January 14th, 2009, marks the day that Google grew up. In a coordinated series of blog postings Google announced its intention to scuttle a number of its poor performing products, let go of some staff and close some of its offices — showing that in 2009 it intends to focus on keeping costs down and […]
Not only is broadband expensive in Australia, but it is also slow. Slow, as in painfully-slow. In comparison to other developed countries like America, Sweden, Japan, South Korea and so on, it is appalling. But what is really annoying about all of this is that it is not necessary — our Internet connection speeds are stuck in […]
I got into podcasts in a big way in 2008. I find them a great way of ensuring that I go outside for an hour+ long walk or run everyday — even when it’s -11 and snowing as it was today. Bill Moyers Journal — mostly politics Bloggingheads.tv — mostly politics Stack Overflow — programming Herding Code — programming Late Night […]
I’ll admit it upfront: I’m a lousy Twitterer. I try to give it a go every month or so by tweeting frequently, replying to other peoples tweets and generally participating, but then I usually drop off the face of the twitter-earth within a day or two — mostly because I find that it consumes too […]