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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.
Catfight….catfight….J-Cal v Denton!
I couldn’t help but call it this way, this quote from Jason Calacanis (unfortunately I think I signed away all the rights to cute pictures of cats doing kungfu when I sold The Blog Herald). Denton calls out SixApart. I’m so glad I trusted Brian when he insisted that we create Blogsmith as the foundation […]
Yep, I’m looking at doing a meme site
blogging.wurk.net does some detective work and tell’s me that I should stop using my registered business name to register for other services. I won’t say what it is, but it involves Web 2.0, it’s close to home, and I’ve written about the idea at The Blog Herald before.
Google testing mega ads and pixel ads
This has got to have a big WTF on it. According to Adotas, Google is testing 2560 x 1920 ads and 1×1 pixel ads. Pretty much, great big mother you know what ads, and itsy bitsy, teeny weeny pixel ads ala the Million Dollar Homepage. If it’s true, now I’ve seen everything 🙂
Eponym: another new blogging service
Steve Rubel points to eponym, another new blogging service, although Steve hypes this one as a SixApart competitor. It looks nice, and the blogs look a bit like MT blogs, which is interesting. There are what…100’s of these services out there now. It’s not a market I’d be looking to enter.
Technorati isn’t tracking Myspace, if they are they totally suck
Aaron writes at Technosailor that he believes that Technorati is now tracking MySpace. I really don’t think they are, because if they are they really suck it at. Consider the numbers. 61 million odd users. Technorati tracks less blogs than the total number of blogs in China. My understanding is that MySpace blogs can’t be […]
Australian Tourism
A couple of different takes:
Bugger….Mena Trott vs Scientology
Mena’s far, far braver than I am. And I’ll heap praise on this one…I hope SA’s lawyers are ready, but good on you Mena for having bit of fun…it’s just a bit…what did they say in Yes Minister…courageous…to do such a thing: Mena: Hey, did you see the pictures of Tom Cruise at Yahoo? Ben: […]
Cory Doctorow in Melbourne
Cameron Reilly (no relation) points to Cory Doctorow in Melbourne. I wish soooo much I could hop on a plane, if she who must be obeyed would only let me, particularly given it’s free!
Bubble, what bubble, I mean, $2b for a website….WTF?
Facebook is chasing $2b (USD) for their site, having knocked back $750 million. Now it’s in the top 100 at Alexa, which equals premium site, but $2b for an online property. It’s not even 1999 again….it’s a whole lot more at this. price.
When you are away, stuff happens
For those who aren’t aware, I’m laying decking and floorboards this week, and most likely into next week at this stage, so I’m pretty much going to be MIA. Just interesting though. I haven’t read my feeds in 2 days, and there is 45 new items in tech.memeorandum.com. The stuff I’m missing 🙂
2web podcast number 4
If you are interested in Web 2.0, podcasting, and start ups, check out the latest 2web podcast. I’m quite…well….strong in it. 🙂 Update: I’ve just listened to it and I’d think it’s our best podcast to date 🙂 If you’ve got an iPod or computer for that matter, have a listen!
Google rules the waves
Just reading at Threadwatch that Google has now got basically 75% of the UK search market. The figure here in Australia is close for memory. When all the so-called experts in America talk about Google they always talk about it from an American perspective, despite the fact that Google is a lot stronger (in terms […]
Is Robert Scoble being Snarky?
Robert…Robert my friend! WTF is going on. I read this post and it smells and looks like Snark. The same sort of snark you were only rallying against the other week. Now Robert, if I can scrape up enough money to go on the blog cruise in October I intend on buying you a drink…or […]
Scoble the corporate lapdog gets caught out again
Steve Rubel: Scoble is taking heat for not posting about the Vista delays for sometime. I sort of feel sad for Robert Scoble these days, mainly because he’s a man who can’t admit the truth. Sure, maybe corporate lapdog is a bit harsh (I’ve just spent 20 minutes reading Gawker Media blogs….forgive me) but this […]
Recapturing the Joy of Blogging
Darren at Problogger points to Paul Chaney on the joy of blogging. I completely understand where Paul is coming from. I’ve found that I actually enjoy alot of the other aspects of blogging as well, like site design and what not, which is why I’m spending more time doing that now with b5media and blogging […]
Baa Baa Black Sheep isn’t PC
This is why I’m sending my son to a Private School next year. I’m buggered if I’m going to let him be exposed to this PC bullsh*t. A Rainbow Sheep, great…..
iPod Phone Confirmed
An Australian site, Smarthouse.com.au, has gotten the scoop: Insiders at Taiwanese phone maker BenQ say that Apple procurement executives have been talking to various Taiwanese phone makers during the past few months in an effort to cut a manufacturing deal on an iPod Phone I’m currently considering getting a new mobile phone, one with a […]
Electrically Heated Undershirts
I want this. I’m tempted to say I want the blonde as well but I’m married. An electrically heated undershirt. I ran out of money so I couldn’t afford heating for the new house, but this would be ideal for winter. Update: this post broke IE, so I’m now inserting a whoe pile of p […]
New site image
I’m doing a bit of a Dave Winer and changing the site image. The new image is Declan and I at swimming lessons about 4 weeks ago. I’ve since got a new bleach so there is no dark roots, I’m totally blonde now 🙂 Update: I should find a way of rotating the image, maybe […]
Shai visits Tasmania
Shai has been to Tasmania. It’s one of the few places in Australia I’ve never been. You know, unlike the rest of the world, going “overseas” is a much bigger deal for Australians. Aside from the fact that it’s whole lot longer to get there, there is a different thought process here. Because we are […]