Cool facts

Michael…

  • Has had his work broadcast in multiple countries and different languages to millions of people.
  • Was a digital nomad enabling him to experience people and cultures in more than 30 countries (includes going to Timbuktu and back.)
  • Is a Clarion Award winner (look for past winners, 2012, Online Journalism)
  • Is a PRIA Award winner (look for Townsville City Council)
  • Has edited TEDx video series, recorded audio for Ludo Studio’s ‘Bluey‘, and for the ABC, BBC, National Geographic and the Discovery Channel.
  • Was in the original team (just two of us) of a startup that grew and listed on the ASX.
  • Has been a professional musician and performed in award-winning bands and orchestras (plays guitar, piano, drums, oboe.)
  • Has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (my first experience of snow was in Africa!)
  • Has hiked the Silk Road; slow travel – no planes, no plans, no deadline; walk, hitch and ride from Singapore to London.
  • Survived an Irukandji attack in Australia and political riot in Tanzania – both violent and influential.
  • Enjoys playing football (soccer) and has played for championship winning teams in Australia, and also for teams in the Netherlands, and Malaysia.
  • Is a proud father of a curious and energetic young girl.
  • Likes collaborating with passionate, purpose driven people.
  • Prefers to start conversations with unconventional questions and vice-versa.
  • Is currently working on a book (aren’t we all.)
  • Enjoys films directed by Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Bede Ashley…
  • Enjoys the thoughts of Seth Godin, Derek Sivers, Tim Ferriss and insights from McKinsey & Co and Bloomberg.
  • Has had a story voted up to the second highest position on reddit – the front page of the internet – causing a reddit hug that crashed the ABC website.
  • Enjoys reading biographies.
  • Has written a page of cool facts about himself in third person.

Quote from Larry Page

“I don’t think we’re doing a good job as a society deciding what things are really important to do,” Page said. “I think like we’re just not educating people in this kind of general way. You should have a pretty broad engineering and scientific background. You should have some leadership training or knowledge how to run things, organise stuff, and raise money. I don’t think most people are doing that, and it’s a big problem. Engineers are usually trained in a very fixed area. When you’re able to think in all of these disciplines together, you kind of think differently and can dream of much crazier things and how they might work. I think that’s really an important thing for the world. That’s how we make progress.” – Larry Page, Google co-founder and CEO. Excerpt from the book: Elon Musk. How the billionaire and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our future. By Ashlee Vance. 

Yes, I want to watch original videos

Make a cup of tea and enjoy a series of short collaborative stories from the archives.

More fun to make than a press release about infrastructure upgrades to the local civic theatre!

Credits: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Son.

Credits: Gordon.

Credits: Nikki.

Ever wondered what it would be like to be caught in a cyclone?

Credits: The house that shook.

A couple of short films made during my digital nomad days.

And an excerpt from Killer Jellyfish

I survived an irukandji jellyfish sting when I was a teenager. Uncannily, years later, I was invited to work on a documentary for the Discovery Channel which featured irukandji jellyfish; a project which I dove in to head first.