by cameron | Apr 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
Okay, for the folks in Australia (or those of you internationally who don’t mind paying international call charges), I have set up a comments line – +613 9016 9699.
Regular listeners might want to plug it into your mobile phones so you can easily call me (“To call The Cam, please press 1”) when you are in your car, etc.
I haven’t bothered setting up a US or UK number yet – I’ll see how much this one gets used first. Let’s face it – attempts at getting you guys to leave audio comments in the past has been a dismal failure but I’m hoping that because this one doesn’t require you to be sitting in front of your PC, it might get more traction.
by cameron | Apr 16, 2007 | Australian politics, Podcast, science, science vs religion
David Silverman has been an Atheist since he was six years old. He is an accomplished inventor with seventy-four patents, holds degrees in Marketing and Computer Science, and is the National Spokesperson for American Atheists, an organization in the U.S. dedicated to defending the civil liberties of atheists and advocating for the complete separation of church and state. He also writes their NoGodBlog
We talked today about the implications of the recent UN Human Rights Council’s resolution against “religious defamation” (link), his interview with Douglas Adams (link), the “Treaty Of Tripoli” (link), how he and his Jewish wife raise their ten-year old atheist daughter, why he likes the term “atheist” versus terms like “secular humanist”, the amazing story of Madalyn Murray O’Hair, aka “The Most Hated Woman In America” who was the founder of American Atheists, and how lucky I am living in a country like Australia where you can say “the A-word” and not get shunned from polite society.
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The G’Day World Theme Song is “Save Me†by The Napoleon Blown Aparts.
by cameron | Apr 4, 2007 | Australian media, Podcast
Tim Burrowes is the Group Editor at Reed Business who publish B&T Magazine, Australia’s largest advertising rag, and the new sister publication “Digital Media” which comes out here April 5. This is the one with the “40 Biggest Players of Australia’s Digital Age” article that Brad Howarth wrote.
Tim and I chat about the launch of the new magazine, Australia’s digital media landscape, the changes in the advertising industry, the future of TV, why he hates Telstra… and James Bond.
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The G’Day World Theme Song is “Save Me†by The Napoleon Blown Aparts.
by cameron | Mar 31, 2007 | TPN
For a while I’ve been thinking about putting together a ‘keiretsu‘ of Aussie online startups.
Technically, a real keiretsu in Japan is “a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings”.
More loosely speaking, a keiretsu is a group of non-competing businesses with a strategic relationship. It strikes me that in Australia we have a bunch of non-competing online startups each individually fighting to build their audience and trying to nimbly outmaneuver larger, richer, powerful businesses. When I had dLook CEO Theo Tsiamis on the show last month, and he talked about their hundreds of thousands of visitors, I thought “hmmm, they have hundreds of thousands of visitors, TPN has hundreds of thousands of visitors, we should do something together”.
Theo and Meg were all for it and so today I’m happy to announce a strategic alliance between TPN and dLook.
You may have noticed recently that the newly re-designed TPN homepage carries a very prominent advertisement for dLook. In my opinion, dLook is the best place to search for Australian businesses. If I have a choice between supporting a small, Aussie startup run by entrepreneurs or a billion dollar company run by managers living off of someone else’s risk, I’m going with the little guys, especially if their service is as good or better than the big guys. As consumers, you should support the innovative startups because without them the billion dollar companies play the “maximize profits, stifle services” game.
And, from today, when you are searching dLook for businesses, you will see some TPN advertisments. For example, check out their restaurant listings and keep an eye in the banner on the right hand side. Hopefully, some of dLook’s users will want to grab themselves some excellent podcasts.
I’d like to invite other Aussie online startups to join the keiretsu. We can support each other to build big audiences for our respective services. The more successful we all are, the stronger Australia’s startup community becomes which, in turn, will improve funding opportunities, accelerate revenue models, and generally strengthen the Aussie online market. As they say “a rising tide carries all ships”. Let’s work together more closely than sharing VC tips over beer. Let’s build genuine value.
I say that if we throw our weight together, we can make an impact in the local marketplace faster and stronger than we will alone.
by cameron | Mar 29, 2007 | Australian media
A little birdy today tells me that the upcoming edition of B and T Magazine has me listed as one of the “40 most important people in digital marketing in Australia” or “top 40 digital media” something. Or something. It has a 40 in it. Anyway… Thanks Brad. I look forward to reading the article and seeing who else is listed.
Strikes me as kind of funny. A couple of years ago I wasn’t even in the top 40 people working at Microsoft Australia. I was just another faceless schmuck working deep in the bowels, getting zero respect. Now at least I’m in the top 40 of something. Isn’t that what life’s all about? I wouldn’t care if I was listed as “Top 40 People Named Cameron Who Live In Yarraville”, I’d still be pleased as punch. My ego needs the boost.
In all seriousness – you guys know that I am nothing special. I know nothing special. I don’t have a degree, don’t have any special qualifications. No special experience. Nothing special about me at all. I’m just an average bloke with some cool $10 Elvis sunnies.
If a schmuck like me can make the top 40 of something after a couple of years, imagine what you could do if you applied yourself? Stop making excuses. Do something meaningful (to you) with your life. As the old bloke says “There isn’t a moment to lose.”
