I was lucky enough to spend the better part of last week at the Open Source Developers Conference, or OSDC, held in Sydney between Wed 3rd and Fri 5th of December. I wasn't sure what to expect from my first OSDC conference - they've been running
I've been around blogging for over 3 years, but I've always been too busy to contribute actively to the discourse online. I've made a few posts here, the most recent getting close to three years ago, and while I'm busier than ever,
many of our international breathern would be moritifed at a plan where a national goverment tried to enforce a nation-wide internet filter to block specific content. they do it in china - at what cost? - and the world cries foul. then they consider it seriously in a modern western
a month or so ago, the federal government quietly announced that it would not be approving singapore airlines application for a licence to operate flights from sydney to the united states. given that australian government is in control of our airspace and responsible for our airports (even though they’re
ross gittins in the sydney morning herald has an excellent report on the benefits of early childhood intervention. code for better child raising, this report takes an economic, rather than a social or judgemental view of the benefits to society of better parenting, and discusses the role the government can
there's been a lot of talk in the press over recent weeks about the changes in australian cross-media ownership rules. considering that most places in the world don't have laws like this to start with, much less reform, a bit of background is probably helpful. as
mike flew out for a microsoft event in las vegas last night as a journalist and because of the influence of techcrunch.com.nik just pointed out some photos on mike’s flickr account showing him @ lunch with bill gates. it didn’t seem like a very big lunch, ie,
welcome to the maiden post of my blog. this blog has been a while coming, and this first post comes to you from the heart of the blogging revolution, the crunchhouse in silicon valley. my business partner on omnidrive - a seminal web 2.0 startup - has just been