July 31, 2017 The value of certification I’m doing some work on communicating the value of (technology) certification. Opinions vary on the value of certification and in many disciplines there is…
September 30, 2014 Wearable computers at work This month I received a smart watch as a gift and one of the first things I did was wear it into work. I…
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…
September 29, 2013 What to do when the NBN comes to town: ONT time After waiting some time expecting to be notified of fibre availability in my area, and with the election nigh, I went ahead and selected…
June 30, 2013 What to do when NBN comes to town: it’s the pits Who would have thought boring telecommunications pits could attract so much media coverage. That’s the PR magic the NBN carries with it as it…
March 31, 2013 The path to PRINCE2 This month I received my PRINCE2 certification for both the Foundation and Practitioner levels. PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments) is a UK government standard…
February 27, 2013 Seafile, SparkleShare and ownCloud 5 More developments in the open source file hosting and backup, or “personal cloud”, space. ownCloud 5 is now in beta and I just learned…
August 31, 2012 Local OwnCloud hosting Since my last post about OwnCloud, I discovered local VPS hosting company Echoman is offering locally hosted OwnCloud instances for just $6/100GB/Mth! Read more…
July 31, 2012 Microsoft’s Azure: A Cloud any open source person would be proud of? Just looking at Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud and I must say it’s a broad portfolio of open and Microsoft technologies. By offering: Linux servers…
July 26, 2011 Nice reminder This article published on ZDNet.com today is a nice reminder of a story I broke almost a year ago. Today’s news: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/sun-ceo-explicitly-endorsed-javas-use-in-android-what-do-you-say-now-oracle/9285 My version…
March 27, 2011 KVM Clouds I’ve noticed a few more KVM-based hosting/Cloud providers out there. Most mass-market hosting services seem to be built with OpenVZ or Xen, but KVM…
April 6, 2010 Optus Music Store – an open option I’ve often wondered if there was a music store out there that fulfilled my (not unreasonable) needs. A few years ago I tried eMusic…
January 20, 2010 Ovi app store I finally got around to setting up my Nokia N95 8G for the Ovi Store. You need to download the Ovi Store app which…
October 30, 2009 Red Hat vs Microsoft share price story I must thank Telford for bugging me twice about the fact that Red Hat’s share price had surpassed Microsoft’s (organically). The article received a…
August 5, 2009 Finally on Facebook My recent social networking splurge has led me to join Facebook. I like the idea of social networking portals. The concept really brings the…
May 25, 2009 I’ve been sucked into Twitter Due to the requirement to manage TechWorld’s Twitter feed I signed up to Twitter today. My feed is @rodneygedda. Tweet away, and away, and…
March 19, 2009 Kogan’s Linux-powered netbook: Aus owned or made up? Yesterday I reported on Kogan’s Linux netbook which is set to begin selling to local buyers next month. This isn’t Earth shattering (no pun…
September 16, 2008 Networkers 2008 Following my 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 efforts I’m back in sunny Brisvegas for Cisco’s Networkers conference. I’m back staying at Conrad Treasury…
July 30, 2008 Mobile data mayhem After some five years as a Telstra mobile customer I’m almost certainly going to churn when my two-year contract concludes next month. Now there’s…
June 21, 2008 TechWorld goes live!!! Well after a few months of solid project management work, I’m proud to announce IDG’s latest IT news and industry portal – TechWorld. We…