NickHodge

You can add this to your blog too: Add Windows Live Messenger to your BlogIt is a simple matter of going to the above live.com (obviously, log in with your Live ID) and using the simple online form to configure your Messenger web widget.The really, really cool thing is that you can have either a…

This week I decided to interview two experts in the local online communities, social networking and citizen journalism space.First up is Laurel Papworth, a lecturer, online community expert and WoW fan. Laurel has worked for many gaming community sites, as well as incubating many…

Joel Pobar's Geek Story.Joel comes over as a mild-mannered geek. Underneath his manner is developer who knows his stuff: especially when it comes to Microsoft's CLR, dynamic languages and some personal research he is doing that was presented at BarCampSydney.For more up-to-date info, visit Joel's…

Whilst at BarCampSydney, I caught up with two Australian startups: one hardware and the other online.Cylo have produced the 3Dstyle mouse, highlighted at the recent CES Event.Tangler.com is a group interaction and communication site.Hear Mick from Tangler and Laurence from Cylo describe; and show;…

BarCampSydney, held at University Technology Sydney on Saturday 3rd March 2007. Being a Saturday, I hired my 15 year old son Liam to be my cameraman for the day. Thanks, Liam!The better audio quality is thanks to a new condenser microphone, which is highly directional and sound recorded with…

G'day. I am Nick Hodge, a Professional Geek for Microsoft - working in Australia. Hence the G'day.You will find out more about me on my personal blog. For those who want the summarised version: 9 years Apple reseller employee, 3 years at Apple Computer, 8 years at Adobe Systems and 6 months…