As of this week I have assumed the role of Chair of the EFA board of management. Over the last few years EFA has increased its public profile markedly, and has played a leading role in debates around the internet filter, R-18+ games, privacy, and other issues. This has been in no small part to the excellent work done by outgoing chair Nicolas Suzor, whose dedication, eloquence and expertise will be sorely missed.

With the help of a very knowledgeable board I’ll do my best to keep the momentum going. I have some interesting ideas and passions still to come, so stay tuned.

A couple of interesting videos in the last few days. A very good piece on the 7.30 Report on the filter; I thought it was well balanced, despite Conroy’s continued panic-mongering.

I’ll have a bit more to say about the Wikileaks “collateral murder” video in the near future. This interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Colbert is about the best I’ve seen so far, because he actually faces some tough questions.

I’m still against the internet filter, in case you were wondering.

Just thought I’d mention that, since while I did provide a quote to this ITNews article, I do note that it includes the words “April Fools Day!!!” in boldface, so I’d like to think that you might not want to take my remarks in earnest.

To the angry letter writers and to the caller who suggested I have “nuts for brains” and “nuts for balls”, I suggest you have nuts for a sense of humour.