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Archive for July, 2009

PayPal Developer Day

Joseph on Jul 21st 2009

I went to the PayPay Developer Day at The Grace Hotel yesterday, which was described as the launch of  a community for PayPal developers in Australia, the first country outside the US (and Canada?) to participate.  I’ve since noticed the UK in there as well. Since they rightly recognised that developers are their front line [...]

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To the moon, and beyond

Joseph on Jul 20th 2009

People of my age remember watching men walk on the moon, on our television sets, when we were young kids. I have no doubt, it shaped us profoundly and irrefutably. Practically, in the way we viewed the world & humanity, and spiritually, in how we saw our fragile breed, riding this blue marble. in the [...]

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Money where your site is

Joseph on Jul 19th 2009

The web began as a communication and collaboration tool but soon evolved into much more when someone sorted out how to pay for stuff through it. A secure protocol and security certificates helped make it happen but ultimately it was coders and credit card companies who put payment processes online. Today the most well known [...]

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Social Media, what does it mean to you?

Joseph on Jul 7th 2009

A Social Media Consultant, a PR consultant, two agency specialists and a client walk into a bar….. Sounds like an 50′s style joke doesn’t it? At Social Media Club Sydney two a few weeks ago (I know, I am soooo slack! I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now) the talk was [...]

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