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Hanging up my BOOTs 26 Jun 2012 | 07:39 am
Dear Readers - It is time for me to hang up my BOOTs. My first posts were published in June 2006. Six years later I have more than a 1,000 stories that have been viewed 400,000+ times. I have met ...
Travel Massive June 12 / FED night June 19 6 Jun 2012 | 12:59 pm
Two interesting and engaging events coming up in the next few weeks in Sydney. On June 12 at Bar 333 in George St Sydney there will be TravelMassive Sydney. Details here. More background on TravelMas...
Tour of the 787 Dreamliner with Qantas and Jetstar 28 May 2012 | 01:33 pm
Photo montage/essay below of my tour of the Dreamliner 787 visiting Sydney. Thanks to Qantas and Jetstar for the invite
TravelMassive - great meetup group for travel industry people 23 May 2012 | 12:20 pm
If you are interested in regular meet ups with travel people - then I recommend you check out TravelMassive. This is a group that organises informal networking sessions across the world to talk trave...
Stuck on a plane with a violin, trombone, trumpet, recorder and a bunch of hippies - what could possibly go wrong 17 May 2012 | 03:55 pm
A Canadian Airlines plane is delayed on the the Lemon Bucket Orchestra pulls out their instruments and goes all folk crazy in the da house. Love this. Watch the video and enjoy Hat Tip the Consumeris...
The BOOT live at the Fourth Estate (FED) night on online travel, daily deals, social media, search and more 9 May 2012 | 05:01 pm
On May 2 I was part of an interview/Q&A session at the Fourth Estate (FED) series of Sydney interviews of digital people. Video for the event is now live here. Check out the Video to see me talking ...
The BOOT live in Sydney May 2 as part of FED networking event 23 Apr 2012 | 12:17 pm
If you are in Sydney on May 2, then join me at a Fourth Estate (FED) networking event at the City Hotel, 347 Kent Street Sydney from 6pm. Journalist Brad Howarth will be interviewing me and leading a...
BOOT Moderating panel on Social Media at 2011 WebInTravelConference 18 Apr 2012 | 12:54 pm
WIT Conference 2011 - Get Into The Groove – The Future of Social from WebInTravel on Vimeo. Above is video of the BOOT moderating a panel at the 2011 WebInTravel conference on Social Media. Panel me....
Hyatt Concierge Twitter Feed Hacked 17 Apr 2012 | 09:24 am
Bad day over the weekend for the Hyatt Concierge Twitter feed. They were hacked by some weight loss spammers. Top marks to Hyatt on spotting it quickly and dealing with it appropriately. Two screen sh...
Re-reading the Groupon IPO filing - some of my favourite moments 16 Apr 2012 | 03:21 pm
The Groupon IPO has been a "mixed bag" to put it nicely. They floated at $20 and are currently sitting at around the $13 mark (lastest GRPN quote here). The recent earnings re-statement by Groupon pro...
