http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss oliverw@mac.com Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:26:29 +1000 Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:26:35 +1000 iBlog 1.4.6 oliverw oliverw An infrequently updated jumble of thoughts oliverw oliverw@mac.com oliverw http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060704143146/index.html After over 3 years of blogging, I am over iBlog, mainly because of the design templates, but for other reasons as well (publish time, publishing irregularities, small community support etc). Unfortunately, I have also discovered the limitations of exporting my 3+ years of content from iBlog and into something else (wordpress, moveable type, blogger etc) and appear to be up the proverbial without a paddle.

Another reason for the change is that I really should have a work blog and a personal blog. Mainly because I want to publicise the work one a bit more and I don't want to include alot of the minor details of my life that would bore most people (the question should I be ranting about these things anyway is a whole other issue). Also the .mac homepage URL seems unprofessional and makes all my .mac stuff much more visible (not that I have anything to hide...).

So, I've gone all Wordpress with the support of the ecto blogging client app, and you'll find the new blogs here with a couple of starter entries:
Work
http://idealinterfaces.wordpress.com/
Personal
http://oliverw.wordpress.com/

Apparently, you use the same URL in your RSS feed reader with the addition of 'feed' after the url.

Bear with me, while I refine the blogs (calendar navigation, comments, no XML/RSS feed button, categories, tags etc) and expect the work blog to be more complete to start with.

Here goes... ]]> Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:31:46 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060704143146/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060630225413/index.html After the release of the update to Yahoo! Messenger, Skype today blogged that they have a new Skype client for Mac in the works with video. Apart from the addition of video, it looks like the contact list is significantly more minimalist. The current Skype client on Mac has a lot of wasted space and is cluttered with things that I don't use, so the refined approach is appealing. When you are trying to manage four different IM contact lists, all screen real estate counts... ]]> Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:54:13 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060630225413/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060630112506/index.html So Google has announced Google Checkout and Om Malik says:

"Read between the lines - this is a dangerous and most brilliant assault on the “cost per click” (CPC) plans of Microsoft, Yahoo and everyone else who is coming to the party … late. This move is about cost-per-action advertising. It is about kicking up the online advertising business … another notch!

Lets compare the two - CPC and CPA based ads. In case of CPA, there are no wasted dollars, no click fraud, and all the revenues are coming from sales. As an advertiser, you have no risk. You sell, you make money, Google gets a piece of the action. Why would you bother with other options?"

]]> Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:25:06 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060630112506/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060629230245/index.html Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:02:45 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060629230245/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060621102552/index.html The marvellous Rach ran a Consumer 2.0 breakfast yesterday in the Sydney CBD that had a great turn out of interesting people (both new to me and old friends). The format was three pitches of three minutes each with three questions. It worked really well.

Go read Mick and Alan's posts for further info on the presenters and their talks (and some photos on Alan's). ]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:25:52 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060621102552/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1707305703/E20060617124127/index.html Well that's probably the longest break in blogging for a while...
Obviously, lots has been going on:
- Launched the Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index
- Spoke at three sessions at Mobile Content World
- Went to the Future of TV conference for fun
- Saw Nick Everitt play last night
- indoor rock climbing
- catching up with people, birthdays, Sunday beers etc.
- finishing off some projects and lots of exciting meetings to plan out the next 6 months of work with various clients...

All good stuff.
One of the reasons I haven't been blogging is I want to transfer all my old posts over to a Wordpress blog and it's not as easy as I hoped :-( ]]> Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:41:27 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1707305703/E20060617124127/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060515095220/index.html "The AIMIA Mobile Content Industry Development Group (MCIDG) is delighted to results of their Mobile Content Consumer Web Survey at a special breakfast briefing.

The Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index tracks the behaviour and interests of Australian mobile phone users including details on demographics, consumption of types of mobile content, handset penetration, attitudes to migrating to 3G, future mobile content preferences and much more.

This is the only independent and open study of consumer consumption of mobile content in Australia and was conducted by Oliver Weidlich of Ideal Interfaces and m.Net Corporation, with the involvement of a large number of AIMIA MCIDG members.

The first report in August 2005 elicited lots of interest from all over Australia and internationally, so be amongst the first to get the results."

It sold out last year, so get in quick!
:-) ]]> Mon, 15 May 2006 09:52:20 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060515095220/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060514205024/index.html The more I use MS Word, the more I love Apple's Pages... ]]> Sun, 14 May 2006 20:50:24 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060514205024/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060512220216/index.html This LG KV6000 is a damn nice looking phone, I had a quick play with one on Friday. Ugly UI, but the touch interface and the hardware design is sexy.
]]> Fri, 12 May 2006 22:02:16 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060512220216/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1175106924/E20060507175415/index.html Sun, 07 May 2006 17:54:15 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1175106924/E20060507175415/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1796495401/E20060507175126/index.html Was looking around today for a book store and a Google search popped up a listing on 'superfuture' which labels itself as:'urban cartography for global shopping experts', but it also has bars hotels etc. It has some nice maps and I love the tone of voice for some of the reviews, but it doesn't seem quite full enough to make it a great reference. maybe a starting point...

The hotel site associated with it, Tablet Hotels, is great again, not much in Australia, but there seem to be some good ones internationally. ]]> Sun, 07 May 2006 17:51:26 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1796495401/E20060507175126/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1796495401/E20060507134316/index.html Went out to catch up with the gorgeous L & A last night. I wasn't planning on staying out long, so I just wore sneakers, jeans and a tee shirt, but they wanted to go to an establishment with a stricter dress code. After being initially being turned away at the front door I was allowed in the side door because of the company I was keeping :-)

Sydney at it's worst...
Fun night though! ]]> Sun, 07 May 2006 13:43:16 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1796495401/E20060507134316/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1175106924/E20060506201315/index.html Sat, 06 May 2006 20:13:15 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1175106924/E20060506201315/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060505135633/index.html In the latest (May) edition of the Australian Personal Computer (APC) magazine Dan Warne lab tests 3G services from the major mobile players here in Australia. The article (for those with access to a paper copy) is titled 'Put the Net in your pocket'.

And while I don't agree with all points of his review, as someone who has spent a while working on the Optus Mobile portal and app, it's nice to hear "Out of all the services, Optus' was the most no-nonsense". Here's to making it even better still! ]]> Fri, 05 May 2006 13:56:33 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C1465647913/E20060505135633/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060504171435/index.html Yes, Bittorrent is too complex at the moment (download torrent file, open BT app, hope that the file works many of mine don't)
Yes it should be built into the browser
Yes, it should be built into the OS ]]> Thu, 04 May 2006 17:14:35 +1000 http://homepage.mac.com/oliverw/iblog/oliverw/C2066876067/E20060504171435/index.html