Archive for the 'Australia' Category
WordCamp Melbourne
James Farmer of Edublogs fame has suggested a WordCamp Melbourne for later this year – fantastic idea.
So let’s help him!!!
If you weren’t here (San Francisco) for WordCamp 07, you can watch videos of sessions on the WordCamp 07 schedule page by clicking on whatever topic takes your fancy.
Australia already has some really cool bloggers – how great would the [...]
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Tags: All things WordPress, Tech Talk Radio, WordCamp Melbourne
A purer Web through litigation?
On the 17th August, 2Clix filed a statement of claim with Queensland’s Supreme Court against Simon Wright, the founder of Whirlpool, a community Web site devoted to all things broadband in Australia, for allegedly allowing “false and malicious material” to be published on his site.
If you’re not familiar with the case, the Sydney Morning Herald has an overview: Firm [...]
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2007 Geek Olympics
Hat tip to Matt, who points us to Full Code Press, a 24 hour contest to build a Web site for non-profits; the idea is cool in itself, yet gets way cooler when you realize the organizing committee is comprised of Australians and New Zealanders.
The event will take place in Australia on August 18, 2007; [...]
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Launch of Soyuz TMA-9, Source: NASA
I had the pleasure of meeting the world’s number one Matt earlier this week; Matt Mullenweg, of WordPress fame, and founder of Automattic, the company behind all great things–like Akismet–sat down with me at Pier 38 for a Tech Talk Radio story about the collaborative Web.
During our chat, I learned much, but I thought [...]
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If you’re an engineer and live in Silicon Valley, Google is inviting you to its G’day Google night on May 8, to learn about all the cool things they are doing in Australia.
Neat huh? Until you get to the added bonus:
“Australian food and drink — I’m talking Vegemite sangers, yabbies, meat pies, Australian beer, more [...]
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Google’s First Developer Day
Google is holding its first developer day on May 31, 2007, at ten Google sites worldwide; featuring workshops, keynotes, and breakout discussions on Google’s APIs and developer tools.
Based on the theme: “Building Blocks for Better Web Applications” the idea is to get programmers of the world talking to Google’s programmers; inspiring ideas and creating opportunities for [...]
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The Googlegods have been given permission to fly their plane low (600m) over parts of Sydney on January 26, photographing our great land and want Australians to do whatever it takes to make themselves visible.
Usually Google Maps use images that are taken from way higher, so people appear as little dots; this time they [...]
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