Re: [SiliconBeach] An interview with me about Goodfilms and the Melbourne startup scene

Nice one & welcome! :) -- Dan Washusen Make big files fly visit digitalpigeon.com (http://digitalpigeon.com) On Thursday, 6 September 2012 at 5:18 PM, Glen Maddern wrote: > This is partially a de-lurk as well, because while I've been on this mailing > list for a few years, been on Elias' St

Re: [SiliconBeach] Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

Thanks Ben! Yeah, the desktop app does 'smart stuff' to optimise for speed (all three of your tests back onto S3 to give you a comparison)… :) p.s. I want your internet connection... -- Dan Washusen Make big files fly visit digitalpigeon.com (http://digitalpigeon.com) On Friday, 7 Septemb

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Intro / De-lurk

http://nickrace.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/wrongway-goback134091220073uhr5.jpg ;-) Seriously though, welcome. With a background in the bay area, I'm sure you'll be a valuable asset to any startup with global ambitions. On 6 September 2012 15:27, Robert Shea wrote: > > My wife is from Melbou

[SiliconBeach] Re: Intro / De-lurk

My wife is from Melbourne. We wanted to start a family and agreed this was the better place for that (the healthcare system, alone... I have no words). I've been to Melbourne previously, so not too many surprises... I actually like the weather as well (everyone here is always apologising for it

Re: [SiliconBeach] Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

Wow! 10x faster than Dropbox! I wasn't sure what the difference was until I had 30GB to ship to a video editor. Digital Pigeon over 100Mbit Fibre = solid 11.5MB/sec upload (all done in <2 hours) Amazon S3 over 100Mbit Fibre = ~2-3MB/sec upload (via s3fox, but files ended up broken) Dropbox over

[SiliconBeach] Mail Scanning / Parcel forwarding from the US to Aus

There was a thread on this in 2010. Niki Scevak recommended Earth Class Mail Brad Kellet recommended MyUSABox, but they have had their domain name seized by USABox Michael Guilfoyle recommended Usa2me.com Earth Class Mail is now very expensive - $20/month + $5 for shredding + $1.50/page scan + ~$

Re: [SiliconBeach] Start-up grants from City of Melbourne

Hey Kate, Do you have any examples of grants available in Melbourne worth keeping an eye out for? Cheers Leon On Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:20:44 AM UTC+10, Kate Kendall wrote: > > You also need to spend the $30K out of your own pocked and document it to > them before they give you the money.

RE: [SiliconBeach] Recommendation on Magento Developers

Hi Simran, depending on the size of the project, your best bet would be eWave - http://madebyewave.com/ Contact Karl Norman (Director) on office: (02) 8060 5158 Best of luck. Jeremy From: simrangamb...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 11:35:17 +1000 Subject: [SiliconBeach] Recommendati

[SiliconBeach] Re: Recommendation on Magento Developers

Hi Simran, I'm not sure whether you've tried looking here at the Magento certified solution partners in Australia (may need to filter for Oz): http://www.magentocommerce.com/partners/solution/index/?p=1 A company I was previously worked at - Next Digital does Magento work. They've done work

[SiliconBeach] Re: Intro / De-lurk

Hey Robert and welcome! What brought you from SV to Melbourne given so many are going the other way? Did Melbourne live up to your expectations? Anyway, welcome to Melbourne! A. On Thursday, September 6, 2012 12:19:56 PM UTC+10, Robert Shea wrote: > > I'd posted on here a while back, but

Re: [SiliconBeach] Bigcommerce raises $20M

Ah you beat me to posting here. Proud to be a @bigcommerce team member. Onwards, forwards! Cheers, Chaitanya On 6 September 2012 00:42, Adam Seabrook wrote: > Another Aussie success story on the way. Well done guys. > > http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120905005307/en > > > AUSTIN,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Looking for a talented visual note-taker

Thanks Ned! On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Ned Dwyer wrote: > Look no further, Sarah Firth is the one for you :) > > http://www.sarahthefirth.com/sarahthefirth/Graphic_Facilitation.html > > sarahthefi...@gmail.com is the only email I have for her I am afraid. > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:50 PM,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Looking for a talented visual note-taker

Look no further, Sarah Firth is the one for you :) http://www.sarahthefirth.com/sarahthefirth/Graphic_Facilitation.html sarahthefi...@gmail.com is the only email I have for her I am afraid. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Tom Dawkins wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm looking for a really good v

[SiliconBeach] Looking for a talented visual note-taker

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a really good visual note-taker in Sydney and potentially in Melbourne. Doesn't have to be the same company. Could anyone recommend someone in either place? Thanks! Tom -- -- Tom Dawkins Co-Founde

[SiliconBeach] An interview with me about Goodfilms and the Melbourne startup scene

This is partially a de-lurk as well, because while I've been on this mailing list for a few years, been on Elias' Startup Bus and been running a movie ratings startup Goodfilms (http://goodfil.ms) for about a year, this is I think my first post to the list. Anyway, I gave an interview with DoesWha