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Stilgherrian - May 30, 2008
[This was me in Crikey yesterday.] Thank the gods I don’t work for the ACCC! The poor sods have to read 700+ public submissions on eBay Australia’s plan to force sellers to use PayPal — which they own. As Crikey …
Stilgherrian - May 30, 2008
Well the new computer certainly helped! Replacing the obsolescent PowerBook G4 with shiny new MacBook Pro meant there was enough processing power to run everything for Stilgherrian Live Alpha episode 4: audio without …
Tagged: iphone, eurovision, ustream, bananarama, dima bilan, miranda devine, stilgherrian live, antony green
Stilgherrian - May 29, 2008
Yes, episode 4 of Stilgherrian Live Alpha will happen at 9.30pm tonight Sydney time. Will it be as disturbing as last week’s? There’s only one way to find out… well two, actually, ‘cos you could just ask someone. That …
Tagged: notes, paranoia, ustream, stilgherrian live
Stilgherrian - May 29, 2008
For my sins, I now have a media pass to the Mobile Content World Australasia conference at Sydney’s Star City Casino. I missed Day 1 today, but from the programme Day 2 will be more interesting from my perspective …
Tagged: notes, internet, web 2 0, mobile, media, tv, social media, iphone, telecommunications
Stilgherrian - May 27, 2008
When the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) decided to investigate eBay Australia’s plan to force its sellers to use PayPal for their “protection”, there were more than 700 public submissions. eBay …
Tagged: business, internet, ebay, paypal, telstra, accc, crikey, sensis
Stilgherrian - May 27, 2008
Last Sunday’s Eurovision at the Pub was a fun night, but it didn’t go as planned. We couldn’t get the Uconnect free wireless Internet access extended past 8pm, and my computer died anyway. So no live audio commentary …
Tagged: notes, eurovision, snarky platypus, kelly s on king, stilgherrian live
Stilgherrian - May 27, 2008
The other day I “ran into” journalist Samela Harris online. She’s now a senior writer for Murdochland in Adelaide. Not long later, the following appeared at Adelaide Now . Stilgherrian once was cherished name in South …
Tagged: personal
Stilgherrian - May 27, 2008
Did people really think I’d end up brawling with Jason Calacanis at CeBIT last week? Sure, I called him a prick and wrote about the evil cult of the Internet start-up. But he does actually have good points. I met Mr …
Tagged: business, internet, skype, jason calacanis, cebit, duncan riley, phil morle, 2web crew, cameron reilly
Stilgherrian - May 27, 2008
… for Australia’s inaugural Politics & Technology Forum on 25 June. It’s being sponsored by Microsoft, and I’m going as their guest. Apparently I continue to fool them. The keynote is by Matt Bai, political writer …
Tagged: politics, internet, microsoft, crikey, matt bai, joe hockey, peter black, annabel crabb, kate lundy, getup
Stilgherrian - May 26, 2008
Michael Arrington has written the best article ever on TechCrunch. That is all. As you were. 5 Random Semi-Related Posts Oh, I’m a heavy user of Twitter (1 comments) Arrest of “teen party host” highlights stupidity …
Tagged: notes, internet, techcrunch, michael arrington, twitter