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Monthly Archives: July 2004

I’m please to announce that my new blog is open for business. Gadget Lounge is a blog that is all about gadgets available in Australia. There are plenty of resources on the net that update us with geek toys, but none that focus on the Australian market. Gadget Lounge is all about those toys from an Aussie point of view. Australian pricing, availability, providers, services, and anything related. From mobile phones, digital cameras, personal video recorders, broadband, digital TV, through to new services and solutions for digital convergence.

It’s hoped that we might generate a little revenue as well, something that might pay for a little bit of the time we put into the site. If your interested in sponsoring or adverting, then send me an email. Who knows, some kind gadget vendor may even bestow a few test devices on us for previews and reviews.

For now though, it’s all about the visitors. So, if you’re a gadget fiend, or in search of a new toy to impress the office, swing on over and have a read. The plan is for regular updates and information you won’t find anywhere else. If there is anything you’d like to see, or you spot some news, feel free to let us know.

We are close to finalising the main details for a Perth Blog Nite, a symposium dedicated to discussions about the phenomenon. October 27 is the planned date, depending if the venue we hope to secure is available. All going well we’ll have a press release out in the next couple of weeks, with details for a few of the main concepts.

A few people seem to be confused as to the aim for the conference. It won’t be a tech fest, nor a “how to” event. The main focus will be the business, social and communication repercussions of the medium. The plan is to invite everyone, and it is expected that we’ll have commercial, education, government and the media interested in the event.

If anyone is keen to help, please let me know.

Some computer science graduate students at the University of California have a blog survey and the results will be published publicly at an academic conference. Spread the word, the more people that take it, the more meaningful the results.

Check their blog, Prospecting the Blogosphere for details and the questionnaire.

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