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Email is for old Farts

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

… to paraphrase the quotation below. Thanks to danah boyd for the inspiration.
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Thanks to Mark Pesce for the recommendation to the Essentials journalist, Nick Galvin.
Oh, and Fiona Morris had a version of the photo taken with cats. The cat versions were funnier. Behind the scenes: when the photo as [...]

Quick Game Industry Research Factoids

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

more cat pictures
Australian Gaming Industry:

Worth: AU$1billion in 2006

Note: Film/Box Office in 2007 AU$900million in 2007

Industry is Growing: >12% per year
12.5m games sold in 2006
Gamer average age: 28 years old
Gamers are 60% male, 40% female
In 2007, 67% Australians have broadband
35% are parents, 8% will tell you [...]

Wireless Live Streaming

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

At yesterday’s Matt Bai; Politics and Technology Forum in Canberra, I experimented. Without testing, nor a safety net.
Having just received a new imate Ultimate 9502 phone with NextG HSDPA from @JonoH I wired up in the following way:

Dell XPS1330, using Bluetooth Personal Area Connection from within Vista SP1 x64 to…
imate Ultimate 9502, using [...]

Vista Hub on Gizmodo.com.au

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Microsoft and Gizmodo.com.au/Lifehacker.com.au have created a collection of smart tips and tricks on Windows Vista.
The local Microsoft team asked me to contribute some articles. Writing with an editor with deadlines is tough! Thanks to Nick Broughall for his patience and assistance.

My articles:

Silverlight Redefines Video On The Web
Watching One Minute of Online Video Equal To Reading [...]

MCE Buddy to the Rescue!

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

There is a little addition to the Windows Media Center setup. It is a hidden gem that makes life so much easier.
In our home, we have a Windows Home Server. Thoughtfully named SERVER, it is small and sits quietly near the broadband connection.
 

After Media Center record TV shows on one PC, I generally like to [...]

Intro to Windows Media Center

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

In the early days of radio, the receiver set was expensive and sat in the lounge. Today, radios are in cars, mobile phones and the shower.
The same occurred with television: expensive sets started in the lounge, and then migrated out to the kitchen, car and on small devices.
Now if your PC  Windows Vista Home [...]

Turing’s Cathedral

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Excellent talk from George Dyson on the early stages of digital computing:

@MarsPhoenix

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

In 1969, the world looked through their black and white TV tubes at a pair of US Navy Test Pilots bounce around on the Moon.
Today, MarsPhoenix posts Twitters. It is the most personal way of describing what is going on. No press conferences, no scientific pictures or static web site.
Wired Science has an exclusive interview [...]

You watch a video, Microsoft donates to Smith Family

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Simple really. Go to this site: http://www.microsoft.com.au/charity/charity/demo.aspx
Watch the video, and Microsoft donates money to the Smith Family.

Australia ReMIX08 Redux

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Picture: Matt Moran, ABC Commercial, showing off the Silverlight based ABC Online Store
Blogs

Chris, MSP from UTS: http://www.utsmsp.com/2008/05/remix08-sydney-expression-studio-2-is-here/
DG.TV Wrapup, not featuring me: http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=687
ZDNET on Mark’s Keynote: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Twitter-lets-staff-trigger-nuclear-option-on-bosses/0,139023166,339289106,00.htm
Phil Heltewig, “While Sitecore was only present as an attendee this time, it was still extremely valuable for us, not just from a technology point of view”: http://philheltewig.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E339C3F87E43ABC8!226.entry
Michael Ryan needs [...]

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