The Geek Stories

Ever read a web page and say to yourself "I must remember to come back to this site, just in case this page changes."In this episode of The Geek Stories, I interview Chris Saad (CEO) and Ashley Angell (CTO) of Faraday Media - and developers of Particls. As a beta-tester for over 6…

In a continuing effort to discover Australia's Geek Stories, I attended a Microsoft Sharepoint conference at the invitation of Angus Logan. Many geeks, many geek stories.Sharepoint is software that is loaded onto a server that provides document management, information sharing, wikis, blogs and other…

Driving down the Pacific Highway in Sydney on the weekend, I saw a sign saying "supergeek.com.au"After emailing them, I was able to meet Phill Deer and Mike Armstrong of supergeek.com.au at breakfast in Balmoral. Not only is Mike a supergeek, he is a seriously talented geek: with…

50 years ago, creating your own TV show required an expensive license from a government agency, loads of expensive equipment and a frequency to transmit. I ran across UStream today.In the first days of the internet, tools like CuSeeme permitted video casting and transmission: however bandwidth was…

So you’ve gotten all your Guitar Hero II achievements already and you’re looking to pick up a new instrument. You might want to try the Roll Up USB Drum Set by Dreamcheeky. For $30 you can be busting out your best Neil Peart on XP and Windows 2000 (a company spokesperson told me they are working on…

Australia's National Broadcaster, the ABC - has lead the field in 20th century innovations: radio and TV. With the advent of wide internet use, the ABC is no slouch in transmitting content via the internet.ABC Radio National is the "thinking person's radio" of Australia: with a wealth…

Andrew Smith, based in the coffee-end of Brisvegas, makes his own brew. And it was the cuisine highlight of my trip to Brisbane in March.Andrew is a regular comment contributor in my blog, even before I joined Microsoft. So, in return, I decided to visit Studio Solutions and find his geek…

Richard Metcalfe, Brand Director for Harman Consumer in the UK recently visited Sydney. He is certainly enthusiastic about sound, and the JBL/Harman Kardon range of audio devices sound cool.With a guest appearance by the famous Australian Technology journalist and technical TV star, Alex…

I am a parent and a part-time gamer. I prefer simulation on my Xbox360 (driving) games and a little FPS on PC.Even when paid to do this, I don't get enough time to experience all games.Andrew Parsons, recently highlighted in GeekHouse!, also runs GAMEparents.com - a service for people like me…

Joseph Cooney has many claims to fame. He is a new MVP in Australia, his mum uses Emacs and he is a WPF expert.Now, WPF is one of those three letter words that means lots to code_geeks. On10.net is showcasing these cool looking and feeling applications. It's also cool to see that those who…