hi there!
I see you've stumbled on to my humble home on the net, Drive:Activated. My name's Sam, I'm an ambitious and driven uni student, residing in Melbourne, Australia, wanting to make my mark on our world. This is my site, which is mainly just my blog and some other bits. There's no definite theme to my blog, just anything that interests me, and currently that's web trends, startups, ideas and cool stuff. Check it out, leave me a comment, click on 'Who is this?' to find out more about me, or drop me a line by clicking on 'Let's Talk'. Hope you enjoy it!

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I've been having an email exchange about entrepreneurship in Australia, and I thought you guys may be interested. These are only my responses in the conversation. Australia and investment I think the recent re-explosion of web technology has come as a shock to VCs in Australia. US VC firms probably...
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So my final exam (business stats, which wasn't so bad) has come and gone, and now I'm free from the clutches of uni (well, temporarily - I haven't quit just yet). How does it feel? Well, to be honest, I haven't been putting in 100% for uni for a while, instead I've been exploring my options and generally...
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Preface: I speak as a naïve yet-to-graduate, yet-to-have-work-experience student, so maybe this is complete garbage, but sometimes the best ideas come from those on the outside looking in. Going to university is supposed to be a massive decision for most year 12 students, but really, it isn't. There...
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Here's a post for my mates with cars running through their veins - Peugeot in conjunction with Microsoft recently held a competition for entrants to design a futuristic car that fitted the criteria P.L.E.A.S.E.: P leasurable to drive L ively E fficient A ccessible S imple E cological Here's the massively...