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I have a new ZDNet blog
August 10th, 2008 • 1 comment Uncategorized, all posts
Tags: blog, bootstrappr, startups, zdnet
As part of my new role as News Editor at ZDNet.com.au, I have in the past few weeks started a new professional blog on the site. Named ‘bootstrappr’, it will exclusively focus on the Australian tech startup scene.
Its tag line is: “From boom to bust, from unconference to Barcamp and beyond, Renai LeMay tracks the fortunes of Australia’s startup community.”
You can find the blog here. So far I have featured several startups, interviewed some of the highest profile Australian twitterers about Twitter security, and written about initiatives to boost tech startup activity in Australia.
Updated contact details
July 7th, 2008 • 21 comments Uncategorized, all posts
Tags: news editor, renai lemay, zdnet
I have commenced a new position as News Editor at ZDNet Australia and no longer work at the Australian Financial Review or MIS Magazine. My new e-mail is renai dot lemay at zdnet dot com dot au. My new phone is 02 8514 9907.
Plugger.com.au tracks board-level links
July 4th, 2008 • Uncategorized
Tags: afr, financial review, plugger, plugger.com.au, ross dawson, startup, startups, web 2.0
When I attended the launch of Ross Dawson’s top 100 Australian Web 2.0 applications list a few weeks ago, there was a lot of complaining going on about how the mainstream media (although the Australian Financial Review attracted some praise at the time as a notable exception) wasn’t taking Web 2.0 seriously, how nobody would cover the space, complain, moan etc.
At the time I wrote on my twitter page that any startup with an interesting yarn to tell could contact me. And Plugger.com.au did. They had an interesting yarn which was appropriate for the AFR audience; you can read the story on MISAustralia.com here. It ran in this morning’s AFR.
The lesson here: mainstream media does listen to Australian startups, if they talk to it.
Rachel Johnson-Kelly appointed ASIC CIO
July 2nd, 2008 • 23 comments Uncategorized
Tags: asic, australian securities and investments commission, chief information officer, cio, ibm, morgan hurwitz, rachel johnson-kelly, shell
Scoop! In last Tuesday’s Australian Financial Review newspaper I broke the news that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission had appointed former IBM staffer Rachel Johnson-Kelly to be its new chief information officer. You can read the story here on MISAustralia.com.
I also had a story resulting from an interview with Shell Australia’s country IT manager, Morgan Hurwitz. You can find that story here.
Queensland may put up $180 million for National Broadband Network
June 30th, 2008 • Uncategorized
Tags: $180 million, anna bligh, chief information officer, cio, national broadband network, queensland
I scored a great story that Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the state might put $180 million of its telecommunications spend towards the planned National Broadband Network. The role of Queensland state chief information officer is also up for review. You can read the full story on the MISAustralia.com web site here.
Queensland eTender website hacked
June 27th, 2008 • Uncategorized
Tags: afr, etender, government, hack, hackers, queensland
Scoop! I broke the news in this morning’s Australian Financial Review that the Queensland state government’s electronic procurement website had been hacked. You can read the full story here on MISAustralia.com.
Twitter, PubCamp and Australia
June 24th, 2008 • Uncategorized
Tags: afr, Apple, linkedin, pubcamp, twitter
In this morning’s Australian Financial Review newspaper I had a fairly long story about how Australians are using Twitter and LinkedIn to connect. The phenomenon was particularly evident in several conferences last week, including PubCamp, and also in the opening of Apple’s first retail store in Sydney. This story caused a flurry of discussion online, including on TechNation Australia, which dubbed me “the tech industry’s mainstream media hero”.
Not quite sure I’m that — just a normal journalist :)
You can read the full story here.
I'm on Linkedin
June 17th, 2008 • Uncategorized
Tags: linkedin, profile
For anyone who is interested in connecting with me, you can find my Linkedin profile here.
Northern Territory gets government CIO
June 10th, 2008 • Uncategorized
Tags: chief information officer, cio, government, northern territory
This morning I had a scoop in The Australian Financial Review that the Northern Territory’s director of information, communications and technology policy and strategy, Maryann Jamieson, had left her role.
In the wake of her departure the Northern Territory has replaced her role with a whole of government chief information officer position, similar to other states such as Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.
You can find the full story here on the MIS Australia web site.
NSW government's People First project halfway through
June 10th, 2008 • Uncategorized
Tags: afr, emmanuel rodriguez, nsw, paul edgecumbe, people first, roozendaal
This morning my story about the New South Wales state government’s People First technology consolidation project led The Australian Financial Review’s large Tuesday IT section. The story dealt with concerns that project lacks transparency and is yet to deliver on key targets.
It’s basically a report card about the project halfway through its four-year timeframe. You can read the story on the MIS Australia web site here.