Chances are you may never want to post any more of your photographs to photo sharing websites after reading this story. A man goes to an REM concert. The conditions on the ticket banned taking photographs, but Steve Miller and his wife, who were conveniently seated in the middle of the front row in the Royal Albert Hall in March, noticed that everyone around them was taking photographs and ... Read full entry

BarCampSydney3 is in progress over at the Roundhouse bar, on the UNSW campus. You can follow proceedings on Flickr and Twitter. I'm sure there's podcasts floating around also.

Privacy in a Very Open Internet It's the sum of the parts of the personal information we have chosen to share online that can present the real "opportunities" for misuse. As Mike Bogle points out, a Facebook book profile here and a Flickr account there, in isolation aren't necessarily a problem, but the collective information both contain could be. For instance mentioning the suburb you live in on ... Read full entry

Benjamin Ruhe has to be the unofficial official photographer of the Sydney web and fashion design glitterati, and his subjects include Lang Leav, aka Miss Lang Lee'av, Casey McIntyre, and Justin Fox. See more of his outstanding portrait work on his blog and Flickr set.

Apple and Google ruled a year to note in your Facebook. John Naughton a technology writer with The Observer sums up 2007, and makes a few predictions for the new year. Next year will see mass outbreaks of a Facebook fatigue, as busy professionals realise they are wasting an hour or more a day on essentially mindless activities. By contrast, activity-based networking sites, such as Flickr.com, will continue to ... Read full entry

REVIVE: from Bucharest, Romania. A visual and aural Flash experience in a Jurassic Park, meets ancient wonders of the world, meets high renaissance setting, complete with an ethereal sound loop! (will open in a pop up window) + The TWO billionth photo on Flickr: and it was taken in Chinatown, Sydney! ... Read full entry

Just posted a few photos to my Flickr set that I took during a visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales last week. They have a "late night" every Wednesday... helpful for city workers who live outside Sydney and have trouble getting along at other times I imagine. On this occasion you can see I ... Read full entry

After quite a hiatus, Ben, the "resident artist" at Randwick's Cafe 105 returned last weekend to produce a new work. He apparently spent about three days completing the newest work. There are more photos on my Flickr page.