Last Thursday quite late I had a chat with David Wallace and Mike Seyfang (Adelaide lads). Nick Hodge, Mike Seyfang, and I did time at AppleCentre Adelaide Random Access in the ’80′s. So there ya go. In the podcast we talk about:Dave occasionally does wash things especially business cards Laurel’s University of Sydney, Professional Development seminars, like the YouTube, blogs and MarketingIdentify on the ‘net: Profile ages and security, Badged moderatorsDotcom bust 2.0: user generated content disappearing and we lose part of our lives, what works 2.0 leads to 3.0, backend mashup 3.0 vs user mashup 2.0,Distributed identity – archiving Continue Reading…
May 262007
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:52 am Tagged with: Adelaide Random, Dave LifeKludger, David Wallace, Head, laurel papworth, mike seyfang, Nick Hodge, Priscilla Brice Weller, Random Access, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney Webloggers Meetup, Twitter, university of sydney, user generated content, web 2.0, Yahoo!, youtube
Nicked directly from John Allsop’s Dog or Higher blog (actual link to pretty-but-hard-to-copy-and-paste site WebDirections here): Web Directions South 2007 We’ve been working on this for it seems far too long, but now I am really excited to let both my readers know about this year’s way bigger, way better, Web Directions South Head on over, have a look around, and check out the program and speakers we’ve lined up for Web Directions South 2007. With more than 30 leading experts, including a dozen international stars of the web industry, across three tracks, Web Directions South will focus on the Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:52 pm Tagged with: Darling Harbour, GPS, key technology, laurel papworth, mobile, Online Communities, online social network application, Social Media Australia, social network, social networks, Sydney, Twitter, USD, web 2.0, Web Directions, Web Directions dining hall food, Web Directions South, web events, Web Expo, Web Hack day, web industry, web teams
Short version: When you choose to co-create with a company, the sustainability of your content rises and falls with the fortunes of that company. If Flickr, Second Life, YouTube or *insert name of fave blogging software* vanishes, so does your hard work. … hush now, dry your eyes.The technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite index peaked in March 2000, reflecting the high point of the dot-com bubble Dotcom Crash 1.0 was the crash we had to have. Also known as the TechCrunch (not to be confused with that estimable blog thing), it forced Web beta and Web 1.0 companies to get with market Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:33 pm Tagged with: Amazon, Cisco, crash, Flickr, Google, NASDAQ composite, offbeat technologies, semantic web, social network, social networks, software agents, startup technology, USD, user generated content, web 2.0, Web beta, WorldCom, Yahoo!, youtube
Apr 032007
I’m looking for examples of groovy Vertical Search services. Sidestep is one for travel We search over 150 travel websites to bring you the very best travel values on the web. Another would be oodle for classifieds (MySpider in Australia?): Oodle makes it easy to use online classifieds. We bring together loads of listings from hundreds of local and national sources and help you find exactly what you’re looking for — the right job or place to volunteer, the perfect home, or a great deal on a used ladder I’d like examples of straight out spidered search, and then those Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:27 pm Tagged with: Ajax, groovy services, online classifieds, Online Communities, Search, search examples, Social Media Australia, travel values, web 2.0
Apr 032007
WebDirections South 2007 has been announced: Web Directions South 2007 will once again raise the bar for web conferences worldwide, with nearly 30 speakers, including a dozen internationals, and an even broader range of topics. We’ll still have the same emphasis on standards based web design and development, along with usability and accessibility, but there’ll also be a strong focus on emerging areas including Designing and developing for the Mobile Web Developing Communities and social networks Rich Internet Applications Startups Plus, we’re introducing a whole new track focussing on strategic and management issues, such as building and managing great web Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:36 pm Tagged with: mobile, search engine, search engine optimization, Social Media Australia, social networks, web conferences, web design, web teams
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