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24 December 201324 December 2013

Weekly Wrap 184: TV and radio, but no writing, alas

Here’s the key stuff that happened in my week of Monday 9 to Sunday 15 December 2013.

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I’ll do some sort of more detailed post explaining the state of the world — or at least my little bit of it — once I’ve caught up on these posts.

Articles

None. This was the terribly unproductive week that I haven’t told you about yet.

Media Appearances

On Friday I was a guest on Marc Fennell’s Download This Show. Well, it was recorded on Friday, and broadcast on ABC Radio National on Sunday.
Also on Friday, I spoke a couple of sentences about Google and privacy on The Project.

Corporate Largesse

On Tuesday I went to the VMware media lunch at Quay Restaurant in Sydney. There was food (including dessert) and wine.

10 November 2013

Talking Bitcoin robbery on ABC Radio’s AM

ABC logo More than a million dollars worth of the digital currency Bitcoin was stolen from a Bitcoin wallet service that seems to have been run by a young man who won’t be reporting the theft to the police.

I was interviewed by ABC Radio reporter Will Ockenden to provide some context about Bitcoin and digital currencies generally, and fragments of that interview were used on Friday morning’s edition of the national current affairs program AM. Hit their website for a transcript.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:13 — 1.5MB)

10 November 2013

Talking Net Neutrality on ABC RN Drive

ABC logo The topic of Net Neutrality was in the news again this week, because major US telco Verizon was challenging the US Federal Communications Commission’s 2010 ruling on various grounds, including that it was unconstitutional.

It’s a complex and subtle topic, but the Wikipedia entry linked to in the first paragraph, this InfoWorld article and Verizon’s legal claim [PDF] should bring you up to speed — as, perhaps, might my chat with Jonathan Green on ABC Radio National’s Drive program from Thursday night.

Here’s the full audio, running for nearly eight minutes.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:47 — 3.6MB)

01 November 2013

Talking crowdfunding etc on ABC Download This Show

ABC logo After a six-month gap caused by the failure of our schedules to cooperate, I was finally a guest once more on Marc Fennell’s Download This Show this week, which we recorded this morning.

Online crowd funding: Whether it’s a brand new gadget or a bouncing baby, you can crowd fund anything these days? But which online service is the most likely to get your project to its funding target? Plus, want to know what the internet feels like in an oppressive regime? Google has helped build a site that will show you what it feels like and it’ll help internet users in those countries as well. And is it a phone or is it Lego? The modular phone you can rebuild and reshape as you see fit.

My fellow panellist was Janet Carr. And here’s the full audio. I talk about breast enhancement, amongst other things.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:00 — 12.4MB)

30 October 201304 October 2015

Talking crowdfunded journalism on ABC RN Media Report

ABC logo When I first decided to try Pozible, the crowdfunding site, to fund last week’s trip to Melbourne, I didn’t think it was particularly special, but others did — including ABC Radio National’s Media Report.

On Wednesday last week, presenter Richard Aedy recorded an interview with me, and almost all of it made its way into Thursday evening’s program.

When Stilgherrian wanted to head interstate to cover two hacking conference but didn’t have the budget, he made his first foray into crowdfunding his journalism. So how did he go and what has he learnt? And can this be applied to other less high profile freelancers in Australia?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:17 — 5.2MB)

The material being produced as a result of this crowdfunding is gradually being published at Corrupted Nerds.

29 October 201329 October 2013

Talking family data disaster planning on ABC 702 Sydney

ABC logo On Tuesday last week, we feared that Wednesday would be a day of disastrous bushfires in NSW — certainly the risk was there — so what should people do to make sure their valuable personal and family data was safe?

I spoke about this with morning presenter Linda Mottram on ABC 702 Sydney, but not before we had a chat about what my impressions of how people were reacting to and preparing for the approaching fires — including my own emotions.

We ended up talking for 15 minutes. Here’s the full audio, minus the break for the news headlines at 1030.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:06 — 11.1MB)