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Mark Pesce, Only Connect

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Hyperempowerment. The theme of Mark Pesce’s opening keynote at Microsoft Australia’s ReMIX 2008, ‘Only Connect’
Now available in video form, and textual form.

AURemix08 is Here!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Australian ReMIX08 is here! Sydney is first today. Melbourne in two days time.
And the little Quokkas will make a small appearance in the the keynote. Watch closely, or you will miss them!
Follow me on twitter, or the hashtag #auremix for all the news if you are out there in the intarwebs.
If you are attending, ensure [...]

DG’s New Toy

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Every quokka loves a new laptop. Even when the laptop is twice your weight, height and width.

DG and Maurice at CodeCampOZ

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

DG Gets his Mesh on!

Friday, April 25th, 2008

DG gets into the Live Mesh craze.

quokka.two: LOLCODE Contractor

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

DG hires a wizened LOLCODE contractor to complete the low-level code for a new web site.

Mark Pesce: Keynoting Australian ReMIX 2008

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Credit: Darren Sharp
This year's keynote speaker at Australia’s second ReMIX is Mark Pesce. Like LOLCODE, Mark has his own, well deserved Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pesce
Australians in the internet community would recognise Mark from his copious writings on freedom, email, free/meshed wireless. He is a thought leader amongst thought leaders in this web-centric world.
I've seen Mark present [...]

quokka.two: lamingtons + quokka-cola

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

DG is getting his Developer track ready for the second Australian ReMIX. Fueled by lamingtons and Quokka-Cola, there is a storm of XAML building.
Seats are going fast! Book today!

Tips and Techniques for Presentations

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

(photo by JJ)
As presented at BarcampSydney3: 

Imagine the best presenter/presentation you have seen

This person has practised more than once.
plan for the worst case scenario (no projector, laptop nor audience)

know audience, topic, environment

If you are not comfortable wit the topic, don't present it

Theatre

projecting your voice: always stand
volume levels: for any audience above 4 people, you need to [...]

quokka.two: idle worship

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Who does DG look up to in the world?

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