Russell Buckley from MobHappy, who I respect a lot and who has always provided great, brutal feedback when required, emailed me this morning slapping me around the head regarding a couple of issues I want to air here because I think they deserve a broader forum for discussion, as they touch upon issues I haven’t [...]

A couple of months ago I got a letter in the mail attached to a parking infringement notice claiming I had double parked out of the front of my kids’ school one morning and fining me $66.
Now I don’t remember ever double parking. So I sent them a letter asking for clarification. They sent [...]

It’s that time of the year again when we ask you, our most loyal and lovable audience, to spend ten minutes of your life answering a bunch of questions about what makes you tick. We do this in the hope that this information (all anonymous of course) will encourage advertisers to increase their interest in [...]

Although I’ve been impressed with Telstra’s NextG card (the 7.2 Mobile Card Sierra AirCard 880E), including spending my lunch in a cafe today watching Henry Rollins interview Michael Chiklis on YouTube, running it full screen, it doesn’t seem to always work that well.
The NextG service is called “7.2″ which you might think (as I [...]

Here’s another Macbook support question.
Sometimes when I open up my Macbook, it doesn’t come out of “sleep” mode. I try closing the lid and opening it again a few times but that doesn’t seem to help. I always end up shutting it completely down with my finger on the power button until it re-boots [...]

I met some people at MODM recently who told me they had never - EVER!! - bought anything via Ebay. WTF? Who are you people? Even Nicole, who is currently cutting my hair, has bought something from Ebay (although she said it wasn’t very successful - it wasn’t what she thought it would be like… [...]

Before I move into the “making the world a better place” motif for Season 04 of G’Day World, I wanted to do a show about my recent experiences of migrating from Windows to a Mac.
Yes - hell has finally frozen over and I’ve bought a Mac.
As some of you (those who read my [...]

 

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I recently installed the Flock browser and I’m enjoying the way it integrates things like Flickr feeds into the main screen. I’ve got it set up to show the Digital Photography Show’s Flickr feed, a nice continual stream of visual inspiration during the day - kind of like the visual equivalent of Twitter.

“Advertising will get more and more targeted until it disappears, because perfectly targeted advertising is just information. And that’s good!” (says Dave Winer via Doc Searls).
I have believed that for a long time. I am time poor. There are products and services out there which can improve my quality of life. I want to [...]

Late last week I was invited onto Mark Jones’ “The Scoop” podcast to talk about Second Life with The Markster himself, as well as Lisa Romano, Project Manager, Strategic Development, ABC INNOVATION, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Gary Hayes, head of MUVE development, The Project Factory.
It was an enjoyable chat and I hope you enjoy [...]