Time for a little perspective on the Open Source industry in Australia… Yesterday, the ABS shipped some findings about digital game development companies:
At end June 2007, there were 45 businesses in Australia involved in the provision of digital game development services. These businesses employed over 1,400 people and generated a total income of $136.9m which represented […]
Dodging spanners and hospitals, we’ve managed to navigate the last stages of our Census project to deliver the Australian Open Source Industry & Community Report 2008!
It has been incredibly satisfying to ship the report, as this project has been with us in various forms for over a year now. The initial concept came together in July […]
While I share some disappointment in the lack of technology practitioners at the Australia 2020 Summit, I’m tickled pink to be presenting today at a feeder event, organised by the very mavenly Senator Kate Lundy.
Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge features some familiar faces, and some fresh ones — all in all, an awesome group of people […]
Ridiculous, amusing, inconvenient and even plain worrying things tend to happen in the lead-up to Important Events For Which You Have Planned. Sometimes a certain amount of irony is involved, sometimes it’s Murphy’s law.
I have selected four examples of these sorts of events from today. There were many more, of course, but here are four:
Pia goes to […]
EPIC FAIL: Australia fails to take a position on OOXML, abstains on final OOXML vote.
It’s disappointing that while our Prime Minister travels the world with a stated intention to increase Australia’s influence and activism on the global stage, we at home have failed so miserably to come to a conclusion — positive or negative — about OOXML.
As a participant on the […]
Don’t forget — tomorrow night’s main event is the launch of the Australian Open Source Industry & Community Report, based on the results of the survey conducted by Waugh Partners. Make sure you RSVP!
Grab the PDF version of the invitation to send to your clients, business associates, local representatives, etc.
Very happy to read Rodney’s coverage of our “Meet the Open Source Industry” Roadshow breakfast event in Sydney this morning: Open source to help quell ICT trade deficit: Waugh.
However, I disagree with his suggestion that I am “flamboyant”. I have never punched a man or vomited into a piano while wearing a cravat.
But then, one must have goals.
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