October 27, 2008 Posted by alan jones

Internet filtering: stop Australia importing stupidity from China

Richard Giles from Recommendation Ventures and I often think alike (such as his recent post on ‘Marketing 101 for Web Startups‘ which nicely parallels my ‘tips on media relations for web startups‘.) Richard’s further ahead on the curve – but probably right where I should be – when it comes to worrying about proposals to introduce internet content filters in... read more

May 30, 2007 Posted by alan

New Google Maps feature: massive privacy invasion

Only in the US is there a geek market large enough to have even the faintest hope of making a profit out of serving people 3-D photo maps, though I remain sceptical that Google can ever make this pay. Not that “make it pay” is a common goal for most Google development teams. In my testing, I found that flying around the streets of San Francisco was a little bit nausea-inducing much of the... read more