January 30, 2017 BuddyPress in a sea of social networks for business Late last year Facebook made splash with the announcement of Workplace. Social networks for business are nothing new of course, but when The Book…
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…
February 28, 2014 Truth and morals in advertising As a marketing director would you slap a special on a dead man’s face? This could have been done by accident or design.
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…
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 8, 2009 Ice Age 3 in 3D We went to see Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs in 3D over the weekend. That’s right, we donned the Dick Smith-ish 3D…
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…
February 17, 2008 Digital TV on Linux = aaargghh!!! A blogged previously, over the holidays I built a Linux-based PVR with the anticipation of recording TV when I’m out and watching the programs…
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…
May 26, 2007 Computerworld turns 40 Congratulations to Computerworld US which celebrated its 40th anniversary this month. That’s right, for 40 years Computerworld has been providing the most insightful and…
April 6, 2007 Hollands joins Dow Jones Media outfit Dow Jones announced this week it has appointed Mark Hollands as the new Asia Pacific director of sales. Why do I care?…
March 28, 2007 Computerworld hits the UK cyber streets Just a quick jot to welcome Computerworld UK to the international Computerworld, and IDG, families. Nice site too, well done! The launch follows the…
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…
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….
July 6, 2006 APC weaves in WordPress Despite its close ties to Microsoft, APC PC monthly Australian Personal Computer has rebuilt its Web site with the open source WordPress (read the…