I've been putting off this task for a few weeks, or so I thought.
Turns out, I haven't updated the list since August! How slack is that!!
I have a bunch of requests queued up for updates to the Aussie .NET blogger list., and I've been working through them all today.
Lots of folks changing their blog hosts. So far, I have updated Anthony Borton, Joe Sango, Grant Holliday, Luke Drumm, and our own Nigel Watson
I've added new blogs for Deepak Kapoor, Paul Stovell and Philip Beadle.
Now, I know I've probably missed a few changes, so please get back to me and I will do the updates asap.
BTW we are up to 99 members of the list! Who will be #100 ???
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Some of my readers alerted me to some popup ad weirdness regarding my blog.
Turns out, some of the funky stuff I was embedding on my nav was pulling in some stealth advertising as well. I've removed all the embeds, including photos from flickr, webstats tracking and technorati tags.
Sorry to all who were bombard with unwanted advertising.
Also, on the plus side, my page loads faster now.
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Surely, there can't be a more scarier subject line in an email
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But it is counterbalanced with a most delightful message body
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Last night I attended the launch of ITPro Australia at the MCA in Sydney. Special guest was Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. It was a swanky affair, filled with the who's who of the Australian ICT industry, and me! I think I was the only guy not in a suit. Even the waiters were dressed better than me, but I digress.
During the evening, I got to chat with a few folks, such as Brad Howarth and Graeme Philipson.
The chat with Graeme was interesting, as I was speaking to him about blogging, and related my story from earlier in the year when I met with Renai LeMai and we had a passionate discussion on blogging and journalism. I mentioned to Graeme that I wasn't seeing much of his writing recently, as I consume most of my information online. He has a regular section on The SMH, but it doesn't always end up online. I suggested he should start a blog and post his articles, as they are always a good read. He told me he didn't see much value in blogging. So I told Graeme about Darren Rouse aka ProBlogger, who is making money blogging. I also told him about services such as memeorandum which provides an auto updating collection of the hot storys on the web collated from blogs and news sites. Graeme didn't know about these things, so he thanked me for the info. So, Graeme if you are searching for the links of the sites I mentioned, they are all here in my post. We also had a chat about media consumption in general, and I told him how my kids watch TV on demand rather than the tradition FTA style, or they watch DVDs of TV shows. And we don't buy newspapers, as we consume all stuff online. We are traditional media's worse nightmare. Anyways...
I also had a good chat with Brad about a number of things, including his role on the National Executive of AIMIA. When I was involved in my Digital Media role years ago, I used to do a number of things with AIMIA, but we've drifted apart recently. Now, with the introduction of new tools, such as Atlas. Microsoft Expression, Visual Web Developer and our other Web Developer offerings, it would be good to reconnect with the community that AIMIA represents and let them know all about it. A good evangelist never sleeps.
All in all, it was a good night out. Great to see ITPro Australia launched and here's to the new IT Generation.
Ok, so I have been a bit obsessed with my new toy over the past few days. Even my wife noticed that I stopped eating over the weekend.
I have owned a whole slew of pocket pc devices over the years, from the Casio Casiopeia E10, HP Jornada 510, Compaq AERO, Compaq IPAQ (Generation 1 and 2), XDA, Imate Smartphone v1, and my recent XDA II. I have a nice computing museum of hand held devices. Not to mention the phones I have had - Motorola StarTac, Nokia 8210, Sony Ericsson T68i. Plus I also had other kinds of PDAs including a Franklin Rex 3 (remember those)
But the K-Jam really delivers on all the things that are important to me - plus it is a good phone.
I'll put together a review real soon. Gotta eat first
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It arrived.
Can't talk - playing.
mmmmmmm kjam
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It's on it's way, baby!
I've had a few comments about my purchase, wondering why I went with the K-jam and not the JASJAR
Well, it's like this - I've played with a JASJAR and it's a bit bigger than my XDAII. I already have a tablet, so why do I need a mini tablet? I need a phone AND PDA, running Windows Mobile 5. WiFi and keyboard is a bonus. The K-jam should do nicely.
It arrives tomorrow. Which is convenient, because my XDAII has decided to turn into a paperweight today - seriously. Worse than before, as I am unable to turn it on anymore. I guess I deserved this, since my head's been turned for a younger new love.