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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.
Why some bloggers shouldn’t be electoral pundits
I literally chocked on the Coke Zero I was drinking when I read this. Don’t have the direct link, but quoting from Trevor Cook: If ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù and it is a big if ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù Labor were to secure the 58 per cent national two-party preferred vote suggested by the polls at the next election, my election […]
If the Kathy Sierra death threat meme was a legal case, would it be thrown out for lack of evidence?
Wired tries to do some investigative journalism into the whole Kathy Sierra OMG death threats meme, and doesn’t come up trumps. If the whole thing was a legal case, would it be thrown out for lack of evidence? It even appears that at least a good portion of the defendants in this case have now […]
In support of advertiser supported themes
Matt Mullenweg has come out against advertiser supported themes for WordPress here. As much as I’ll always have time for Matt, I don’t agree with him on this. For starters, the arguments he puts forward in terms of WordPress is free therefore themes should be free of advertiser links is spurious at best. Yes, WordPress […]
All your ads belong to us: time for Government intervention?
Steve Rubel calls it right on Google: “All your Ads belong to us“. Its been said before, but I’ll say it again: when will Governments start intervening in Google’s growth? How much of the online world will Google dominate before Government says enough is enough, this is anti-competitive, monopoly behaviour? Sure, the argument against is […]
Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1bn
$3.1bn: Google’s purchase price for Doubleclick. Struth. Web 1.0 lives again, literally, DoubleClick is a Web 1.0 company, dating from the early days of the internet. Is this a smart move for Google? if they apply the Adwords model to Doubleclick CPM banner advertising is going to get a whole lot more sexy very soon, […]
Will the CBS content be geoblocked?
CBS announces 10 content distribution partners: BBC. Will the content be geoblocked? I can’t currently view video content (show episodes, not previews) on the CBS website without spoofing my IP address or using a Proxy; will services such as Joost also block content to non-US viewers? I can only hope they don’t. And of course […]
Only in Queensland: croc not removed from park
A large Croc is stalking people in a park in Cairns according to news.com.au. Get this, for the only in Queensland file, authorities are debating whether they should remove the croc or not! Yep, apparently it’s not a given: “Queensland Park and Wildlife crocodile scientist Mark Read said yesterday his team was “assessing” the croc’s […]
Wisdump on the market
The Paul Scrivens owner Wisdump is on the market at Sitepoint. Bidding from $15k with a BIN of $30k.
Splashpress Media acquires 901am
Is there anything David Krug won’t sell? Email in my inbox this morning (my time, +8GMT) letting me know that Splashpress Media has acquired 901am. Minin Rivera, ex-Editor of The Blogging Times has taken the Editor position. Congrats to all involved. I’m starting to become convinced that I must be psychic: I was only looking […]
The Chaser does Hilary
Sort of funny, sort of cringe worthy, and it took less than a couple of hours to make YouTube 🙂
Google pushing Child Prostitution?
Spotted at Mosnews: Marriage or friendship with women is one thing, but what sort of people are looking for “Polish Girls”? more importantly, what’s Google doing allowing this stuff?
More Goose, more often from Scoble
Scoble on Photobucket’s ban @ MySpace: Myspace is right, everyone else is bad, parasites even. BS. MySpace is the amazing success it is because it gave it’s users a creative freedom other sites didn’t. My response to Scoble as follows. It will probably get deleted, so I’ll post it here. I’ll tell you what I […]
Top 100 Australian Blogs
Got an email from Craig Harper today, a Melbourne based blogger and motivational speaker, he’s set up a rather nifty blog roll of Australia’s top 100 bloggers based on Technorati Rank (right side bar). Apparently duncanriley.com comes in at #22. Given that my motto at duncanriley.com is “I couldn’t care less what I post and […]
Dan Rather talks plants?
He hates the blogosphere, but it’s fairly clear we won, because Dan Rather has been reduced to doing guest appearances on Martha Stewarts TV show talking about….wait for it….Exotic Plants 🙂 What goes around comes around I guess, a lesson others should prepare themselves for, because I know a couple of people due a bucketload […]
Google invests in Maxthon: smart move
Michael Arrington @ TechCrunch has the scoop: Google has invested in China based browser Maxthon, which for memory has something like 25-30% of the Chinese market. It’s a very smart move by Google, knocking Baidu off in China and Yahoo off elsewhere as the default search option for Maxthon will exponentially increase their share in […]
Has Twitter passed its peak?
Has Twitter passed its peak? or is it more of an adjustment following the post SXSW hype, a rollercoaster ride of traffic? I’ve got an ever increasing list of friends/ subs in Twitter, and yet the level of posting this last week is actually declined. Might have something to do with Easter…will wait and see […]
My Google Wishlist
For those not following my posts @ 901am, I wrote yesterday about my switch to all things Google. But I do have a small wish list of things I’d like Google to implement/ change so I can perfect my experience: 1. Outlook style functionality in gmailI need folders! The main reason I download my email […]
If you’re a games developer and you didn’t back the Wii, guess what?
If you’re a games developer and you didn’t back the Wii, guess what? Your profits and sales are down whilst your competition is seeing increasing profits and sales. Officially. Dare I say to EA as a Wii owner: sucked in 🙂
It’s time for people to grow up: Scoble vs Winer
Looks like the Scobles have fallen out with Dave Winer. I don’t know much about Maryam because I don’t read her blog, but I’ve observed Robert’s behaviour long enough, he’s a “you’re with me, or against me” sort of guy, one who takes a disagreement as being a personal attack, a declaration of war if […]
Cultural Difference: Easter Eggs
Lifehacker has tips with what to do with left over Easter Eggs. Apparently American Easter Eggs are actually Eggs as in come from Chickens, as opposed to being made exclusively from Chocolate, and instead of coming in a brightly coloured celofoil wrap, the shell is dyed. You learn something every day…and personally I prefer the […]