As I sit gazing at Google Analytics five, 10, 50 times a day, it’s occurred to me that I have an addiction. It’s not to poker machines or roulette wheels (though I was rather partial to the toy one I got for Christmas as a kid … ah, the things they thought were appropriate in […]

Social media freaks me out. Everything is so incredibly public – people blithely share their lives with the entire world. Myself included … I think that’s what scares me most. Writing this virtual “diary” – that absolutely anyone can read – will have to come back and bite me one day. Hang on, I just […]

My god it’s exhausting holding down a paying job and blogging three times a day. Every night, I type frantically while Husband reads Deltora Quest to the Sprogs, then I rise at 5.30am to continue tippety-tapping. As for coming up with ideas for blogs … no bloody time for that. So I’ve decided to tell […]

I don’t know how the Gen Ys do it. How do they follow their favourite websites, Twitter and Facebook and still have time for an actual face-to-face life? I’ve heard the trick is to consume everything simultaneously - listen to music on your iPod while typing on your laptop, checking your iPhone’s Twitter feed and drinking a can of Mother. But I’m exhausted by […]

I’ve been nominated as one of the www.kidspot.com.au 50 Top Bloggers for 2012. Woot! Cool, huh? There’s a cocktail party and everything. As part of the judging process I had to explain why I started blogging. The answer wasn’t very winning. I started blogging because I didn’t have anything else to do. I was unemployed and needed an anchor in my […]