The Invisible Wheelchair. That's the title given to this session at the Brisbane Writers Festival. It best describes the autism spectrum disorder. It's considered to be a disorder that comes with an 'invisible wheelchair'. This discussion covers autism, but also spreads more broadly into many other disabilities, seen and unseen. It's about dealing with disability...

Films, TV shows, books and music—we consume them all in droves but how many actually pay for it? As soon as something is released and sometimes even before it’s launched a pirated copy is out there on the internet. It’s exasperating for those who successfully create, invest in and produce the content only to watch...

They’ve been described as the iTunes of higher education, and while it may be a clumsy or clunky acronym, Massive Online Open Courses, or MOOC’s, are poised to transform the way Australian universities operate. They’re not only popular, but have made education accessible on a scale never before seen. It first shot to prominence just...

Jonathan Harris discusses how he combines elements of computer science, anthropology, visual art, statistics and storytelling to create works of art. His recent projects include; Building the world’s largest time capsule, documenting an Eskimo whale hunt and co creating we feel fine - a data driven art work that uses large scale blog analysis to...

Never before has it been easier for Australian artists to record and distribute their music. The digital age has lead to a plethora of easily available music. But in a vast sea of music, how do you get your songs heard? At this year’s Big Sound conference, a panel of music industry insiders talk to...