Monthly Archives: March 2012

Words

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Take a minute to stop and think about the thousands, or more accurately, millions of words that were published today. A great proportion of these were devoted to political reporting, analysis, and most of all, opinion. You are unlikely to … Continue reading →

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We struck a chord…

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Since YourView was featured in The Zone, we’ve been inundated by a minor flood of expressions of support and offers of assistance. The common thread is the view that Australian democracy is, if not wholly broken, at least seriously ill; … Continue reading →

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Al Gore: Occupy Democracy

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

From Common Dreams: Former vice president Al Gore and Napster co-founder and Web entrepreneur Sean Parker on led a discussion Monday evening at the South By Southwest conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. An audience of thousands attended the Austin Convention … Continue reading →

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On Polls

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Andrew Robb (Federal Liberal Party Member for Goldstein): “We all say “we don’t look at polls, they go up and down”. That’s nonsense. We look at them just like a share price. That’s our share price really.” (Source.) But what … Continue reading →

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Three things about the YourView logo

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Three somewhat subtle things about our logo: The use of speech bubbles is very common.  Indeed so common that it has gone beyond the cliche stage; it is now just a standard visual “trope” for any kind of conversation, debate, … Continue reading →

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Can you help us do a pre-launch test-run?

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

We’re planning to hold a “private beta” test in mid-March.  An issue will be posted on the YourView development site (i.e., not at yourview.org.au, but at another URL) and we’re hoping to get 20-40 participants to jump in and try … Continue reading →

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Australian Parliament’s survey on same sex marriage

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

From reddit.com: This is important. Take Parliament’s brief survey to add your input to the current inquiry on marriage equality in Australia. Currently same-sex marriage opponents are flooding the survey. The discussion is quite interesting.   Much of it simply underscores … Continue reading →

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YourView coming soon

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

YourView Australia will be launching around end of March 2012

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