Twitter rich115's Recently Played TracksIf I follow you on twitter, because I found you or you found me first, I don’t need you to direct message me a link to your web site or spam me with details about your product or service! Here is a tip, I know all I need to know about you right now moron!
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I stumbled across a blog post by Guy Kawasaki yesterday: Looking for Mr. Goodtweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter. Kawasaki is an old Apple employee that now invests in other companies, and starts a few web startups of his own. He is a self-promoter.
It’s possible that Kawasaki’s post is tongue in cheek, but [...]
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Last Thursday I prepared a presentation for Webjam 9. The aim was to keep the anti-filter message flowing. I figured it was an awesome forum to continue to promote it.
I prepared it as a video, rather than slides, because I wanted the pace of the slides to change as the presentation unfolded. It also allowed [...]
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Last week was Web Week in Perth. AWIA gave it the nickname because it now hosts several events:
AWIA’s Port 80
AWIA’s inaugural Edge of the Web conference
Webjam 9
and AWIA’s WA Web Awards.
It turned out to be one fantastic week, enjoyed by a bunch of people from WA, inter-state, and international visitors.
I’m sure there are a range [...]
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I mentioned the other day that the Australian Web Industry Association was working on their response to the Australian Government’s Internet filter.
Over several days a bunch of clever souls worked on a new web site for the web industry to show its support against the new filter. It includes a press release from AWIA, example [...]
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Being modest and all (yes I’m talking to you @pixel8ted), I’m usually shy about coming forward. But I’m pretty happy that SNOBS (Social Network For Opportunistic Businesswomen) profiled me today in their Work it Baby section.
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Next week is the Edge of the Web conference in Perth.
A few of the AWIA people, of which I’m on the committee, have spent months putting this together. Props to Myles and Kay for doing most of the work. They need a big hand, and many beers next week at the WA Web Awards.
It’s going [...]
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The other day the the SMH published a story about the Government covering up information about their plans to censor the Internet in Australia: Filtering out the fury: how government tried to gag web censor critics.
That news certainly got a bunch of people talking. Over the weekend discussions started on the Port80 forums, AWIA’s committee [...]
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I listened to Cameron Reilly’s paid Telstra gig yesterday (love your introduction-voice mate ), in which he interviewed Mike Hickinbotham, Telstra’s Senior Corporate Relations Advisor.
People that have heard me speak recently know of my distaste for Telstra. I believe that the company is holding Australia back. More on that one day.
Cam does a good [...]
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Recently, in the Silicon Beach Google Group, someone asked “Now I’ve launched…I’m scratching my head wondering how to attract customers.”
One thing I’ve been saying for some time now, is that many web start-ups need to adopt traditional business practices. What’s interesting is that many don’t, probably for two reasons: they’re predominantly engineers who love coding, [...]
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