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Wow! Apple Computer pays attention to blogger…

February 14th, 2006 · Comments

timgaden150 Wow! Apple Computer pays attention to blogger...Apple Computer is famed for sending lawsuits to bloggers, but Tim Gaden, the prolific writer of the Hawk Wings blog which focuses solely on Apple Mail, has caught the eye of Apple's Mail development team — in a good way.

He…

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Stop here for a web 2.0 reality check

February 6th, 2006 · Comments

… is the tagline of Phil Sim's very interesting blog.buzzword Stop here for a web 2.0 reality check

Sim, who has worked as a journalist and editor, now runs a company called MediaConnect that acts as an intermediary between PR companies and journalists (it publishes a website for IT journalists…

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Kerry's goose is cooked

February 4th, 2006 · Comments

r48833_128941 Kerrys goose is cookedKerry Packer has appeared in my life posthumously twice this week.

First was at the Balmain Tigers Leagues Club Midweek Sports Plus Trivia (how's that for a mouthful) when one of the few "plus" questions that we actually had a…

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Telstra execs cop a beating

February 3rd, 2006 · Comments

sol Telstra execs cop a beatingI'm not normally a watcher of A Current Affair, but Kate finds it entertaining and I sometimes sit down to have a laugh at the story topics… dodgy plumbers, reincarnations of the Paxtons, miracle hair treatments and how much a…

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The curse of an incestuous online media

February 3rd, 2006 · Comments

It's been a fascinating few days since the launch of the Intel-based Macs to watch the way the online media feeds off each other.

macbookpro_bill The curse of an incestuous online mediaSomeone posted a story based on some bad presumptions, saying that Intel Macs couldn't boot Windows because…

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Shock: Gusworld prefers dial-up

October 3rd, 2005 · Comments

gus Shock: Gusworld prefers dial-upTurns out I was wrong about Angus Kidman, self-professed "excessively well travelled journalist/junket whore".

He uses dialup most of the time when he is overseas if his hotel doesn't have in-room broadband.

I don't know whether that makes me more technologically advanced…

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Seven deadly PR sins

September 28th, 2005 · Comments

It seems to be flavour of the month for Australian technology journalists to post some some unsolicited tips for the long suffering tech-industry PR people on their personal blogs. I might as well add mine.

I have no doubt that many…

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