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13 Apr 2012

Gwynn Compton...

  • Senior Internal Communications Advisor
  • Strategy & Corporate Services
  • Yet another Kiwi making his way in New Zealand’s little known “West Island”, Gwynn works as a Senior Internal Communications Specialist with Telstra’s Strategy & Corporate Services group. Prior to making the journey across the ditch, Gwynn worked in the finance sector in New Zealand and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington.

    In his spare time Gwynn watches a lot of sport, following an unhealthy amount of Rugby Union, Motorsport, Horse Racing, Football and League. His childhood heroes include the late Ayrton Senna, Andrew Ettingshausen and Tana Umaga.

    When he’s not on the roller coaster ride that comes with being a New Zealand sports fan, or digesting all the sports news and statistics that he can get his hands on, Gwynn is an aspiring science fiction writer and blogger who also has a keen interest in social media and politics. Gwynn also moonlights as a secret weapon on pub trivia teams.

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Don’t talk to me about Friday the 13th

13 Apr 2012

Author: Gwynn Compton.
I’m not a superstitious person by any stretch of the imagination. Every time I hear about superstitions I go out of my way to point out that the said superstition is, in all likelihood, bogus. I say “in all likelihood” because as the biologist Richard Dawkins points out, no scientist can say that something is absolutely impossible, rather it is just extremely improbable.


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Infographic: The pluck of the Irish

16 Mar 2012

Author: Gwynn Compton.
Growing up, I remember a series of jokes that went along the lines of, “Did you hear about the latest Irish invention? (Insert seemingly ridiculous invention here, e.g. submarine with electric windows).” Looking back, it’s clear now that such jokes were born of stereotypes created by the history of the Emerald Isle, both colourful and sad in equal measure.


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Money, money, money in an infographic’s world

01 Mar 2012

Author: Gwynn Compton.
Following on from my last infographic blog on Geeks vs Nerds, this time I wanted to indulge in a discussion of one of the most complicated infographics I’ve ever seen.


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