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Photowalking Rules: Cockatoo Island Via iPhone

July 6th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Australia, Photography

Thomas Hawk is on a quest to publish 1 million photos over his lifetime. This true photowalker and the CEO of Zoomr has reached 14,000 photos already. Much of his success as a photographer can be attributed to always having a camera with him and constantly seeing things through the camera’s eye.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting Cockatoo Island, the site of Australia’s largest shipyards. Being located a stones throw from the original European settlement at the Rocks in Sydney it also has a wealth of early Australian history. As the Sydney Biennale Visual Arts Festival was on the go as well, I was really looking forward to photowalking the island as I also habitually see the world through a lens.

Alas, within minutes the battery on my camera died (let me add one more rule to Thomas’s Principles and Guidelines for the Modern Photowalker: check your equipment before you set out). I resorted to the only other camera I had with me: on my iPhone.

While I’m itching to go back with a good SLR and shoot in the RAW, at least I was able to exercise my camera eye on the trip.

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MySpace To Roll Out devJams Downunder

May 20th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Appspace, Australia, MySpace, Social Media, Startups, Web, apps
MySpace Australia is rolling out series of one day devJams.
The first of these developer days will take place in Sydney on 5th June from 10am to 7h30pm.

Developers will be able to learn the ins and outs of the MySpace Developer Platform, hear inside views from both members of the MySpace developer team as well as from the developers of such apps as Booktagger and Peoplebrowsr.

Developers should “Bring Your Own Laptop” as they will have an unprecedented opportunity to spend an afternoon building a MySpace app with MySpace developers on hand to assist with hot tips.

Developers will also be able to showcase their creativity at the end of the day and benefit from peer review.

Places are limited so sign up asap. There is no cost for this full day event. For further details on the devJam series go to MySpace Aussie Developers.

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