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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.
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Is Digg now saying gaming Digg is ok?
From Kevins Rose’s blog (emphasis added): …today we read a couple blog posts that highlight users digging each others stories. This is something we encourage through our friends features and will continue to expand as digg evolves. It is our goal to create a platform in which you can share and promote news that is […]
The Ford Lesson
Scoble points to Bold Moves, and online video blog produced by Ford aimed at employees, investors and influencers. It’s bloody amazing. It’s candid, it’s frank, and it’s honest. Indeed, having watched the current video on the site (episode #10) I feel like I’ve just woken up and watched the start of a revolution in corporate […]
Did SixApart buy Rojo for the Feedreader or the staff?
SixApart acquires Rojo. Coverage and Niall and Techcrunch. Odd thing though is this line: “Six Apart intends to sell a majority interest in Rojo?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢s newsreader services in the coming months.” So why buy something just to flog it off later? Rojo doesn’t seem like a natural fit for SixApart either, after all its a feedreeder […]
Tucows buys dead cow Kiko
Tucows has announced that they were the buyer of the dead Web 2.0 startup Kiko. Interesting buy, mainly because probably like a whole pile of other people, I’ve always thought of Tucows as a Web 1.0 company. Is this a step into the Web 2.0 field for the once mighty software download player? only time […]
Heading Eastwards
I’m off to the Hunter Valley this weekend for the Media Connect Influence Conference. I’ll be in Sydney briefly on Saturday 9 September then off to the Hunter Valley Sunday through to Tuesday. My thanks to Phil Sim for the invite. I know fellow Western Australian resident Richard Giles is attending, but if anyone else […]
When the man becomes the blog
There’s a big blog conference in India this weekend according to ITWire, and the headline speaker: “Robert Scobleizer”. I kid you not. And in case they realise their error, here’s the screenshot: Good luck to them none the less. Tags: Robert Scoble, India
Why you shouldn’t use Captchas on your blog
My latest weekly column at The Blogging Times. And yes, I’m quite serious, and no, it’s not PC BS, god, anyone who knows me knows how anti-PC I am (indeed, I think I regularly make my business partners in b5media blush), but just because I’m anti-PC doesn’t mean that I think that people choosing to […]
A note to Devany Kindle
Dear Ms Kindle [email protected] Thank you for the numerous unkind words you have sent me in relation to my posts on the death of Steve Irwin. As an American I’m sure you’re a complete expert on how some Australians found Steve Irwin embarrassing at times. As I have previously written, the man was a walking […]
Another step closer to the grave
XXXI.
The Fark take on Steve Irwin’s death
Ok, it’s probably not cool to laugh about the dead, but this is a little funny (from Fark): Tags: Steve Irwin
Should Steve Irwin get a State Funeral?
Here’s an interesting question: should Steve Irwin get a State Funeral. Despite some of his more annoying characteristics, there’s little doubt that as a man Irwin did far, far more than many others in the past in promoting Australia abroad, and after all, we’ve given them to people far less worthy than of one than […]
Yikes, you know Steve Irwin dying is big news when…
It’s the lead story on CNN: but then again, how sh*t is Google News, lead story links to the Steve Irwin dead story at American political blog Wizbang: Fox News: BBC…ok, not main story, but top 3: Tags: Steve Irwin
Why the ABC should be allowed to show ads online
Steve Irwin dies, and Aunty can’t handle the bandwidth, another reason why the Government should allow ads at abc.net.au:
OK, so I was wrong about the Sydney Morning Herald
Got into a bit of a debate on another blog the other day (sorry, cant remember where), where I defended the Sydney Morning Herald online against claims it’s become too tabloid and full of crap. Steve Irwin died what..about 2 hours ago as I write this, news.com.au went straight to the story with top headlines […]
Vale Steve Irwin: Crocodile Hunter 1962-2006
Australia’s own clich?É?í?Ǭ©d gift to the world, Steve Irwin, is dead, killed in an accident doing what he loved best, interacting with deadly wildlife, in this case, a Sting Ray that seems to have taken offence to his presence. Indeed, it’s not hard to image Irwin saying “crikey” as his last word as the stingray […]
This has got to be a spoof, right?
The New New Internet Conference. Christopher Locke notes that his favourite line is “Gain a Deep, Non-Technical Understanding of Web 2.0”, personally I like “How to Apply Web 2.0 Techniques to Improve Life and Business”…yeh, like we really all want to adopt Web 2.0 in life and business, after all it would involve taking a […]
My Fathers Day gift
Today is fathers day in Australia, and my thoughtful 4 year old gave me a gift I’m sure to get many hours of enjoyment out of, Absolute Power Series 1. Although it was made in 2003, the ABC has only recently showed the series here and I only managed to catch a few episodes, but […]
Something that actually needs Web 2.0
Darren at Problogger points to The Seal Generator, a site that lets you make your own official seal. Sort of nifty idea, but it desperately needs a Web 2.0 makeover because theres no Ajax that updates the image as you make it, something you sort of come to expect in the days of Ajax enabled […]
Kimberly Williams: some sheila’s never give up
More funny stuff in relation to Kimberly Williams of the Boston School of Electrolysis over at Greywolf today here. This sheila never seems to give up, from SEOMoz to Greywolf and who knows where else next, she’s like the energizer bunny on crack, with ridiculous legal threats against half the SEO community. Obviously someone never […]
If Browzer is bad, isn’t Yahoo! as well?
Looks like the Browzar browser might be a bit dodgy, with Techcrunch and the Web 3.0 log reporting that it’s actually IE in disguise + it’s what they claim as “adware”, because the browser utitlises Overture for search results and it’s near on impossible to change away from Overture. And yet Overture is 100% owned […]