STIRR Mixer in Sydney

Martin Well, from Tangler, flicked me an email the other day.

On a recent trip to the valley I attended a STIRR Mixer. It was a fantastic; great people and a fun format. I’ve known the organizer, Sanford Barr, for a while and really like the spirit of what he’s trying to do – help entrepreneurs [...]

The Fanatics’ Ashes Songbook, Threatened By EMI: Share Your Own Copy

Boing Boing has picked up the story that Australian cricket supporters, The Fanatics, are being threatened by EMI because they say they “breached copyright because it included altered lyrics to songs such as Go West by the Village People and Daydream Believer by The Monkees.” (quote from an ABC article)
I found a copy by hunting [...]

Zune Reaction

I was interviewed this afternoon by Singapore’s 938 Live radio station about Microsoft’s Zune media player. We chatted about the negative reaction, and the future of media players merging with mobile phones.
Thought I’d share the MP3 here.

Xbox Gets Television and Movies

OK, so I’m getting good at making calls about things that will happen . I’ve always wanted to be a futurist, and I think I’m almost there.
I’ve been saying for years (a couple of recent references here and here) that Xbox should/would release television/movies via the Xbox.
Well, today they made just that announcement.

Beginning on [...]

Nike+ iPod Kit and Community

Amongst all the horse racing today, that Japan obviously excels at, I received delivery of a Nike+ iPod Kit.
I’ve been waiting for this since their announcement at the beginning of the year. I tried to grab one when I was last in the US, but I missed it’s availability by a week.
Now I love running, [...]

See It At The Same Time As The US

Gmail Mobile Application

I noticed tonight that Google have announced a Gmail mobile client. If you go to gmail.com/app from your mobile phone, then you can download the client.
I note that it says “It is currently compatible with all J2ME-enabled phones in the U.S. and works with a variety of carrier service plans,” but figured that as long [...]

Sydney Matrix Locations

Jeremy Keith has a Flickr set of Sydney Matrix locations. It’s an “attempt to recreate some outdoor shots from The Matrix at the locations where they were filmed.”
Damn cool.
Yes, I thought you already knew I was a geek.

What’s a Zune?

I’m just watching the Zune advertisements on YouTube.
Are they aiming for BabyBoomers with these? I’m lost, as there’s nothing hip at all about the adverts. It’s certainly not informative, so they’re just a branding exercise, which isn’t aimed at Gen Y, and in my opinion misses Gen X as well.
It’s obviously a play on the [...]