It’s Christmas morning in Australia (the rest of the world has to wait for the sun) and instead of the usual family tradition of kicking back and watching DVD’s all day, Ruth & I are headed off to the US for a quick holiday.
Interestingly, due to the time difference, we will arrive in Los Angeles […]

It’s Christmas time in San Jose and i’ve just arrived to a cold and bleak day. What a huge contrast from Sydney where it is hot (although Sydney has had a few cold snaps lately).
The flight this time was tedious, i dont think i slept for more than 20 minutes and after the initial excitement […]

Ruth & I just spent this weekend 2hrs north of Sydney in the Hunter Valley to celebrate our wedding anniversary. For those that don’t know, the Hunter Valley region is well known for its wineries, many of which Ruth and I discovered for the first time this trip. Favourite spots this trip were Lindemans and […]

I just checked into my hotel, opened up my laptop to get an IM message from FlexDaddy Andrew Spaulding bragging that he’s online via WiFi while sitting in his seat somewhere above Australia on his way to MAX Asia.
We needed to discuss a demo that i’m presenting soon so took the opportunity and we both […]

The weekend has come and gone so quick and tonight I’m in the hotel room doing the last bit of prep work for tomorrow’s Adobe presentation.
So what to do in Perth over the weekend?
1. Ruth & I visited Fremantle, cathing the train for $3.20 each from Perth and arriving about 25 minutes later on the […]

Adobe Australia’s Creative Suite guru Mike Stoddart & I hit the road next week (well.. airport lounge) and head west towards Perth (Tuesday) & Adelaide (Thursday). Mike will be covering the brand new Acrobat 8, now part of Creative Suite 2.3 as well as a whole lot of information on the rest of the suite, […]

Hmm.. so first the airlines want to stop all laptops on planes, and now thanks to Sony (yes Sony made the bad batch of batteries for Dell) i’m allowed to take my laptop on the plane, but not use it in case the battery catches on fire!

Back home in Sydney, back to “proper” work and already half way through the week!
Jet lag is slowly fading ( i knew i shouldnt have slept in till 2pm on Saturday) but the 6am starts have pulled me back in line quickly.

Spent the day browsing the gadgets stores of Singapore before returning to my hotel room to catch up on email (almost there!). Singapore has the coolest shopping malls, my favourite being Sim Lim Square, a 6 storey complex packed with cameras, computers, software, cables, cases, power supplies.. you name it, if its slightly techy then […]

This morning I was woken after only 4 hours of sleep in Singapore to hear French supporters 16 floors below me cheer at the 1st French goal of the World Cup Final. Little did they know what was to come!. I ended up staying awake to watch the rest of the game, and by that […]