Are traditional qualifications irrelevant in a 2.0 world?

Do you need to have studied journalism to write a blog? Is graduating from film school a prerequisite for posting a video on YouTube? In the brave new world of 21st century communication and social interaction, does it really matter if you’ve got any letters after your name?

The short answers to all of the above are no, no and no. In an article called ‘The Facebook Generation’, it has been argued that ‘on the Internet, what counts is not your CV, but what you contribute to the party’.

Material rewards don’t mean much to our generation. Yes, we enjoy having …

James Brandon discovers how people under 25 shrugged off the global financial crisis and just kept on partying…

Two years ago, research found that Generation Y ‘wasted’ $48 billion a year on ‘hedonistic pursuits’. According to Lifelounge Urban Market Research (UMR), young Australians’ spending habits in 2008 were focused on living the good life and revolve around five ‘lifestyle pillars’: entertainment (on which Gen Y spent about $151 a week); fashion ($55 a week); sport ($25 a week); travel ($24 a week) and music ($11 a week).

But then came the GFC. The global financial crisis took the world by storm. Governments panicked. Financial institutions crumbled. Stock markets crashed. And Generation Y just kept on spending.

That, at least, …

In little more than a year, the iPhone has changed the face of mobile interactions – for better or worse. But whether you’re a fan or mortal enemy of Apple’s latest (excluding the iPad of course – and let’s face it, everybody’s going to be excluding the iPad) attempt at world domination, you can’t deny that the technology related to the iPhone is revolutionary.

Never before has a phone had the capabilities to download ‘apps’ (codeword for programs downloadable to your iPhone laced with nicotine), which have the ability to do almost anything: change your voice, order food, check weather on the other side of the world, play music and games, watch TV, or even help you track …

Is the TV talent quest bubble finally about to burst?

With the new season of American Idol beginning in the US, the rumour mill that is the Internet (what else was it invented for?) is going into overdrive. Apparently, this will be the last season for long-time idol judge Simon Cowell.

Cowell has been reported as saying that ‘this will be my last season on American Idol’ after talk that his new show, the American version of The X Factor (a massive ratings success in Cowell’s native UK, a bomb when it was tried here in Australia), is set to hit the screen in the (northern) autumn of 2011. Cowell is also reported to be producing an American …

Ryan Jon puts some Taft Full On products under the celebrity microscope…

As visitors to this site will quickly realise, Full On World is proudly brought to you by Schwarzkopf Taft. So our roving reporter bravely volunteered to unleash his inner celebrity with the simple application of some Taft Full On products.

Spiking Glue – Andy Irons
Entered the bathroom a student and left it a surfing legend!

Triple world surfing champ Andy Irons has perfected the spiky-even-when-wet look that the Spiking Glue delivers. It’s clearly ideal for surfers. Since the glue lasts until the next shampoo, those dudes can apply the glue once at the start of summer and they’re pretty much sorted until Easter, bro! (Plus, …