Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) said something on a recent Geek Whisperers Podcast Community Building is the New Marketing that struck home with me. She said: These that the rare technologists that are articulate and super-engaged, and often feel like they don’t fit in any one organisation or department. I really do… Read More
A couple of days ago, VMware announced the list of people designated as vExpert, and I’m proud to say that I’m one of them! I’ve been getting more involved with the VMware community in recent years, largely due to the initial efforts by Craig Waters (@cswaters) in roping me into… Read More
I recently upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile phone to Android 4.3 and immediately noticed issues with Chrome. It would flicker, and show a blank, black screen when going into the “exploded tab” view that shows you all your open tabs. Selecting a tab, and scrolling within a window, would… Read More
Attention all technology people! The word you want is “premises”. Not “premise“. Words have meanings! “On premise deployment”, means something like “assuming some other unstated assertion is true, we should put our hardware here”. You’re making where you put hardware conditional. It’s not as if we need any more jargon… Read More
Inspired by a question from @grantorchard over the summer, I’ve added reading list page to the site. There’s a lot of noise on the internet, so as part of my continuing mission to help guide people towards the signal, this list only contains things I’ve personally read and think are… Read More
I mentioned previously that the Dell keynote by Michael Dell was underwhelming, and I’ve been trying to work out why I felt that way. It’s because, once you strip away the boosterism and sloganeering about “disruption” and “World’s Largest Startup”, it didn’t really offer anything new. There were plenty of… Read More
I am seated at a Sushi bar in the Sydney International Airport terminal that charges $14 for an Asahi. It is not as delicious as the price would suggest. It appears to be an ordinary Asahi, not the exotic super-Asahi that powers Mothra. My next flight has been delayed some… Read More
I interviewed Joe Kremer, VP South Asia/Australia/New Zealand, on camera at Dell Enterprise Forum, AU in November 2013. Unfortunately I only captured ambient audio for my notes and didn’t have a lapel mic or second mic source to capture my questions, so you get title blocks instead. My A/V editing… Read More
Disclosure: I was sent this product by MobileZAP.com.au. A couple of months ago, I was sent a Stick-N-Find thingo with the hope that I might review it here on eigenmagic.com. In summary: Don’t bother. It’s an expensive waste of time. What Even Is It? It’s a couple battery powered, low-power… Read More
Earlier today, the following tweet was sent from the @ABCReligion account on Twitter: Here is the ABC’s Editorial Policy for Social Media: http://about.abc.net.au/reports-publications/use-of-social-media-policy/ Here is the text of the complaint I lodged with the ABC: I feel the tweet sent by @ABCReligion: “Hmm, just tuned in to #QT to catch… Read More
