If someone approaches you at a bus stop, a bar, or in a cafe, and offers to read you a short story, don't be alarmed, it will most likely be Canadian writer Kevin Spenst engaging in some grassroots promotion of his self-published book Fast Fictions. For Kevin the need to write a short story each day, 1,111 ... Read full entry

ΔRebekah Horne is the Australian head of MySpace, and Vice President of Fox Interactive Media. She also oversees the IGN, Rotten Tomatoes and Ask Men websites. Last night she spoke to Mike Walsh as part of the Fourth Estate Domain "On the Couch" interview series, in Sydney. Here's some of what we heard. • Yes, Rebekah Horne has a MySpace profile, and refers to social networking rival, ... Read full entry

The ABSOLUT Machines allow anyone, anywhere, to compose music online, and download the completed work as a movie. Created by New York artists and musicians Dan Paluska and Jeff Lieberman, in collaboration with Swedish media studio Teenage Engineering, the ABSOLUT Quartet and Choir promises to "make composers of all of us". I think I could handle being the ... Read full entry

Daring Fireball author John Gruber, in an extensive discussion with Shawn Blanc, outlines the ideal email interview: You need to be really well-versed, as the interviewer, regarding the work of your interviewee. You must be prepared up-front with questions that you'd like to learn the answers to, but at the same time, I think you have to be ready to let the interview veer into unexpected territory. You ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! Bloggers are always interested in hearing about new, server melting, ways to promote their work, and if it's a mob scene you're looking for at your place then go no further than YouMob. ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! [weAREtheIMAGEmakers], or WATIM, is an online publication launched by Sydney web designer and artist Brad Eastman in February 2006. Brad took some time out to tell us about WATIM, and a ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! TV ads: are they a necessary evil, an outright distraction, or do they make for useful intermission breaks? Not all TV ads are forgettable though, and some are almost an art form says Duncan ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! If you scroll down to the end of the right hand column there's a widget called the Romlet. It's been sitting there for awhile now and has gotten me curious! Craig from ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! Meg Tsiamis loves numbers. And that's a good thing for Australian bloggers who make it into her Top 100 Australian Blogs Index. There's quite some number crunching involved, so ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! Could you describe yourself with nine words? Is that too few, or too many? Inspired by a cinquain written by her sister, Adria Balgassi created in cinq, a blog that allows readers to ... Read full entry