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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.
As some one who lives in Western Australia, I welcome Fairfax with open arms
The Australian Newsagency Blog (via Trevor Cook) reports on the rumour in Crikey yesterday (which I actually saw…after having lapsed my membership for a year I signed up again for the paid version, the Christmas pack was just far too good) that Fairfax is looking at launching online news sites covering states they don’t currently […]
Cowboy buys Workboxers
David Krug has announced the acquisition of Workboxes on both Workboxes and the Hello Cowboy site, which in itself is new to me today, I’m presuming this is the name of Krug’s new consulting and marketing service. It’s an interesting name, and I mean this with all due respect, but I can’t seem to get […]
Like Meatloaf through a Straw: Understanding the Web 2.0 soap opera this week
If you’re like 99.999999999% of the population who are struggling to keep up with this weeks Web 2.0 soap opera, let me humbly present the solution to your problems. Compliments of duncanriley.com and far too long stuffing around on MS Publisher (I don’t have access at the moment to InDesign, I’ll need to fix that), […]
Skype to offer a lie detector
The Beeb reports that Skype is to offer the KishKish Lie Detector as an add-on for Skype users. It apparently analyses audio streams over a Skype call in real time and illustrates the stress levels of the other person, which in theory helps show when the other party is lying. No word on cost yet, […]
Syntagma looking good
OK, so some people are going to have some fun with the headline, but I mean it sincerely. I was cleaning up some of my sidebar links today (ok, it’s like spring cleaning in summer) and I realised I was pointing to the old Syntagma Media site, I fixed the link and thought I might […]
Click Arbitrage isn’t easy
One of my little distractions this past couple of weeks has been to dabble into the world of click arbitrage, ie: advertising via Google Adwords to doorway pages that lead to a CPA affiliate site. I’ve not put an awful lot of effort into it, but I have run a couple of ads to see […]
You know it’s nearly Christmas when…
You’ve got over 1000 unread emails and you can’t be asked cleaning them up. OK, so I’m trying now, but it’s hard to get motivated 🙂
It’s true, the British love Australia
I was surfing a totally unrelated story on the BBC website when I stumbled on this: Brits Abroad ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú a comprehensive guide to where Britons live around the world.From the site: “An estimated 5.5m British people live permanently abroad ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú almost one in 10 of the UK population” And where do most of them live? […]
comScore at it again
Forbes reports on the internet metrics tracking company comScore’s software being installed without users knowledge, not the first time I might add, given my online services treat the comScore software and Malware and Spyware: “[The] software is sneaking onto users’ computers without the user agreeing to receive it,” says Harvard University researcher Ben Edelman, who […]
Did Google kill James Kim?
The SMH reports that James Kim took a bad road possibly due to the advice of Google Maps, and that taking the road cost him his life. Certainly if proven true, this could be a world first: Google kills CNet journalist. From the SMH: According to Associated Press, drivers are advised not to take Bear […]
Wii for a workout
OK, my second post on what will be probably plenty on the Nintendo Wii, if you’re not interested by all means tune out, but I like to share this stuff. Indeed, the only time I can’t share things is where there’s a legal agreement saying I can’t 🙂 Anyhow, just saw another benefit from the […]
Wow Wii: first thoughts on the Nintendo Wii
It’s Nintendo Wii launch day here in Australia, and despite never having owned a gaming console since the Atari 2600, I bought the Kool Aid and headed down to Target at lunch time, Visa in hand to buy one. Presentation It presents well, at least in the box. It’s hard for me to say that […]
AskCity isn’t cool
Michael Arrington writes at TechCrunch that AskCity is cool. It might be cool if you live in the States, but try anywhere outside of the US. It’s not only not happening, it doesn’t exist. Let’s see: crowded marketplace, lot’s of competitors, you’d want to maximise your potential viewing audience, wouldn’t you? and there’s a damn […]
Considering the built environment
I’ve held this post off because I didn’t want every single post I make to be about my trip to North America (via Hong Kong), but I did want to share a few thoughts. Firstly, I’m not a greenie, and although I’m seriously thinking that my next car may well be a Prius, it’s because […]
Full/ Part feeds
Had a few notes from people asking me why I’ve switched back to part feeds. I haven’t, but for some reason WP has defaulted back to that position, and no matter how many times I click on the full feeds option, some people (not sure if it’s everyone) are seeing part feeds. A work in […]
The Blog Herald sells
My old hunting ground, The Blog Herald, has been sold again. Although I’ve been aware of it being on the market for 6 odd weeks, I’ve got no idea who Blog Media sold it to. It’s weird really that the site has sold again. Twice in 12 months. It’s not that long ago that selling […]
Perspective
Thought your traffic was good? We’ll I’m not about to add a pinch of salt to everyone’s idea of good traffic, but a f*cking great big truck load of it: Perez Hilton did 3.97 million unique viewers in 1 day. Not page views, not visitors, but uniques. I’d guess that that’s probably higher on average […]
The new Wiggle has man boobs
OK, so I’m not one to talk in the physical fitness stakes, but a word to anyone who is interested in The Wiggles, the new Yellow Wiggle, Sam, must have been spending a fair bit of time eating whilst he was under study, because suffice to say, he really jiggles…a lot on stage, indeed, he […]
The Australian connection continues with Tom Cruise
All the gossip aside, it’s interesting to note that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are honeymooning on the Artic P. Who owns the Artic P? We’ll it was purchased by Kerry Packer, but since he’s dead it would be fair to say that it’s now owned by James Packer, Australia’s richest man, and as we […]
IE7 is quick
Had to download the latest MS updates today…mainly because I was hoping they had bundled the WA Daylight Savings patch (they hadn’t). The download included IE7. I’m not totally convinced by it, but first thoughts in playing with it: it’s quick. Really quick, like twice as fast as Firefox quick on sites I regularly visit. […]