Comments on: Why Australia will never catch up in Web 2.0 http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/03/12/why-australia-will-never-catch-up-in-web-20/ blogging is not a spectator sport Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Club Troppo » Missing Link http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/03/12/why-australia-will-never-catch-up-in-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-121836 Club Troppo » Missing Link Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:25:51 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/03/12/why-australia-will-never-catch-up-in-web-20/#comment-121836 [...] (via Qld law academic blogger Peter Black) Duncan Riley argues Australia is rapidly becoming cyberspace hicksville (if we’re not already): If there’s no WiFi there’s no Web 2.0 office, there’s no Web 2.0 culture, there’s no Web 2.0 development on the scale we see in the US. Whilst the Australian Government (and Opposition) remain obsessed with regulating the internet, nothing is being proposed or done to increase the affordability of broadband, cost being the main factor that limits the offering of free wireless in Australian cafes. When you continue to act like a backwater, it usually means if you aren’t already one, you soon will be. [...] [...] (via Qld law academic blogger Peter Black) Duncan Riley argues Australia is rapidly becoming cyberspace hicksville (if we’re not already): If there’s no WiFi there’s no Web 2.0 office, there’s no Web 2.0 culture, there’s no Web 2.0 development on the scale we see in the US. Whilst the Australian Government (and Opposition) remain obsessed with regulating the internet, nothing is being proposed or done to increase the affordability of broadband, cost being the main factor that limits the offering of free wireless in Australian cafes. When you continue to act like a backwater, it usually means if you aren’t already one, you soon will be. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/03/12/why-australia-will-never-catch-up-in-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-121292 Mike Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:25:11 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/03/12/why-australia-will-never-catch-up-in-web-20/#comment-121292 I am in Thailand now, and even they have more free wi-fi spots! I am in Thailand now, and even they have more free wi-fi spots!

]]> By: Martin Neumann http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/03/12/why-australia-will-never-catch-up-in-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-120739 Martin Neumann Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:04:52 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/03/12/why-australia-will-never-catch-up-in-web-20/#comment-120739 Nice find, Duncan - tks for the link to a great article ... and reading the article I seriously don't see Australia getting anywhere near that. And that's sad because we should be so much more and really, as a "rich, western aka civilised" country we should be leading the pack or right up there pushing the boundaries - And We Are Not! I can easily see myself as a "bedouin" - yup, cafe to cafe, caffeine addiction, no office ... just my laptop, a mobile and ideas. Nice find, Duncan – tks for the link to a great article … and reading the article I seriously don’t see Australia getting anywhere near that. And that’s sad because we should be so much more and really, as a “rich, western aka civilised” country we should be leading the pack or right up there pushing the boundaries – And We Are Not!

I can easily see myself as a “bedouin” – yup, cafe to cafe, caffeine addiction, no office … just my laptop, a mobile and ideas.

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