August 31, 2014 New named writer report Hot on the heels of my content marketing report I have written another on using a named writer for content. The report, Catapult your…
June 30, 2014 Free content marketing report I have written a report on the phenomenon that is content marketing and made it available under a Creative Commons licence. The report (in…
May 29, 2014 The Business interview I appeared on ABC’s The Business program last night talking about a possible Google acquisition of Twitch.tv for around $1 billion. The episode is…
October 31, 2011 Paying out on pay walls Last week former Computerworld editor Andrew Birmingham wrote an opinion about News Limited’s decision to throw a pay wall in front of the online…
August 30, 2011 Time for a change After more than 11 years as a technology journalist with IDG Communications I began a new role as a senior analyst with Telsyte this…
July 26, 2011 Nice reminder This article published on ZDNet.com today is a nice reminder of a story I broke almost a year ago. Today’s news: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/sun-ceo-explicitly-endorsed-javas-use-in-android-what-do-you-say-now-oracle/9285 My version…
October 30, 2010 Meeting George I had the pleasure of meeting George Negus this week at a CIO function we hosted in Sydney. I’ve been a fan of George…
July 10, 2008 The First Casualty by Phillip Knightley Australian journalist and writer Phillip Knightley meticulously documents the habits of war reporters for the past sesquicentenary of world conflicts. As the title indicates,…
June 21, 2008 TechWorld goes live!!! Well after a few months of solid project management work, I’m proud to announce IDG’s latest IT news and industry portal – TechWorld. We…
September 15, 2007 Why I hate conference calls Why do I hate conference calls? I’ll tell you why: 1. I am a journalist. 2. I interview people so I need to be…
August 25, 2007 Look before you dial If anyone’s ever wondered why I’m so hard to reach on my desk phone at the office (read: I never answer it) I’ll explain…
June 25, 2007 Journalists in contempt? Bah! News surfaced today about the “conviction” and fining of two Herald Sun reporters who refused to name a federal government source in a story…
February 21, 2007 Case Closed by Gerald Posner Like many people of my generation, my knowledge of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been largely clouded by popular literature, documentaries…
December 22, 2006 Keep it up KDE media relations My hat goes off to Hamish Rodda, KDE’s Oceania representative and media relations person. I approached Hamish with this idea kicking around in my…
December 10, 2006 What, Web TV? I made my debut as a TV (well, Web TV) reporter last week. Shucks, as it’s such a brave new area for me I…
November 14, 2006 IDG turns on the TV! Hooray for not-so-modern technology! IDG Australia entered the brave new world of Internet TV this week with the launch of Computerworld and PC World…
September 3, 2006 Lost in transplagiarism It seems that some IT news outfits aren’t being as transparent as they could be when it comes to citing sources for their articles….
June 24, 2006 Getting Slashdotted a few months months late While glancing over Slashdot today I was surprised to discover a story I wrote in November last year. As many of the commentators on…
June 7, 2006 JP’s farewell As you may have heard, one the founding fathers of IT journalism in Australia, John Patrick (JP) Costello passed away last month. Yesterday there…
March 16, 2006 The butterfly effect One of the most gratifying aspects of journalism is the huge ripple you can cause as a result of a single piece of writing….