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Fantastic to meet @joannasavill and connect Michael Klausen @BrasserieBread to great chefs for #cravesiff

Tony Hollingsworth — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:56:04 +0000

Breakfast on the Bridge: arrival of picnic-ers #fb

Tony Hollingsworth — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:50:53 +0000

Thats @brasseriebread walking by and yes, Sydney Harbour Bridge is turfed! #fb

Tony Hollingsworth — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:53:30 +0000

I'm volunteering for Breakfast on The Bridge (http://www.breakfastonthebridge.com ) , thanks to my friends at Brasserie Bread (http://www.brasseriebread.com.au)

How amazing to find the Harbour Bridge covered in real grass for this! We got to Milsons Point about 430am, its almost 6am now and the picnic-ers are expected to arrive shortly. Apparently 400 people are sitting in my area and 8000 people overall are expected!

Kiama blowhole: thar she blows #fb

Tony Hollingsworth — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:51:19 +0000

Location Sites Experiment to Attract Mainstream Users – NYTimes.com

Tony Hollingsworth — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:37:23 +0000

Technology Aside, Most People Still Decline to Be Located

Mark Schiefelbein for The New York Times

Elizabeth Aley of Nixa, Mo., uses the Shopkick app on her phone to earn reward points in return for visiting stores.

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and JENNA WORTHAM

Published: August 29, 2010

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Internet companies have appropriated the real estate business’s mantra — it’s all about location, location, location.

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Jamie Rector for The New York Times

For safety’s sake, Marsha Collier checks in on Foursquare only when she is leaving a place.

But while a home on the beach will always be an easy sell, it may be more difficult to persuade people to start using location-based Web services.

via nytimes.com

VC’s have poured US$115million into location start-ups. Are mainstream people using these networks yet? Not really, but with Facebook launching Places, the market is about to heat up. The New York Times reports….

All welcome: dinner at Jasmin, Lakemba 530pm Sat 28th August RSVP by commenting #felafeltub

Tony Hollingsworth — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:11:43 +0000

Address: 30B Haldon St Lakemba

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Firstly, can I get a show of hands – leave a comment below to say if you are coming and how many (including children) I can themn come back here and confirm time to start etc.

Looking forward to this one!

Best,

Tony

Initial thoughts on today’s Social Innovation BarCamp Sydney – all welcome #sibsyd

Tony Hollingsworth — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:57:07 +0000

Social Innovation BarCamp is on in Sydney today. This “BarCamp Unconference” will be an open conversation where anyone can share their thoughts, ideas and ambitions. They style is that of open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. I first attended a “BarCamp” in November 2008 and it was fantastic. You can read my blog post here. If you can get down to COFA in Sydney’s Paddington today I recommend it – it starts at 930am.

Social Innovation is the theme of today. The website explains further:

Our society has seen incredible growth and progress in industry, technology and communication. Social Innovation is the process of inventing, securing support for, and implementing novel solutions to needs and problems, such as:

overcrowding and congestion in our cities
fragility of our resources and natural environment
disconnection, stress and loneliness
obesity in the western world whilst extreme poverty and starvation in the third world
mental health issues
an education system that sometimes does not nurture our most creative and brilliant minds
dissemination of our indigenous cultures

I want to thank Kate Carruthers and Michelle Williams in advance of today for the obvious effort they have put in to organsing this event. Kate and Michelle are part of a community in Sydney who I believe are making a difference: smart, generous people who share their knowledge and experience with others. You should connect with Kate and Michelle and learn more about them. Two of the most inspiring people I know in Sydney.

Have a look at these recent BarCamp Canberra photos by Ruth Ellison to get a sense of the atmosphere at these important events:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laruth/sets/72157604632490767/

Northside #coffeemornings Thursday Cafe Prego Mosman. All Welcome.

Tony Hollingsworth — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:54:12 +0000

Hey there, Tony Hollingsworth here realising our collaborative blog hasnt' been updated for a while so popping in to say hi and remind everyone about this great event every Thursday in Mosman. Originally starting at 930am every Thursday, many still arrive then but others are available earlier and have started arriving from 8am. Usually between 8am-11am you will find friendly faces and plenty of great ideas being discussed.

Here is the location:

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Here's a great video which captures the magic and atmosphere of coffee mornings. This one was filmed at the Surry Hills coffee morning by Scott Drummond which takes place every Friday morning in Sydney.

Please drop us a comment here, or even post to this blog – it's open to everyone. Simply email your post to " post @ nscm.posterous.com and it will land here in the blog!

Hope to see you at #nscm :-)

Tony Hollingsworth

Breakfast at @BrasserieBread /w @MrsH5 #fb

Tony Hollingsworth — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:47:47 +0000

After disappointment from Netball Table Duty being cancelled we're regrouping at BrasserieBread http://brasseriebread.com.au

Neighbours, friends, community and noms from @ParisCakeShop #fb

Tony Hollingsworth — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:00:29 +0000