I just heard a rumour on Barren’s Chat (virtual world chat) that Peter Brock had been killed. Nothing on wiki until a few minutes ago and then only today’s date and a “just kidding” next to it. But now News has Car champ Peter Brock dead: report MOTOR racing champion driver Peter Brock is reported…
Twenty four hours for shock and disbelief and hugging around the virtual campfire. Then the jokes start: Steve Irwin jokes:Steve Irwin wouldn’t have died had he been wearing sunscreen – it would’ve protected him from the harmful rays. The song played at Steve’s funeral will be “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by Sting. Steve…
Ah yes. User Generated Content. If you are a site developer, no doubt you’ve had new converts to Web2.0 rush in and say “OMG build me a website that revolves around my customer, with a content management system that allows both my company employees AND the consumer to add heaps of stuff content. Y’know *makes…
About this time a year ago I applied for a job at eBay Australia. I figured I’d have a good chance at it, having implemented US -centric initiatives into other theatres (Europe, Asia etc) for major technology companies in the past. I’ve built massive teams from the ground-up for eBay type corporates. Plus… no shock…
When Australia lost the Crocodile Hunter a couple of hours ago, shock reverberated around the ‘net. Intriguingly, I expected Guestbooks to be up with the half hour. What I did find was the comment section of The Courier Mail performing that task. Tragic Loss of An Aussie Icon. Unfortunately, because they moderate every comment I…
Some time ago I wrote about digital graveyards Diaries of the Dead – a Forgotten Babyon – the email addresses, blogs and online presences that continue long after their creator has passed from the real world. I speculated that these pixel ghosts would soon outnumber their flesh-and-blood counterparts. Well its seems there is now a…
Martin Dalgleish of PBL was chatting on at CBD Hotel the other night. He recommended we go have a look at beta.optuszoo.com.au – the JV between Optus and NineMSN. In lieu of anything else to do – well, I have to cook some sausages, but they can wait – I’m over there right now. Multitasking…
There seems to be some confusion out there in pixel-land. A Portal means a Door. A door is not a place to hang around, it is a gateway to somewhere else. Portals do not count their visitors in terms of stickiness, but in click-throughs. You click to go through the door to somewhere else. Which…
Blogger has been causing me grief so I need a test case to see if the error has gone. FreePatentsOnline has a list of crazy patents: 4202456Toy utilizing used, discardable items such as bottle caps and beverage cansMaking building blocks out of bottle caps? Sounds like a good way to cut yourself. OK, stupid invention….
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