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Archive for August, 2007

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LOLCats deconstructed by WSJ to the point of unfunny

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Aaron Rutkoff deconstructs LOLCats to the point of it being unfunny.

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BarCampSydney2

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Five things I saw today that I liked:

Mark Pesce's Python BlueScanner
Liam and Alex's Presentation on Lua in Garry's Mod (hence missed Anna Liu's presentation)
http://goodbarry.com/  We're going to see more of this little application.
The expertise of those who have gone down the VC path: the depth of sharing was great
LOLCODE in UR BarCampSydney2 (at [...]

Week: Business Owner Geeks

Friday, August 24th, 2007

What a geek week. Face to Face presentations to 120 people, focusing on this new world of "online". Somewhere around 6,700+ views of http://thegeekstories.com/ videos.
Ran into some old Apple friends (hi Tom!) and shared the joys of Frankarr moving into the US.

Tim, an old friend whom I owe much, a key shareholder in NextByte sold [...]

Questions to be Answered from AIM, August 23rd

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Nick Hodge, starring in the de Bono Room (not that Bono, this de Bono)
Excellent to meet many new people, and a few old faces. A good 45 turned up for 1h15m of me talking.
Questions:

How does Web 2.0 make sales people more effective
Example of an employee going blog-astray, and how it is corrected
How do you know [...]

Presentation: AIM 23rd August 2007

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Presentation (.pptx) for Australian Institute of Management (AIM) presentation on Web 2.0, eCommerce.

PowerPoint 2003 version of the presentation
PowerPoint 2007 version of the presentation

Just as a note: Download Compatibility Pack for previous versions of Office
By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and [...]

Australian Federal Police: Cost of Nigerian Scams

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

134 out of 139 people in Queensland contacted by Australian Federal Police have fallen for Nigerian Scams. Lottery scams.
They sent a little more than $18 million dollars to Nigeria. That is $135,000 per person.
Accountant, Lawyers, Doctors. Not people you would expect to fall for "get-rich-quick" schemes. I hope their tax, law and medical expertise [...]

w00t!!1 Podcast Famous

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

After yesterday's unstructured Twitter meetup: The Podcast of the Twitter meetup with a random conversation.
http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/23/gday-world-281-melbourne-twitter-lunch/
Thanks Cameron for letting me be heard on Australia's #1 Podcast. I've gotta stop saying the g-word so often.
Yesterday I had consumed +5 standard coffees (my usual day is +2) by the time the podcast was recorded. You can hear the pace [...]

Social Networking: People, not Messages

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

 
What is the Web 2.0 World Saying about you, now?
I strongly recommend any Marketing/PR person just starting out to download and install Particls: http://particls.com/. You can use Particls to watch the internet for you. Enter the phrases and words that are your products and brands, and watch the conversation that ensues.
It is wise to start [...]

Blue Day, Melbourne

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Blue Day means a clear day. I could see the sky. After leaving a dark and rainy Sydney, 4degC Melbourne was a rude surprise.
Up at 4:00am. A cat wandered out, stretched and looked at me quizzically seemingly asking : "WTF?"

After checking the online world, my new residence, drive off to the airport. Megan's battery is [...]

Tafiti: Search on a different plane

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Mashup using Microsoft's Live Search. Created in Silverlight. Go have a butchers at the video.

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