Does Australia need a smaller car?
One of our staff members, Andrew, is currently on Vacation in Japan, and has sent this thought provoking blog… I’m now in Japan, spending time with my family. I’m lucky enough to have the...
One of our staff members, Andrew, is currently on Vacation in Japan, and has sent this thought provoking blog… I’m now in Japan, spending time with my family. I’m lucky enough to have the...
The truth is: Melbourne’s weather is killing me. I cycle more than five times a week (to and from work/university/etc.) and maybe it is my bad luck or deadly attractiveness to rain clouds, it...
At .id we usually present and discuss demographic information about cities, towns, regions and even countries. But there’s a growing population of people who are not even on the ground – those people who...
Maybe it says something about the type of person I am, but even on holidays my professional life manages to come to the fore. It’s really more about my interest in cities and places,...
You know the monkey ladder story, right? It’s essentially a parable about resistance to change, but it actually does have a basis in a psychology experiment. The story varies, but essentially it goes like...
Happy ANZAC day! ANZAC stands for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. And today, on 25 April, we honour those who served and died in wars, conflicts, military and peacekeeping operations. The current...
A while ago, Jim wrote a blog about the Google Glass and what it can do. Before we know it, earlier this year, Google released its first developer’s version which could be bought at...
Happy International Women’s Day! Every year on 8 March, the world comes together to celebrate the achievements and equality of women. While there’s much testosterone at .id, and that the number of women can...
There’s a growing trend around the world (especially since the GFC) to adopt a simpler lifestyle, with less “baggage”. Many people in the developed countries are seeing the benefits of having less financial commitments,...
As users of the .id tools, you would be used to providing sound, verified information for use in making evidence-based decisions. In doing so you would often come across other commonly held views or...
Two of the main aspects of “money” are a medium of exchange and a measure of value. In Economics, Cliff’s Notes provides a good definition: “providing a common measure of the value of goods...
Since the release of the 2011 Census results we’ve been commenting (and blogging) about the massive population growth in Australia since 2006, particularly in Capital cities and surrounding suburbs. Along with this population growth...
How would you feel if you lost your car keys? Or your laptop? Pretty bad, right? But I bet you’d feel more uncomfortable if you lost your mobile phone. You’d feel suddenly disconnected from...
At .id, we advocate the use of our demographic and economic tools to make evidence based decisions. It’s important to remember that often, this evidence may fly in the face of established “myths” and...
Australia currently has 564 local councils, although with amalgamation on the agenda that number is likely to change. But where was the first council, and when was it established?
It’s true – and apart from being a weird, interesting fact that you can use at your next quiz night, it indicates a much broader issue – an ageing population in a country with...
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. This has never been more true than in the case of the US Census of the late 1800’s, which in many ways set the wheels in...
It’s fun, but also interesting and entertaining to look at what the futurists and planners had in mind for the future of transport development back in the late 50’s.
NBN Co and the Federal Government have been raving on for a while about the Digital Economy in their “Digital Economy strategy”. So what is it, and what’s the big deal?