November 30, 2014 Choosing an independent PR firm Over the years I’ve had many people ask me for advice on choosing a PR and media relations firm. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to…
August 31, 2014 New named writer report Hot on the heels of my content marketing report I have written another on using a named writer for content. The report, Catapult your…
June 30, 2014 Free content marketing report I have written a report on the phenomenon that is content marketing and made it available under a Creative Commons licence. The report (in…
May 29, 2014 The Business interview I appeared on ABC’s The Business program last night talking about a possible Google acquisition of Twitch.tv for around $1 billion. The episode is…
December 31, 2013 2013 is over, best wishes for 2014 With 2013 behind us all the best for 2014. I hope 2014 is a good one for you. I’ve seen so many 2013 year…
August 30, 2011 Time for a change After more than 11 years as a technology journalist with IDG Communications I began a new role as a senior analyst with Telsyte this…
July 26, 2010 Tax office chooses Ubuntu for AUSkey I managed to get an interesting snippet out of the ATO last week. The tax office will base its AUSkey Linux port on Ubuntu….
February 15, 2009 LCA ’09 wrap up Congrats to Ben Powell and all the organisers of this year’s LCA in Hobart, you did a fantastic job. The build-up to the conference…
May 17, 2008 Off to AusCERT I fly up to AusCERT’s annual information security conference tomorrow. As it’s my first one I’m quite excited about it, and so far the…
January 25, 2008 Off to LCA! Today is my last day in the office before I jet off to yet another Linux.conf.au, this year in Melbourne. Hey, what do you…
September 15, 2007 Why I hate conference calls Why do I hate conference calls? I’ll tell you why: 1. I am a journalist. 2. I interview people so I need to be…
August 25, 2007 Look before you dial If anyone’s ever wondered why I’m so hard to reach on my desk phone at the office (read: I never answer it) I’ll explain…
August 8, 2007 Tech.Ed returns to the Gold Coast Well it’s been two years since Microsoft’s Tech.Ed last graced the shiny sands of Queensland’s Gold Coast. I jetted in last night and checked…
December 22, 2006 Keep it up KDE media relations My hat goes off to Hamish Rodda, KDE’s Oceania representative and media relations person. I approached Hamish with this idea kicking around in my…
November 14, 2006 IDG turns on the TV! Hooray for not-so-modern technology! IDG Australia entered the brave new world of Internet TV this week with the launch of Computerworld and PC World…
August 2, 2006 PR can’t help some People How can it be that businesses spend money on professional public relations but can’t even answer a simple customer inquiry? I just so happen…
January 19, 2006 Welcome back from the dark side Rob If you’ve been reading my blog you may have stumbled across a few comments from the latest edition to the IDG family, Rob Irwin….
December 13, 2005 Don’t fear the media A couple of months back I attended a seminar by Google Maps’ (now Local) lead engineer Lars Rasmussen.
November 27, 2005 Karen’s media relations blog While searching for some more PR blogs (individuals, not companies), I came across Karen Sams’ media relations blog – www.mediarelationsblog.com. According to Karen’s profile…
November 17, 2005 AMD, Linux and digital lifestyle What do you get when you combine AMD processors, Linux, and a whole lot of creativity? Computer-generated movies, of course! Dreamworks is taking part…