If you pop down to the comments at an earlier post, you’ll find that a chap called Mark was very upset I used a thumbnail (100 pixels wide, 67 high) of one of his photos. In fact, I’ve done exactly the same in this post with another gentleman’s work (albeit this one is under Creative […]
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Google’s rethink on Red China: you can’t stop the Chinese people
If I were Google, would I have entered Red China with the censored version of Google.cn, hiding things from the Chinese people for the sake of money? In February 2006, I blogged about this very issue and concluded, ‘No.’ Obeying the law is one thing. Providing the people with slanted views to prop up […]
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Vox cars’ group crosses 100
Even though I am no longer blogging on Vox, I have some good news there: the cars’ group that I founded got its 100th member today. It’s actually the third time we’ve crossed 100, but on those previous occasions, it was sploggers that got us over that number. And each time I’ve had to […]
And it’s back again
When the Social Media Consortium disappeared again, we panicked and alerted Rick Klau at Google. Once again, Rick was as good as his word and found out there had been an accidental deletion. What impresses me about him—as if I wasn’t already impressed—is his quick action. He must have other matters to deal with, […]
This blog is ranked 38th for … cars!
I was pretty stoked to find that this blog ranked so highly in Technorati on the subject of cars, considering it’s not a core focus, even if it is a passion of mine. I was visiting the site in order to update the Medinge press room URL, which shifted late last year when we […]
That was quick: Social Media Consortium disappears again
Well, readers, the Social Media Consortium blog (the one that came back a few days ago) has disappeared again. Rick Klau, please help … (An email has been written to Mr Klau. Hopefully, he’s at work this weekend or is checking his messages.) PS.: Less than five minutes later, Rick replied, and is looking […]
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Getting a good laugh over the Jennifer Hawkins nude cover non-story
This whole Jennifer Hawkins nude cover story has been another media-concocted non-story. But I will give it some kudos: it influenced Australian celebrity dialogue for a week, and it shows that Murdochs still have some sway over public opinion. We knew about it at Lucire, and thought: OK, a radio presenter doesn’t like the […]
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As the 2010s dawn, there’s a vacuum on the internet
Rick Klau’s action today in restoring Vincent’s Social Media Consortium blog got me putting things into perspective. We know sites like Blogger and Vox are free, but what happens when they fail? Vox, the Six Apart blogging service, had been where I had put my personal posts—as well as a bunch of private […]
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Google’s Rick Klau restores Social Media Consortium
All it takes is finding the right bloke and hoping they would do the right thing. At the end of the day, that was the lesson in getting Vincent Wright’s Social Media Consortium blog restored. Yesterday, Josh Forde Tweeted me about an article he had read, where John Hempton’s Blogspot-hosted blog had been […]
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Reuter requires Internet Explorer 5 or 6 for privacy queries
I wanted to add a comment to the Reuter post from Felix Salmon (see previous blog post), and, as always, I read the small print. The Thomson Reuters terms and conditions have this, inter alia: If you have agreed to such contact, the Reuters Group may contact you about those of its other services […]
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