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Archive for July, 2007

Facebook hacked??

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

It’s currently 7.50pm in Australia, 1.50am US PDT. Facebook has been down for the last ten minutes. According to an entry in the Wikipedia profile for Facebook:
IT WAS RECENTLY HACKED BY CHRIS DOHERTY ON TUESDAY 31ST JULY. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE UK. CHRIS DOHERTY PROCLAIMED, “NOW PEOPLE MAY SEE THAT [...]

G’DAY WORLD #271 - Vernor Vinge, SF Author Extraordinaire

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Today I had the fortune to chat with another living legend - Vernor Vinge (pronounced “vin-jee” as in, he explained off air, “stingy”). While VV may not have the public profile of a William Gibson or Neal Stephenson, in geek circles no SF author carries more respect. Why is it so?
In 1981 Vernor wrote [...]

 
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Cam’s World 31 July 2007

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

I’m amused this morning that Duncan wrote up my “Telstra Bans Facebook” in TechCrunch and the rash of comments accusing him of being a Facebook shill. I often tell corporate-types when they ask about why blogging is important that I may only have a few hundred regular readers of my blog but a handful of [...]

Cam’s World 30 July, 2007

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Shoe-lovin’ Telstran CathyE has created a Twitter profile purely for announcing Melbourne tech events. Very handy. Don’t forget MODM this Thursday night! We’ve got our biggest registrations to date and a new venue.
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I’m writing an article on Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 for MARKETING magazine. If anyone has any good examples of how Aussie [...]

G’DAY WORLD #270 - Affluenza

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Richard Giles joins me tonight to talk about a bunch of questions that have been on my mind:
Are we all suffering from Affluenza?
Are the Government, the advertising industry, and the mass media all conspiring to make us feel broke and scared?

Does the car I drive define me as a human being?

Do we really want [...]

 
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Cam’s World 29 July, 2007

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

What does driving a Prius *say* about you? As a person?
What a load of crap.
You aren’t defined as a person by what clothes you wear or by the car you drive. You are defined by what you *do*. Are you contributing something every day towards the betterment of the human race? Or are you [...]

G’DAY WORLD #269 - Tony Smith, Roamfree

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

A few months ago I had the opportunity to chat with Tony Smith, CEO of new online accommodation booking startup, Roamfree. I was asked to keep the interview on hold until the site launched, which was yesterday. Tony is a former Sydney Swans ruckman who started marketing Schoolies holidays when he was in his early [...]

 
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Cam’s World 28 July 2007

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Just went to pay the speeding fine I got leaving Bundaberg and discovered there are no online payment options?! Can’t even pay it over the phone?!? Have to send a cheque. By post. Wow. Queensland. Amazing.
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I’m fascinated this morning watching the shit-fight between Arrington and Furrier/Scoble over Podtech. Having met all three of those guys [...]

MODM 4 - change of venue

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Please note that MODM 4 will now be held at:
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2007
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Riverland Bar, Vault 1 - 9
Street: Federation Wharf (Under Princes Bridge)
City/Town: Melbourne
http://www.riverlandbar.com/
Register here if you haven’t already!

Cam’s World 27 July, 2007

Friday, July 27th, 2007

The word on Twitter is that the fine folks at Telstra have banned Facebook on the corporate network. This would be a retarded move for ANY company, let alone a company that is trying to position itself as a company that “gets” online. It reminds me of a question someone asked me at the recent [...]