/ blog · archive
Archive
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.
On The Pod and Travel
Ben Barren was telling me this week that he finds himself posting a whole lot less and instead Twittering: he’s right for me as well, I spend far too much time Twittering and less time blogging, I’m not sure whether this is a bad thing or good thing, and I am still blogging heavily, just […]
Qantas Club Wifi Brisbane Airport
I was upgraded to Silver Status (One World Ruby) last month and the trip East for Influence is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to use it. Checking in at the business class queue in Perth this morning was great, particularly after the at least 2km walk from long term parking at 6:30am (they’ve […]
My Mac Melbourne
A little message to My Mac, an official Apple reseller located on Flinders Street, Melbourne. That’s My Mac, My Mac of Melbourne, My Mac Apple Reseller, My Mac Apple Melbourne 🙂
Fairfax Has a SEO Team
This weeks SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday is an interview with Lucas Ng, who does in house SEO for Fairfax Digital. Cool in some respects that Australian online players are now employing SEO talent to maximize their search engine rankings and position. Aside from the cliches (f*ck Rand, have you never met an Australian before?!?! do you […]
Primus Telecom Are Scammers
I’ve just received a call on my mobile that I thought I’d share with everyone rather than complain to the TIO and ACCC. The phone rings, I answer it. There is silence, then a foreign ring tone….a sure sign I’m about to talk to an Indian Call Centre. Me: Duncan Riley SpeakingCall Centre: I’m calling […]
Andrew Keen Is a Twit
I’m being polite tonight, Twit is far too nice. What I don’t get is how he figures we should be fed news by “impartial journalists” when there is no such thing as an impartial journalist, in the same way there is no such thing as Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. Typical of the MSM […]
Australian Blogging Conference Is Back On: Sep 28 in Brisbane
Got an email from Peter Black this morning: the Australian Blogging Conference is back on. Venue is QUT Brisbane September 28. Details here. Format is a Dave Winer style unconference. I haven’t booked a flight yet but I’ve already said yes to attending, I’m certainly not going to miss something I’ve been advocating for over the last […]
Why the AFL is Farked
Read this. WTF? Instead of the issue being focused on yet another couple of AFL players being on the Persian rugs, I say yet another couple because if you look at the Weagles alone more than one are on them, the problem is Channel 7 publishing the truth. Yes folks: AFL players may boycott the […]
On The Pod Episode 3 Is Live
OK, so I was shocked to find that my last post was to episode 2 a week a go. Yes, I need to start personal blogging some more, but in the mean time check out Episode 3 of On The Pod. This week I interview Bronwen Clune of PerthNorg.
Strippergate: Don’t Forget How It Touches The Ladies
Interesting online discussion 12 hours after Strippergate hit the headlines. All the commentary I’ve seen so far has been from men who think Rudd has done nothing wrong. Of course they all would have done the same thing in the past (to an extent) although at least in my own credit I’ve never touched a […]
Our Next Prime Minister
An ode to Kevin Rudd (apologies for the nudity, it’s probably less than he looked at, or felt 🙂 )
Australia’s Next Prime Minister Got Shitfaced And Touched Up Strippers In New York
Golden: from the same party that delivered a Prime Minister that held the world record for beer drinking comes Kevin Rudd, potentially (likely) the next Prime Minister of Australia who whilst representing Australia at the UN in 2003 allegedly got so maggoted he visited a strip club and “was warned against touching the dancers” by […]
Chartreuse is Back
The second post in roughly 24 hours from Prince Campbell. I didn’t post on the first one because I’ve see the stray post before. Chartreuse is back in the house and welcomed from me. Lets hope the issues of last year are left behind and we see some great blogging once again. Prince is a great bloke who I had […]
Are We All Living in a Computer Simulation?
Makes sense, at least at the same level that religion as a whole does. Spot question courtesy of Richard Dawkins: if there is a supernatural creator, who created the creator? 🙂
On The Pod Is Live
Introducing On The Pod: my weekly podcast on what ever takes my fancy at the time. It will be mostly tech but not strictly so, it will depend on the guest. The aim is to talk to folks who might not otherwise have a voice, people who are interesting. I’ll also be aiming to interview […]
Snow
A short note that I’ll be offline for a week, heading to Melbourne and then the snow for a break (also the golden child’s 5th birthday). Limited or no internet access at this time. Back on the 15th. I’d appreciate it if no one burgled the house in my absence 🙂
The Problem With Religion
Warning: anyone religious will find this offensive. (via Larvatusprofeo)
Making The MT Switch
I’m doing some research on switching back to MovableType, in part so I can support the MT Open Source initiative. WordPress isn’t what it use to be, both from a development and security perspective, as well as having a leadership that seems more focused on commercial interests than the open source side. If anyone has […]
Are Apple Stores a Waste of Space?
One of the last things I did in San Francisco before leaving Wednesday local time was go shopping. It’s not New York but they have a Macys so the golden child has some great polo tops for summer (how is it that I can buy 3 Polo Ralph Loren tops in the US for less than […]
San Francisco
Still recovering today from a bike ride from Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge then back again. About 15 miles, what ever that is in Km I have no idea, but the trip up the hill, wearing RM Williams Moleskins nearly killed me. Amazing the climatic differences in the Bay Area, […]