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Media140 conference Nov5/6 Sydney

Looks like a fun event, I’ve got some discount vouchers for anyone interested in attending. Head to the info page for my contacts.

What’s important to the Age…

Alright the Age isn’t perfect but sometimes you wonder if their formula for the news couldn’t do with a bit of variety. Here’s the front page, top left corner (the big hitter in web terms) and of all the headlines, down on the bottom right is a little post about our near neighbour, the Philippines.

Somehow [...]

The World’s Billionaires – Forbes.com

Forbes asks at the end of its article

is there anywhere one can still make a fortune these days? The 38 newcomers offer a few clues. Among the more notable new billionaires are Mexican Joaquín Guzmán Loera, one of the biggest suppliers of cocaine to the U.S.; Wang Chuanfu of China, whose BYD Co. [...]

Fiona Katauskas

Of NewMatilda fame…

Moving to the Right says The Australian (really)

Peter Wilson’s story paints a gloomy picture for the traditional left of politics in Europe, once considered the heartland of social democracy, but it’s hard to gauge what are the real issues driving the election results through Peter’s lense. It seems that Peter is more concerned portraying the left in retreat in a veiled [...]

YouTube – ♫ John Lee Hooker – Blues Brothers – Boom Boom Boom

YouTube – ♫ John Lee Hooker – Blues Brothers – Boom Boom Boom.

Swiss arrest Polanski – Forbes.com (oops)

The nightmare of blogging or online publishing is that “shit happens”. Exhibit A, Forbes.com captured @ 10.15pm AEST.

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I’m sure they’ll sort it out soon enough

via Swiss arrest Polanski on US request in sex case – Forbes.com.

UPDATE : the comments are quite funny too

Quadrant Online goes to town

Nothing like a good stouch, complete with the usual character assassinations. Mervy Bendle must have gotten out of the wrong side of bed before he penned this little diatribe…complete with an attack on the lunatic left, represented in the red corner by none other than Guy Rundle of Crikey fame. Of course the wicked witch [...]

The ‘Web Squared’ Era – a thought bubble

From Tim O’Reilly and Jennifer Pahlka

Where the Web Squared world gets really interesting, though, is when applications use all the senses of a device, coordinating them much like the human brain coordinates our senses, to draw conclusions that would be difficult with one sense alone.

via The ‘Web Squared’ Era – Forbes.com.

and on TED

Going back [...]

We Love You So – Where The Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze: Web Cam Synchronicity

This is an amazing piece of work, the amount of organisation that must have gone into this is phenomenal. Enjoy

We Love You So – Where The Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze: Web Cam Synchronicity.