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TechAU repurposed as Aussie tech blogger aggregator

Thursday 27 Mar, 2008 05:05 PM

Who said that laziness doesn't yield good results? Earlier this year I called for tech bloggers to help me launch a local-based tech blog in the vein of TechCrunch, but I didn't get a great deal of interest and I don't have a lot of time to follow the idea up, as much as I think it has merit.

So after a bit of thought I have come up with something different, which I think could still help raise awareness of our local industry.

In the same vein as Web 2.0 Workgroup, I'd like to aggregate the blogs of prominent Australian bloggers in the IT industry. I'd like to feature bloggers who consistently write about web-related technologies and ideas, and have something worth adding. Here's my list so far:

What I'd love for everyone else to do, is to let me know in the comments if you know of anyone else who fits the bill. I'd love to feature anyone who falls into the right category, but I don't necessarily know everyone who qualifies at this stage.

Let me know below!

Tags: techcollective

Comments

Vishal Sharma said on 27 Mar 2008:
Thanks for mentioning and having the link to our portal.
Our consulting name is VS Consulting Group
Michael Aulia said on 31 Mar 2008:
How about myself? lol

Although I'm not really an Australian.. (have been living in Melbourne for 11 years though)
Mick Liubinskas said on 31 Mar 2008:
I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member!

Actually, some sort of blogging central would be good. But maybe you need some guidelines.

Must live in Australia.
Must have been blogging for two years.
Must blog at least twice a week.

Dunno, too much?

And it needs to be an automatic widget that I set and forget.

Let me know if i can help.
Sueblimely said on 01 Apr 2008:
Are you a member of the Aussie Bloggers Forum, Josh? I am sure you would find bloggers to fit the bill there. Including
http://onblogging.com.au/
http://www.sueblimely.com (myself)
Nic Hodges said on 02 Apr 2008:
@mick twice a week!!!! Wow I'd have to pick it up a bit. To be honest I try and work on the idea of quality over aggregation, and one theme that runs through all the listed sites is that they're not just about aggregating and regurgitating, they're actually about new ideas and thinking.

Great idea Josh, and it looks extremely spiffy.

Now considering my iCal has me down for strategy/writing this afternoon, I better go write something...

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