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Archive for August 6th, 2007

Blogocracy: Have some traffic!

By AndrewBoyd • Aug 6th, 2007 • Category: Aussie Blogger

Blogocracy has two things going for it: Tim Dunlop and pride of place on News.com.au. I wouldn’t like to guess at which is responsible for the #751 Alexa rank for the blog - Tim is a fine writer, and a lot of people read his blog every day. This morning’s post on John Howard had […]



Bite the next Prime Minister of Australia!

By AndrewBoyd • Aug 6th, 2007 • Category: Australian Odd

If you’re on Facebook and have one of the many infectious applications (like Zombies or Werewolves), head on over to Kevin Rudd’s profile page:

Directly under Kevin’s photo there is a “Bite this Chump” link. Astounding - we live in a world where anyone can offer to bite the man who will probably be Prime Minister […]



Government 2.0 in Australia

By AndrewBoyd • Aug 6th, 2007 • Category: Promoting Australian Blogs

Matt mentions Gary Nairn talking about blogging. Gary Nairn is the current Australian Special Minister of State (SMOS) and is the Minister responsible for AGIMO, the Australian Government Information Management Office. As such, he is in a position to change the way we interact with government.
While Gary’s speech seemed to blur the boundaries between […]



Hello Australia!

By AndrewBoyd • Aug 6th, 2007 • Category: About

I’ve just had a big weekend.
Stuck at home with a nasty cold, I found the Australian Blogs Community at BUMPzee, Meg’s Top 100 Australian Blogs (and her BlogPond blog), and the long-running RiotACT community (running for seven years right here in Canberra). I also discovered Laurel Papworth’s Bloggerati.com.au ranking site.
This inspired me to look at […]