http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ A collection of random ramblings.... en-us splatt@splatt.com.au 2005-02-08T13:17:11+10:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2005/02/first_the_bad_n.html It’s with great sadness and amazement that I have had to postpone (and hopefully will not have to cancel) the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference. While I have had a great response from people showing their interest in attending and speaking, along with two possible keynote speakers from the US raising their hands for the keynote position, and some early interest from local Australian sponsors...it appears that the business community in Australia is not so much behind the idea of blogging as we all like to think. In the last month and half, out of all the organisations that said they... 653@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2005-02-08T13:17:11+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2005/01/back_in_sydney.html So i spent 11 hours driving back to Sydney from Melbourne today and so tomorrow becomes the first "real" day that i am running my own business since i left Singleton OgilvyInteractive. The next week will be pretty busy...i need to register a business name (the one i had lined up is taken...damn)...i need to line up meetings with a couple of possible clients...i need to do some work on the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference (the venue i was loking at is not available....damn)...i need to finalise a few deals that will impact the G'day World podcast before we run... 589@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Personal 2005-01-05T20:30:35+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/12/the_media_start.html Its been one of those days...first I find out i'm on a BBC show about blogging (well...G'day World is..its just my voice) , and then i get a call from Simon Sharwood, a journalist with ZDNET Australia, who wants to talk to me about the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference...i'm turning into a media whore... ;) Heres a link to the article over at ZDNET...and they got most of it right....the sociopolitical and educational bloggers are more than welcome...but the focus wll be on how to use this "blog stuff" for a corporate type channel. I wouldn't want to suggest that... 578@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-12-22T15:01:08+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/12/im_live_on_blog.html Does my voice sound strange to other people or is it just me???? The interview i did with Mack over at Blogosphere Radio last week has gone live. Go and check it out and hear me talk about blogging, podcasting (G'day World) and more importantly, the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference. Its great to be included in such amazing company as Darren Barefoot, Jeremy Wright, Eric Olsen, Jon Gales, Natalie Glance and Eric Rice and to be a part of the great podcasts that Blogosphere Radio is putting out. Well done guys... I have also just posted some more info on... 558@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Blogging 2004-12-10T12:45:24+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/12/im_on_blogosphe.html Seems like the bloggers in Australia aren't the only ones who like the idea of the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference...Mack over at BlogosphereRadio in Canada thinks that other people might want to know about it as well, so he interviewed me yesterday afternoon for an upcoming episode of their "Blogging With..." show. It should hopefully be live the middle of this week. This is the second show in a week that i have recorded with Mack, the first one being the Special report on the eBay blogger auctions where they asked me a few questions and included it in the... 551@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-12-06T01:22:46+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/12/this_is_not_the.html If you are visiting this site or subscribed to this feed and looking for info on the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference you might want to go and visit the new site and subscribe to its feed as well. I will still be cross-posting important information about the conference on this blog, but for keeping upto date on a day-to-day basis, the other site is the one you want..don't get me wrong...stay subscribed to this blog as well because it will continue to be an interesting read just as it has been... ;)... 534@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-12-01T15:00:03+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/12/new_web_site_fo.html I have finally got the domain moved and the portal software installed/configured (mostly), so i have opened up the new website for the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference. Over the next day or two i will be adding a number of extra modules along with a lot more info on the conference..like...which state will it be in??? (or you could work that one out by looking at the header graphic on each page)...the planed date...the current sessions structure....and a few other things you have probably been waiting for...not long to wait now.... While your waiting, you may as well subscribe to... 533@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-12-01T01:48:21+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/11/some_blogging_c.html Hi everyone...thnx for putting up with the limited number of posts recently about the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference, but its been pretty busy around here... We are close to making a final decision on the date and location for the conference and should have some news by the end of this week (fingers crossed). At the same time, we should also be teling you all a bit more about the conference structure as well as putting out a call for submissions for speakers and panelists. The final thing we are working on is obviously the conference web site. The new... 528@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-11-27T17:33:42+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/11/bloggercon_wiki.html Jeremy Wright over at Ensight.org tells us he has set up a Wiki which has discussion topics, participant links, IRC chat log files and a number of things that relate to this years BloggerCon which was on earlier today. So if you missed out on any of the excitment head on over to his BloggerCon Wiki and read till you can't read no more.... IT Conversations will also be posting up audio sessions from the event that were streamed and recorded over the next couple of weeks (thnx Doug..another great stream)...worthwhile listening to the audio when it goes up. It... 483@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Conferences 2004-11-07T18:42:46+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/11/live_audio_stre.html Damn....guess its another night without sleep thanx to a damn conference in the US and Doug Kaye from IT Conversations :) BloggerCon III is exactly what it sounds like...its a one day convention on blogging organised by Dave Winer which is being held at Stanford Law School. This years schedule looks pretty interesting...Adam Curry, Robert Scoble, Doc Searls and Larry Lessig are just a few of the speakers. The action starts at 8.15am PST on the 6th of November...or 3.15am in Sydney on the mornig of the 7th... :( It looks like the sole Australian on the scene will be... 480@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Conferences 2004-11-06T14:15:56+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/10/a_new_spin_on_b.html Trevor Cook, is not only one of the ones who gets it (blogging that is), but has got a great knack of getting articles he has written about blogging published in the Australian press....yes...remember the printed media?? Contrary to popular belief in the blogosphere it does still exist. His latest article, "A new spin on blogging", has been published in the Oct/Nov edition of the Walkley Magazine which is a magazine for journalists, pr professionals and other traditional media related types. It focuses on a few things, but for the PR guys i have pointed it out to, the bit... 457@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Blogging 2004-10-24T23:46:42+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/10/my_tabletpc_hel.html So here i am sitting in a cafe with my TabletPC, when it decides to try and get me a bit of free publicity for the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference. It got a bit more than it expected... :) mp3 for RSS enclosure (podcast ;)... 447@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-10-18T14:51:20+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/10/2005_australian_1.html Hurry bloggers.....you only have six days left to fill out the survey for the 2005 Australian Blogging Conference. So far, the biggest response has been from Victoria, but i still need more people to fill in the survey and show their interest in the conference if i am to keep the ball rolling and try and get some sponsorship cash to make it a worthwhile event to attend. If i can get enough of a response, and can get hopefully one or two (or more) companies to sponsor the event, i may even be able to get an "A-list" blogger... 444@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-10-17T14:02:49+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/09/2005_australian.html I figured i needed to put to gether a small graphic that people could use to link other people to the Australian Blogging Conference category page on this blog while i am building up a simple site for the conference itself...and here it is... If you would like to show your support of the conference idea and help us build some traffic to the survey and eventually the site, right click on the above image, save it to your computer and stick it on your blog/site and make it link to the following page http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/aus_blogging_conference/index.html I also just have to... 429@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Aus Blogging Conference 2004-09-29T15:30:44+10:00 http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2004/09/australian_blog_1.html I caught up with Cameron Reilly for coffee and a chat today in Melbourne....we discussed conferences and all things blog and emerging technology related and this is a quick audioblog wrap up of the chat....... 427@http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/ Audioblog 2004-09-28T22:58:44+10:00