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…
May 25, 2006 Google foodle Okay, so everyone knows that Google opened its doors to the media in Sydney last week, labelling the occasion as the “official” openining of…
May 2, 2006 IDG adds RSS Just a quick note to tell the world IDG Australia now has RSS feeds for most of our news sources. Check them out here……
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….
February 5, 2006 Spot the difference It’s time for a quick game of Spot the Difference – Yaayy!!! I saw this article, dated December 15, 2006 with a timestamp of…
January 19, 2006 Welcome back from the dark side Rob If you’ve been reading my blog you may have stumbled across a few comments from the latest edition to the IDG family, Rob Irwin….
December 13, 2005 Don’t fear the media A couple of months back I attended a seminar by Google Maps’ (now Local) lead engineer Lars Rasmussen.
October 9, 2005 Meet The Matrix effects wizard John Gaeta This year’s Networkers conference final day keynote presentation was delivered by John Gaeta, a visual effects designer for The Matrix trilogy. This intrepid blogger…
September 4, 2005 Opening night @ Tech.Ed Well I’m firmly back on the ground in Sydney and having decided to hold off my Tech.Ed musings because of a lack of time…
August 3, 2005 One hat at a time please By now most people in the media, particularly the IT media, have heard of Graeme Philipson’s roasting by Media Watch for a shameless self…
July 24, 2005 Don’t be sly Is there no end to the dirty tricks marketing wannabes will pull to try and bolster their company’s image via media relations? What am…
July 16, 2005 Value the fruits of free speech As a journalist I’m somewhat naturally predisposed to adoring the idea of free speech. I, like most other ‘real’ people, strongly believe free speech…
June 23, 2005 Trying out my radio voice Just a passing note to let everyone know that I was interviewed on ABC Radio’s Northern Tasmania breakfast show yesterday. David and I spoke…
June 21, 2005 Why IT managers should learn to love the media Every now and then I get a shocking reminder of how spineless some IT managers really are. Some are nothing more than vendor patsies…
June 3, 2005 Plagiournalism, with a dash of hypocrisy Whoa, how about that! I just invented a new word – plagiournalism. Plagiournalism means plagiarism disguised as journalism, and it happens more often then…