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Web 2.0 downunder

• By:John
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• May 16, 2007
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As we put the finishing touches on the launch of Web Directions South 2007 due in a couple of days (I think you’ll be very excited withat what’s on offer), a couple of things over at Fairfax newspapers that will hopefully be of interest to the Web Directions community.

Brad Howarth, probably the most web savvy Aussie journo has a long article published today at the Herald and the Age about Web 2.0 in the enterprise. At his blog, he also lists Aussie “web 2.0″ companies. Many of these I was aware of, but some of them I wasn’t aware were Australian. Definitely encouraging to see. Brad’s blog is essential reading for those wanting to keep up with the web/​biztechstartup scene in Australia.

Meanwhile, a swag of Aussie entrepreneurs have a new, startup focussed blog for Fairfax. Participants include Tangler’s Martin Wells and Podcast Network’s Cameron Reilly (yeah, they are both Aussie based!)

And keep an eye out for our startup focussed events at Web Directions. Any day now.

4 responses to “Web 2.0 downunder”:

1. • By:Business and Web 2.0 in Australia at acidlabs
   • May 16th, 2007

   […] SMH journalist Brad Howarth has an interesting and insightful piece on Web 2.0 penetration in Australian business (it’s also been noticed by the folks at Web Directions). It strongly reflects my view that largely it’s small business that is beginning to “get” Web 2.0 here. The big end of town and government mostly have a fair way to travel before these technologies gain any significant penetration in their operations. Frankly, that’s a pity, as adopting the tools of Web 2.0 could be helping many of them with the increasing issue of good and progressive knowledge management, productivity and stakeholder engagement . […]

2. • By:knowledge is everywhere
   • May 17th, 2007

   A great turnout for Destra and Brad Howarth at The Domain…

   Brad Howarth and Domenic Carosa (CEO of Destra) drew quite a crowd at The Domain networking event in Melbourne, held at Digital Harbour in the Docklands. Attendees received a music CD from Destra and a copy of Australian Anthill magazine (Subscribe to …

3. • By:Rob Varghese
   • May 17th, 2007
   

   An interesting article John, but the first line of your post “As we put the finishing touches on the launch of Web Directions South 2007 due in a couple of days (I think you’ll be very excited withat what’s on offer)” is what interests me the most. I look forward with much anticipation to see what you and Maxine have lined up :)

4. • By:acidlabs » Business and Web 2.0 in Australia
   • July 22nd, 2008

   […] piece on Web 2.0 penetration in Australian business (it’s also been noticed by the folks at Web Directions). It strongly reflects my view that largely it’s small business that is beginning to […]

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