Richard Giles

My name is Richard Giles. I’ve been involved in online communities since the BBS days in the eighties, and on the Internet since 1994 when I built corporate websites, lectured about online commerce at Curtin University, and sold corporate Internet connections.

I have since worked for Sun Microsystems, authored the Podcasting Pocket Guide and How to Use Flickr: The Digital Photography Revolution, won an award for podcasting, and launched Scouta and Recommendation Ventures which were listed in BRW’s Australia’s Top 10 Web Applications in 2008.

Called “the network marketer” by BRW, I am currently working as the Strategy Director at Adapptor, am the Vice Chairperson for the Australian Web Industry Association, and present at a number of events, on radio, and television, about technology and its impact.

You can find some random thoughts on Twitter, photographs on Flickr, and a more detailed resume on LinkedIn. If you’re very keen you can see a little more social detail on Facebook, see my runs on Sports Tracker and hear the music I love at Last.fm and Blip.fm.

You can also email if you’d like direct contact.