Casey Butler reporting for duty. I joined this group about a month ago, and have really enjoyed following the discussions. I feel guilty for not contributing, so it's time to start! First want to say thanks to Elias for setting this up and to everyone for their input. I am 21 and have been working on my startup Shopfront.com for the last 1.5 years. We will be releasing it very soon. I live and work in Melbourne's far eastern suburbs (Montrose/ Kilsyth). Some call it the sticks. I call it awesome. Personally I think Australia's Silicon valley should form here at the foot of the Dandenongs, with Canterbury Rd as our Sand Hill Rd, but I have a hard time convincing people : ) I went to the Friday drinks in Melbourne a few weeks ago and it was great to meet some like-minded people (my friends and family don't really get what I'm doing, with the exception of my business partner who is now in Germany). Looking forward to the next one. My specialties (if you can have them at this age) are marketing, product design and reading Techcrunch. I'm not a developer, although I wish I knew more about it. Some material that has inspired me: - Richard Branson's autobiography, "Losing My Virginity". When I read this book, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. - The movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley". When I saw this, I really knew what I wanted to do with my life. - More recently, Seth Godin's book "Tribes" - Even more recently (yesterday), this video by Earl Nightingale: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ajIRxdeCRZM (thanks Langy!)
Also, if anyone enjoys the following: PHP, Joomla, Mosets Tree, Virtue Mart, My SQL, CSS, AJAX, we are looking at hiring someone to help us fix our final bugs, and get on board for the future. If your interested let me know and I'll send some info about Shopfront. Or you can call me on 0412375740 at any time. Cheers On 28/11/2008, at 11:00 AM, Geoff McQueen wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Elias hasn't cracked the whip for a while, but early on when this > list was forming, he was asking everyone to introduce themselves. > Rather than just the name, rank serial number stuff, it was > requested that people 'toot' their horns in this introduction to > give those of us on the list a chance to get to know some of the > great things you've done, are doing, and even want to do. > > I'm preparing a short lightening talk for the OSDC conference next > week, and the biggest thing I can point to about the benefits of > being in this groups is the quality of the pople here and > participating. > > So, if you haven't introduced yourself to the SIlicon beach family > yet, don't be shy! > > Geoff > -----Original Message----- > From: davdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, 22 November 2008 4:55 PM > To: Silicon Beach Australia <silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Introductions > > > [if this is in wrong area, please move it elsewhere. Ta] > > Hi everyone. Something about me.... > > I'm probably a bit older than some here, but no matter; I still have > IT and life experience to offer. Based in southern Sydney. > > Was in IT/internet/intranet Support at at a major bank until I left in > July08. I began my original journey in Electronics, then moved to > Computing. > > Skills: > Windows systems (server and desktop) > Intranet/internet/email/web systems > Firewalls, dns, proxies, etc > Database: MySQL and MS-SQL > Development: systems using vb, vbscript, .net, php, html, xml, etc > > I have some part-time IT work with an engineering company, but > available to anyone who may need assistance with Backend stuff, dns > management, email, > > etc. Also wierd Windows behaviour(!). > While I have a few ideas of internet ventures, I am probably more > suited to helping make someone else's ideas come to pass. > > I have made some (xml driven) websites for our church group as well as > some wedding video editing, so I am versatile too! I bring an > engineering profile to a task; I analyse the need and work out the > optimum way to do it; if something is not quite right, then I try to > fix it! > > Best regards, > > Dave Errington > Huldah Consulting > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find me on LinkedIn > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
