Last week, a new Australian news site, The Wall, launched into public beta… Why is this exciting I hear you ask? Well, The Wall, simply put, is a very different (and refreshing) take on the traditional news based web sites.

The Wall describes itself as:

…a new kind of social news site that provides a unique view of the stories that are being shared, discussed and debated in Australia. The site covers the latest breaking news and will often pick up stories ahead of the news cycle. Each topic will feature links to the best articles, pictures, videos and commentary.

And then goers further to explain that:

The Wall extends far beyond a traditional news website, highlighting conversations Australians are having around sports and music events, TV shows and conferences as they are happening.

In simple terms, The Wall is exciting because the news it publishes is the news that we, collectively, are already sharing and discussing online. It’s the news that social circles are finding most interesting right at that particular moment.

So any point in time,  you, the avid news reader, can ensure your finger is on the collective internet pulse of Australian news by monitoring The Wall.
Give it a try!

Open TheWall.com.au in your browser right now, and leave it open!

Come back and check it out throughout the day, share stories with friends on Facebook or Twitter and check back often. You wont be disappointed!

I’m not yet sure why there’s a big road in the top graphic, but it’ll come to me.

I just figured that it looked old school, like ‘The Information Superhighway’… 1999 all the way… When we were worried about Y-2-K…

So I admit it, I’ve been slack on the blog posts of late, sorry, but it’s been pretty busy at work.

I’m also the guy who tells his class at RMIT  to ‘blog regularly, or not at all’…. so yeah, I FAIL.

But I will  write more, so ask me questions here or on twitter or on quora.

I will answer them.

Great job Rob!

I hope you all enjoy the interview.

Droolr.com – the latest site from Stateless Systems – has launched!

I may be slightly biased*, but the inner Geek in me just loves this!

The idea is simple. Users find something cool online and then share it with the Droolr community.

Once listed, the users of Droolr then vote for Gadgets that they like via a  Want? voting button.

Other nifty features:

• Sign in via twitter of facebook accounts.
• Create wishlists of gadgets you love.
• Follow other Droolr’s so you can be notified about the stuff they WANT.
• Earn ‘Karma Points’ when other users ‘Want’ items that you’ve added – be the ‘Top Karma’ dude! …so far I have low karma…

You can add comments as well as recommend other sites to find particular gadgets shared by other peeps.

There are a few screen shots below. But do be sure to go check it out!

*Full disclosure: I work at Stateless Systems