I Don’t Want To Pay To Read The News Online

March 21, 2013 in Current Affairs, News, Technology

I’ve used the Sydney Morning Herald as my browser’s home page since – well – since I can remember using the World Wide Web. It’s been the way I’ve started the day for over fifteen years. I quickly scan the SMH home page for the latest news, read the articles that interest me – maybe even share them on social media. But I think that may be about to change. It’s just been announced that both the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age digital editions will switch to a subscriber model from mid-year, possibly charging as much as $15 a [...]

Are Multivitamins Being Marketed To The “Worried Well”?

August 7, 2012 in Current Affairs, Health, Lifestyle, News, Nutrition, Pregnancy & Birth, Self, Society

If anyone was to look at my desk at work they’d think I was super healthy. I have Blackmores Executive Stress Formula B, recommended to me by my mum, which helps reduce symptoms of stress. But I’m not an executive and, to be perfectly honest, I don’t get all that stressed. I think it’s normal to get a bit anxious from time to time but I bought the vitamins nonetheless. Why? Probably because my mum swears by them, but I’ve only ever taken less than five from the bottle so who am I to judge? Mum is a teacher and [...]

Newspapers: Don’t Fight The Inevitable

June 18, 2012 in Current Affairs, News

I love broadsheet newspapers. I love their size. I love the way the news is laid-out across such huge pieces of paper. I like the shapes the columns make on each page. I like the large format photos. I like the sheer physicality of wrestling with a huge broadsheet publication. I also like the amount of reading delivered by a broadsheet, and the quality journalism expected from a broadsheet. But I also have to be honest. I haven’t bought a physical broadsheet newspaper in years. I stopped buying them in the late 1990s when the Sydney Morning Herald first started publishing a web-version of [...]