideas need a couple of standard ingredients, including the element of surprise, concrete imagery, and must somehow be emotive, writes Kristen Le Mesurier. A few years ago, two brothers - one a university professor at Stanford and one a corporate education ... Read full entry

Australia's best entrepreneurs aged 30 and under A list of 30 Australian entrepreneurs aged 30 and under, both established and up-and-coming, compiled by Brad Howarth. I'll admit it - trying to narrow down a list of 30 of Australia's best entrepreneurs aged 30 and under is no easy task. So for this exercise for SmartCompany I defined the task as finding 30 entrepreneurs aged 30 and under worth watching. ... Read full entry

Why Dell will not bounce back Sometimes I wonder if this guy really is "the fake" Steve Jobs. Dell Hell is lack of innovation, the rise of China, Windows Vista, and Apple's rebound. Great article. Trouble with this "innovation" is that the advantages it creates are fleeting. What wiped this one out was a little place called China. Have you heard of it? The rise of China means everyone can ... Read full entry

Leading thinkers identify greatest challenges facing humanity Actually the "list" is not as long as I thought it would be, but that doesn't mean ticking them off as complete will be a particularly "short tail" process. Reversing the effects of ageing, reprogramming genes to prevent diseases and producing clean energy are some of the biggest challenges for the next 50 years, according to a group of leading experts. The pace of ... Read full entry