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Voicemail is dead.

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES! Michael Arrington of TechCrunch has it SO right in his article, Think Before you Voicemail. I could not agree more! Voicemail is a horrible relic of the 90s from an era before everyone had…

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Sensis websites are total shit… according to BRAN

June 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

This is why I love BRAN, the tech podcast by Aussie journos Angus Kidman, Nathan Taylor and Roulla Yiaccoumi: a quote from the latest episode (90): "Every site Sensis has rolled out is … let's not mince words… TOTAL SHIT…"

I…

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This website is like Digg for restaurant menus

August 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

webmenu This website is like Digg for restaurant menus

One of the people who commented on my post of last week about how the PR industry engages with journalists was David from Webmenu.com.au. If I don't know a commenter I like to check out their website, and I was…

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Caffeine candy

June 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments

 blackblack Caffeine candy

I think I am in heaven…

http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/

Also, I got all web 2.0 and started a Facebook profile. Facebook seems like Myspace for non-retards… no flashing animated GIF backgrounds or teenagers trying to out-emo each other. I really like it!

It's interesting, I…

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Why I am not an A-list blogger

April 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

… because A-list bloggers work harder than I do.

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Customise your Google Personal Mobile homepage

July 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Nice.

http://www.google.com/ig/cp

Now you can customise what appears on your Google Personal homepage when you access it via your mobile.

Via DownloadSquad.

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Opera CEO wants widgets on mobiles

July 26th, 2006 · No Comments

Opera's grand plan for widgets has become a bit clearer with the news that it plans to make its widgets run on mobile phones, TVs, car stereos … anything that can have a screen and a simple processor embedded.

jon_s_von_tetzchner Opera CEO wants widgets on mobilesThis…

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Internet sync: better than sex, sliced bread

July 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

OK, I admit the headline is inflammatory: internet sync may not be better than sliced bread. But it is such a useful feature in software that supports it, the mystery is why more developers aren't doing it.

I don't believe that…

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I laugh at your web 2.0 names

May 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment

I'm evidently not the only one who has been scratching his head in bemusement at some of the names emerging for Web 2.0 sites. iLaugh.com has provided a handy translator for what Web 2.0 names really mean.

Some of my favourites from…

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Goodbye Outlook: hello Google Calendar

April 23rd, 2006 · 6 Comments

outlookclippy Goodbye Outlook: hello Google CalendarIt only took me a few days to decide to switch my calendar from Outlook to Google's brilliant new Calendar.

It has always been a pain accessing my work calendar remotely — we're lucky enough at ACP to have the…

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Contact details for sale

March 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments

Via Techcrunch.

It's not just your email address that's being sold to spammers, it seems. Your phone number, address, job title … it's all for sale, if someone has 'dobbed you in'.

jigsawlogo Contact details for saleA new web startup called Jigsaw buys and sells…

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Announcing Web 2.0.1

March 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

buzzword Announcing Web 2.0.1Here's one for Phil Sweeney at Whirlpool, self-proclaimed hater of "Web 2.0" hype.

From the Ajaxian blog:

We would like to alert you that there’s been a patch release to Web 2.0 to address some minor bugs and address valuable new…

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If you thought blogging was self indulgent

February 25th, 2006 · 5 Comments

UPDATE | OK, I noticed this morning that "Nikki Neal 19" is the most popular video on Google Videos. So I bring you this potted summary: Nikki's greatest fear is of bees. Her goal for this year is to get closer to…

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Superb desktop wallpapers on Flickr

February 14th, 2006 · No Comments

sunset Superb desktop wallpapers on Flickr

If you have a huge LCD monitor (mumble, grumble, envious look) you'll want to check out these magnificent high dynamic range photos on Flickr. Your monitor wants to be filled with one of these as a desktop wallpaper.

And, if you're like…

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Is Google getting us addicted?

February 10th, 2006 · 3 Comments

googlepokie Is Google getting us addicted?

Today's announcement of Google Desktop Search 3 and subsequent press release from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation warning people not to use it if they don't want the contents of their computer mirrored at Google has sparked some very interesting debate.

GDS3 offers…

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