What does $280 million by you? Well it will get you Last.fm, the social community consisting of 15 million music geeks and serial top tenners the world over

All I can say is that I hope that don’t screw it up! Greater discussion on the acquisition over at TechCrunch.

20 years on, the amorphous space-age food of the future can’t be found on the supermarket shelf in this incarnation. It’s probably had the sugar replaced within NutraSweet and been converted into a Weight Watchers pudding or something similar. Love the music as well!!?

I wonder if Alexey Pajitnov, creator of Tetris would ever see his game emulated to a degree by humans?

You have to love the media and how often they present such an uneducated view of their topics of discussion.

Take the tragic shooting that occurred in Melbourne yesterday - note the reputable news source. With one person dead and several others in critical condition, the media have importantly focussed on the assailant, but also on one of those that was shot.

Kaera Douglas was a victim of the shooting on the corner of Flinders Lane and William Street in Melbourne’s central business district yesterday morning. With the wonders of Google and the power of it to search every nook and cranny of the web, we now know she has a Myspace page.

Mark “Chopper” Read is in Douglas’s online network of contacts, although this doesn’t imply she is close. The site allows people to link themselves to celebrities, with former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, singer Jewel and porn star Jenna Jameson all listed as “friends”.

Oh please? Did you actually know that you can add anyone as a ‘friend’ on Myspace? I do realise that you used quote marks, but you surely added those to give your article some legitimacy. By her friends, all it shows is that she likes crap music, criminal-cum-celebrities and porn? Whoop-de-dooh. Sure, she likes motorcycles, but so do two of guys that work for me. Maybe she met Uncle Chop Chop when she was working the door of the Crown Casino? Who knows, or in fact really cares if she keeps in touch.

Erik Jensen, Daniel Ziffer or Ben Doherty - which one of you is guilty for this pap? Your journalism is more appropriate for Today Tonight than the Sydney Morning Herald.

PS. Hey Chopper, I know you’re reading this, thanks for the add.

I attended a presentation and networking event last night for marketers and it was quite apparent that many traditional marketers are still not immersed in what is occurring in digital channels.

In response to some comments from various members of the group last night, I thought I’d outline the social networking tools I personally use, and also some of the applications that are buzzing about at the moment.

I’ll have this article completed in the next week - until then, if you’re feeling a little impatient and want to get a taste of what’s out there - subscribe to the site via my feed and hook up with me on LinkedIn and Facebook. Once you’re on Facebook, have a look for the newly established groups finserv.au and Australasian Digital Media. Remember that these platforms are in their infancy, so don’t expect communication miracles overnight. With networking of any type, it does take time to build a strong network and for people to become familiar with the modes of operation.

A DEMF sneak-peak performance by Moodymann playing “California”. Moodymann plays DEMF this long weekend in Detroit with Pitch Black City along with Jeff Mills, Octave One, Charles Webster, Luciano plus a host of other performers - not to forget a 6 hour DJ/live set from Rhythm & Sound with Willi Williams, Milton Henry and Lloyd Barnes aka Bullwackie.

Oh to be in Motor City this weekend!

I’ve been chosen to sit on the judges panel for the Web Marketing Association’s 2007 WebAwards.

The 2007 WebAwards will name the best Websites in 96 industry categories.

The WebAwards are a high profile set of awards in online circles, and with finanancial services organisations such as Fidelity, Merrill Lynch and Charles Schwab winning several awards in 2006, not to mention agencies such as Leo Burnett, Wunderman and Tribal DDB - it shows that the big guns take such awards seriously.

Further, it will be interesting to understand the criteria used in judging the websites and how this compares with our industry based efforts to ‘judge’ websites that I have either seen or been involved with.

Watch the big man Leverock from Bermuda move, watch him celebrate! Watch Malachi Jones do a lap of the oval after taking his first wicket with his first delivery in World Cup cricket.