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Mick Liubinskas on technology, community and business models.

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Entries from September 2010

Application Delivery Tool Guinea Pigs

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Japanese train sexOriginally uploaded by Joe Jones
I’ve recently started working with a new client who has built some amazing tools for software developers.
The tool streamlines the process of development, QA, staging and production. Making it faster and more reliable. It makes them hum like a Japanese rail service (hence the pic).
They haven’t launched [...]

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Tags: Apps

Net Neutrality Won’t Just Happen

March 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

net neutrality… to the power of you
Originally uploaded by .Kaeru
Watching this video below made me realise for the first time that Net Neutrality isn’t just a political, commercial push that will be overcome by the masses.
It’s happened before (printing, radio) and it could happen again.
What does it really mean? - Mick’s View
If we [...]

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Tags: General

How Do You Twitter?

March 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

My Birds
Originally uploaded by matticgn
I’m very curious to know how everybody Twitters?
I use;

Twhirl mostly (new)
Twitter.com sometimes
m.twitter.com on the run
Fring on the phone sometiems
Seesmic, although I don’t do it much
Blog posting via Twitter Tools for Wordpress

That’s a lot.
What about you?
And please pass this on to others so we can get some bigger numbers;
Cheers
The other [...]

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Tags: Apps · Service

Offtopic: A380 Business Class

March 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

A380 Business ClassOriginally uploaded by bigmick

Just got sent some A380 Airbus shots.
WOW!
Check out business class on my right. You even get a mouse! I caught a plane yesterday and the tray table couldn’t even go close to letting me work. Thanks Jetstar….
Can’t wait…. but my bank balance can….

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Tags: Offtopic

Credits As Business Model

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Credits as business modelOriginally uploaded by bigmick
I remember lots of startups in web 1.0 that tried making web credits a business. I saw today that it’s Jib Jab’s way. They give you 50 credits, charge 30 credits per send, so the next one you want to send, you have to fork out [...]

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Tags: Business Models · Startups

Making People Invite Their Friends

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

twitter has tiny skip link Originally uploaded by bigmick

“Invite Your Friends, Or Go!”
I just created a Pollenizer account on Twitter and noticed that it was trying really, really hard to make me find or add friends. The skip link was so tiny, and hidden in the top left.
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Tags: Customers · social

Quick Look: Twitxr

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Twitxr.com - Public timeline - cool rating of 8Originally uploaded by bigmick

Signed up.
Found some friends.
Sent an update from my phone (after prodding from bigyahu)
Sent an update from the web
Looked at my local traffic.
Wow, great mashup of friends, pics and maps.
A “Wow that’s cool rating of 8 actually”.
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Tags: Apps · Startups

Technology Gap is Stretching

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

stretch it out
Originally uploaded by aurevoirkatie

I’m on the Sunshine Coast at a media conference and whilst there are some here at the front edge of technology (Simon Sharwood) there are lots of people here who seem to be quickly falling further behind.
Obviously they aren’t representative of the mass of media, let alone the [...]

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Tags: Customers