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Book: Moomba a Festival for the People
The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, John So, sent me a copy of the book I co-authored on the history of the Melbourne Moomba Festival today (read Prologue). And what a great relief it is to finally see the work in tangible form. We were originally commissioned to write the history in June of 2002 and…
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Web 2.0 – The Promised Land
Approaching a definition of Web 2.0 – The Social Software Weblog I have never really liked the ‘periodisation’ that comes out of ICT discourse — like calling ‘social software’ and the developments around content management systems (blogs)– the ‘Web 2.0’. The Web has never really been one thing and never will be. ‘Web 1.0’ was…
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Social Bookmarking Sites
Two important social bookmarking sites I have subscribed to are http://del.icio.us/ and the increasingly ubiquitous citulike.org Now, to get the RSS feeds to work on the sidebar!
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Caslon Analytics Internet Research
This is one of the most useful sites in Australia for researching 'big picture' Internet related 'governance' issues. Caslon Analytics is an Australian internet research, analysis and strategies consultancy. We advise on electronic publishing, commerce, marketing and regulation. Our services include privacy audits, regulatory advice and market feasibility studies. We have met the needs of businesses,…
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The Elusive Audience
For many web designers the audience is elusive and is one of the last considerations that are made when designing a web page. However, the audience is paramount to the success of an online work as it is for any other work in any other medium. And the success of a work can be measured…
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What is RSS?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. This technology uses XML and allows a user to “subscribe” to websites that have provided RSS feeds. Feeds typically are provided on web content that changes regularly. RSS is widely used by weblog and news organisations. Here is a tutorial.
