Happy New Year dear reader. It’s 2014 – amazing! I remember the turn of the century as it was just a year or so ago. In fact, I remember NY 1989 as I’d just arrived in Singapore, and 10 years earlier, aged 16 a great NY party in 1979 (as ABBA sang “it’s the start...Read More
Graeme Swann retired from all cricket today, with immediate effect. He may not have been selected for the next test match, but I think he probably would have been. Either way, he didn’t want to hang around to find out. He made his test debut aged nearly 30, and like Mike Hussey was a late...Read More
And so the Ashes have changed hands. It’s not taken all that long for the Aussies to regain them, but it has been 3 and a half series. It’s just that the series are now packed in tighter, and the next one is but 18 months away. I went to sections of the first three...Read More
If you want to do more business, it is good to get out there and network. Not only is this good for business development, it is also good for your career. This is because the more people you meet, the more chances there are to meet someone who needs your services. While you don’t go...Read More
this article first appeared in Business News, 12th Nov 2013. As previously reported, the tech start-up community in Perth is severely underfunded as compared to other cities around the world. By necessity, these companies are surviving on the proverbial ‘smell of an oil rag’ as founders work part time or take on consulting jobs to...Read More
[slideshare id=28001741&doc=shifttomobile-131107071556-phpapp01] A few weeks ago I presented at the inaugural BigTech13 conference in Perth; topic was ‘mobile and its effects on business’. I spoke about the shift from print to online, and then within that shift is the shift to mobile (and within that will next be the shift to wearables). The thing about...Read More
A recent report commissioned by the City of Perth found there are 2,500 people involved in tech start-ups in Perth. The same report also noted that there was only an amount equivalent to $3 per capita available to invest in them. Over in Silicon Valley there is $1,300 per person, in Israel $900, Denver-Boulder $500....Read More
Earlier this week, the talents down at Filter Squad put up their latest creation – FlipCase – on the App Store. A free app, it uses the plastic case of the new iPhone 5C to create a Connect4 game – watch the 1 minute video above to see what I mean. 350,000 Youtube video views...Read More
As you will know, dear reader, I made a career change earlier this year, to work for a local business news media organisation. Looking at the chart above, you may wonder why! I’m absolutely loving it. The attraction of the position was to be front and centre of a major shift in how media companies arrange...Read More
Last weekend I was privileged to be a judge at Perth’s StartUp Weekend – a 54-hour frenzy of creativity and business building, all taking place down at Spacecubed in the city. The video above is a 4 min overview of the weekend, and shows the top 3 teams and interviews with the winners, Bikebus. All...Read More
