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Posts from 2004 to 2017. This was a personal blog during a fairly chaotic decade in independent publishing — some of it tech commentary, some of it Australia, some of it ephemera. It’s kept here in full for anyone who arrives via an old link.
Current writing lives at SiliconANGLE.
Note to Erick, This is how you deal with overload
Re: this, Rage against the machine 🙂 On a more serious note, simple rules: Twitter for Breaking, Goog Reader for reading, use aggregators like Techmeme and others to pick up the stuff you miss.?Ǭ† Now if only I could sort email….but shhhhh, we wont mention that dirty word today.
Andrew Baron: Retarded or Marketing Genius?
CNet reports that Andrew Baron has pulled the auction for his Twitter account. It was a clever little publicity stunt from day one, and credit to Andrew on it, but the following sounds severely retarded: Essentially, he said, a fellow Twitterer wrote him suggesting that the people who were bidding the eBay auction well into […]
YouTube Partner Program Comes To Australia, WTF With The MSM?
Good news: YouTube’s partner program is now available in Australia, Japan and Ireland. I’ve applied, no idea if I’ll qualify. Now for the WTF: I had Nova on in the car (wife had been in the car, otherwise it would have been on ABC Local Radio) and their sad excuse for a news came on […]
It’s Alive
duncanriley.tv I still haven’t settled on the exact format, and I’m going to mix it up, but thought I should at least come out swinging a little. Visuals on Ustream aren’t great once you download the thing then syndicate them out, might switch to quicktime or even my video camera instead of sticking with a […]
New template, lots of bugs
It’s been a year since I’ve last updated this site, so it’s time for a new look. At the time of writing I’m still working on it, the blogroll is still very dead (as it was on the last template), and I’m still tweaking colors etc from the original template, but getting there. Apologies if […]
Going To Gnomedex + A Broadcast Suggestion From Chris Pirillo
I’ve purchased a ticket for this years Gnomedex in Seattle, my first. Buggered if I know how I’ll get there, the airfare will work itself out in the coming months, they always do. Just a shame Virgin doesn’t start the pacific route till October, finally some competition on Qantas’ cash cow route. The occasion coincided […]
What To Broadcast About?
(language warning for video) So I’ve been playing with Live streaming services and I want to do something more regular, but not 100% on what. I love what Chris Pirillo does, but the subject matter is a little tame for me. Open to suggestions, on topic, format and even streaming service of choice. Note I […]
Stereotypes and the Blogosphere
This weekends A-list navel gazing exercise is a subject (ironically) that has been debated before: that the blogosphere provides little original content and that most blogs don’t provide a value add in terms of analysis. It’s true…and it’s not true. It’s true if you only follow techmeme and a specific number of blogs, for example […]
Bird Watch
We had a stunned bird on our doorstep this afternoon, I presume it had smacked the glass. Waving at it resulted in no response, so we figured it’s not in a good way. I think about it for a while, she who must be obeyed says to leave it there, and yet for some reason […]
2Web Crew Turns 21
2Web Crew 21 is now live. And yes, I get questioned about this weeks shit storm, and no, I failed to use the c word once 🙂
To All The Haters
Timothy Sykes has a brilliant post up, and this video (NSFW), I know how he feels.
Live Streaming Test
Now I finally have a half decent internet connection (it’s only half because it only delivers 11mb/800k not 24mb/1mb as advertised) it means I can stream video. Been playing with a few of the services and I’m just going to leave one running for a while each day and see what happens. First up is […]
Twitter AFL Footy Comp
Looking for a Footy tipping comp where you can compete with ppl like you? Join here. I’m a RL man by birth, but one thing I picked up from my nearly 10 years in Western Australia was footy tipping. Every job I had there had a Footy Tipping comp. It’s like religion, and it’s expected […]
Antedote
Wendy’s Song from South Park (lyrics NSFW)
FriendFeed = More Hyped Yawn
So I started another bush fire, at least among the growing list of self important so-called A listers who would happily crucify anyone who dare question their favorite startup of the minute. I say A-List somewhat lightly, because the guy who’s come after me is someone who’s called Louis Gray. I’ve been blogging a bloody […]
How Rooted Is The Valley?
I’m back home, and I’m still seeing people defending the work till you drop and bugger your family and those you love argument put forward by Calacanis + friends. So how rooted is the Valley? I found this on Amazon via Google DOWN AND OUT IN SILICON VALLEY presents a side of high-tech, dot-com culture […]
Spending Time With Your Family Makes You a Slacker According to Scoble. Scoble Can Get Fucked
language warning Following on from my post on TechCrunch calling out Jason “penny pincher” Calacanis for his call that people who seek balance in their lives should be fired, Robert “I’ve never done a startup of my own in my life” Scoble responds with this bullshit: Calacanis is right: startups can?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t afford?Ǭ†slackers Jason Calacanis has […]
Australian Media = Corporate Tools Again
I was hard on the SMH the other day, now it’s time for News Corp, who are running shots of Qantas’ new Premium Economy service. See if you can spot what’s wrong with EVERY photo. Did you guess that every shot shows premium economy seats WITHOUT seats in front in the sample shots, giving a […]
SMH Spins Government Propaganda?
WTF on every level…. SMH: Labor to deliver Lightnight internet speeds Most homes will have broadband communication speeds up to 100 times faster than what is currently available, under the Rudd Government’s plan to wire Australia for the 21st century…. …by deploying VDSL, (also known as Very High Speed DSL) technology, Senator Conroy said the […]
City Living
Finally moved into the new house. Removalist came yesterday but it took me (and occasionally she who must be obeyed) a day and a half to unpack to living standards. There are still plenty of boxes and I haven’t set up my office yet. Desk is there, but there’s a stray bed (one that we […]