February 13, 2012

New JasJam phone

JasJam

I bought an i-mate JasJam smartphone on eBay for A$650. It had been used as a demo version for some purpose, but was virtually new. I didn’t really need it, but I love gadgets and this is my Christmas and birthday present. I’d like to install Windows Mobile 6, but I’m worried about turning it [...]

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Mobile version of site

Using Mofuse I was able to create a mobile version of this site. You can see a link in the banner or simply go to http://mgorey.mofuse.mobi for a look. I checked it on my phone’s browser and it is easier to scan the articles and main content. Mofuse fetches the content via an RSS feed, [...]

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The future of advertising

IBM has released a report entitled “The End of Advertising as We Know It”. The report predicts a shift from mass media to interactive niche advertising targeted at specific groups. Traditional advertising players risk major revenue declines as budgets shift rapidly to new, interactive formats, which are expected to grow at nearly five times that [...]

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The changing face of communications

The way we communicate has changed dramatically in my relatively short lifetime. When I did computer studies at school in 1983 it was all programming theory; we didn’t have any actual computers in the classroom. When I started working as a journalist in 1987 we used typewriters, the office didn’t have a fax machine and [...]

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OzComments web site

I’ve revamped the OzComments web site using the commercial WordPress Revolution theme. I don’t really know where I’m heading with this site. It’s largely an experiment in progress. One possibility is it might attract other authors and become a community site for Australian issues. It’s not getting many hits yet, but the election might kick [...]

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