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Professional WordPress Security at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup
Last month at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup, we held an open Q&A panel. The vast majority of questions were related
August 15, 2019
News
WordPress Hosting Basics
Yesterday evening I gave a talk on WordPress Hosting Basics. Thanks to everyone that came along, it was interesting to
November 15, 2018
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Improving the WordPress Ecosystem with Tide
One of the reasons why WordPress is popular is because of the massive ecosystem that surrounds the project. The WordPress
August 9, 2018
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Shopify at the Melbourne SEO Meetup
Last night, as part of the Melbourne SEO Meetup – we ran a quick “site clinic”, where a few of
June 8, 2017
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Is My WordPress Site Hacked? – Melbourne WordPress Developer Meetup
With information security being one of my passions, it was great fun to present at the Melbourne WordPress Developers Meetup
July 22, 2016
Big Digital Adelaide 2016 Live Blog
The Big Digital Adelaide conference kicked off this week – from June 7-8, 2016 at The Science Exchange. Below you’ll find a
June 7, 2016
Blog
Search Marketing Summit Sydney 2016 Live Blog
The Search Marketing Summit (SMS) is currently being held in Sydney, Australia from 1st June – 2nd June 2016. Advanced
June 1, 2016
Big Digital Adelaide 2016
As a lover of all things tech and marketing, Adelaide’s newest and most exciting digital marketing conference was definitely something
May 25, 2016
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What Do You Know (WDYK) Melbourne
Last night John and Rosemary from the Web Directions team held the event What Do You Know (WDYK). Web Directions
March 17, 2016
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How to Test for the DROWN Vulnerability
The “DROWN Attack” is the name given to a recent vulnerability impacting on some servers running SSLv2. This page contains
March 1, 2016
Blog
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
The Melbourne SEO Meetup took place tonight, with Sue Ellson talking about LinkedIn and myself talking about Accelerated Mobile Pages,
March 1, 2016
Blog
WordPress, JavaScript and Melbourne Developer Communities on Triple R
Last night I was lucky enough to be invited on to the Byte Into IT show on Triple R to
November 25, 2015
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WordPress Security at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup
WordPress Security was the topic of focus at the local Melbourne WordPress User Meetup. Amelia Briscoe covered .htaccess and Tristan
November 11, 2015
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Melbourne Spring Fashion Week: Bloggers and SEO
Next week, I’m set to be part of the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week calendar of events. For me, a Think
August 25, 2015
News
Learn SEO Event at #Envatotalks
Thanks to everyone that braved the chilly evening to come along to Envato in Melbourne for one of their #Envatotalks
June 11, 2015
News
SEO Training in Melbourne
SEO training is a sought after service and something I get quite a few email questions about. There a few companies
June 9, 2015
Blog
WordCamp Brisbane 2015 Live Blog
WordPress Developers and Users came together at the Queensland University of Technology, for the first WordCamp held in Brisbane, Australia.
May 30, 2015
WordPress Developers and Users Unite: WordCamp Brisbane 2015
WordPress is everywhere you turn, it’s by far the one the most popular web platforms in use today. One of
May 25, 2015
SMX Sydney 2015 Live Blog
SMX Sydney 2015 (#smxsydney or #smxsyd15) took place this year at the SMC Conference and Function Centre on Goulburn Street in the
May 12, 2015
WordPress Training at the Footscray Community Arts Centre
WordPress training seems to be a common question I get via my contact form, so I thought I’d post about
February 5, 2015
How to Test for the SSLv3 Poodle Vulnerability
You’ve probably heard about the ‘Poodle’ vulnerability, it’s been front page news on most tech new sites today. Poodle is
October 15, 2014
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Testing for the Shellshock Bash Vulnerability
Shellshock (or Shell Shocker) is the name given to a recent vulnerability affecting systems running the Bash shell. Bash is the
September 27, 2014
WordCamp 2013 Melbourne
If you haven’t already heard, WordCamp 2013 is on in Melbourne! It’s a fantastic community-focused event and the line up
March 30, 2013
WordCamp Sydney 2012
If you’ve caught up with me lately chances are you’ve heard me rabbiting on about WordCamp. WordCamp is an informal
June 29, 2012
Free WordPress Training in Australia
With the help of a few friends, I’ve started up free WordPress training workshops in Australia, along with a website
May 21, 2012
IT Equipment for Queensland Flood Relief
If you have any spare IT gear laying around gathering dust, donate it to the Queensland Floods IT Relief Programme.
January 20, 2011
twill and CLI Web Testing
A while ago I came across twill whilst working on a testing project and thought others may also be interested.
October 12, 2009
Please Help Victims of the Victorian Bushfires
If you can afford to do so, please donate generously to the victims of the Victorian bushfires. OurCommunity has several
February 10, 2009
The 2008 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium – Friday 30th May 2008
The 2008 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium is a one day technical conference held in Melbourne. It is organised by the
May 12, 2008
First Melbourne Flex User Group Meeting – OzFlex
I went along to the first Melbourne Flex User Group meeting tonight, OzFlex. I must say it was exciting to
May 12, 2008
Melbourne Flex and AIR Event
The local Adobe User Group is canvassing Aussies about the possibility of a Flex event in Melbourne. Adobe Platform Evangelist
January 10, 2008
Open Source Developers’ Conference 2007
The Open Source Developers’ Conference 2007 is a conference designed by open source developers, for developers and business people. It
October 18, 2007
MySQL via JDBC and an Overview of MySQL use in Australia
The MySQL User Group is well and truly alive in Melbourne, so make sure you enter this one in your
October 11, 2007
OWASP Australia Security Conference 2008
A Call for Papers for the OWASP Australia Security Conference 2008 was posted on the OWASP Australia list today. This
October 8, 2007
SAGE-AU Victorian Chapter Meeting – “Freebase”
SAGE-VIC have been invited to attend the first Freebase user group meeting outside of the US. Since a few SAGE-AU
October 4, 2007
Spam Open Forum – Part Two
Thanks to everyone that came along to the SAGE-AU Victoria Spam Open Forum. Again, it was a very interesting to
September 19, 2007
Design-Led Innovation Seminar
Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist for Microsoft Australia, will discuss how he sees design leading innovation in consumer and enterprise
August 20, 2007
Tweaking Rails Code For Performance and The Daemons Gem
Melbourne Ruby meetup Thursday night A reminder that the Melbourne Ruby User Group is meeting on Thursday night (July 26),
July 23, 2007
Prototyping HTML and Flex Applications and Actionscript 3 Basics
Melbourne Adobe User Group Meeting When? Evening of Thursday 19th July 2007, 6PM to 9PM. Dual presentation by Brian Chau:
July 19, 2007
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Security-Enhanced Linux
SAGE-AU Victorian Chapter Meeting – Tuesday 10th July 2007 DATE: Tuesday 10th July 2007 TIME: 7:00 PM till 8:00 PM
July 7, 2007
SAGE-AU’2007 – The 15th Annual Australian System Administrators’ Conference
SAGE-AU is pleased to announce the fifteenth annual Australian System Administrators’ conference (SAGE-AU’2007) will be held at the Sebel Parramatta
July 6, 2007
Expression Studio and Silverlight – Melbourne PHP User Group Meeting
Date: Thursday 12th July 2007 Time: 7.00pm Address Hitwise Melbourne Level 6, 580 St Kilda Rd Melbourne Expression Studio Round
July 6, 2007
Best “Out of Office” Automatic Replies
I’m taking a break from work for a few weeks, and even though I *won’t* be enabling an “out of
June 16, 2007
SAGE-AU Spam Open Forum
There’s been quite a bit of interest in the event below so I thought it may be worth making the
April 12, 2007
The 2007 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium
The SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium is a one day technical conference to be held in Melbourne. The symposium offers an
January 25, 2007
The Open Source Developers’ Conference 2006
The Open Source Developers’ Conference (OSDC) is back for it’s third year! OSDC will cover a diverse mixture of langauges,
November 10, 2006
RUXCON – Fourth Year Running!
RUXCON is a conference for the Australian computer security community held at the University of Technology in Sydney. The list
September 17, 2006
The SAGE-AU Victorian Regional Chapter Annual IT Symposium
The SAGE-AU Victorian regional chapter will hold it’s third annual IT Symposium on April 28th, 2006 at the Grand Chancellor
March 29, 2006
linux.conf.au 2006 – Dunedin, NZ
linux.conf.au is the annual Australian Linux technical conference, and is one of the largest gatherings of users and developers of
January 1, 2006
The Open Source Developers’ Conference 2005!
The Open Source Developers’ Conference (OSDC) is back! OSDC will showcase over 160 delegates, including lots of local talent along
November 18, 2005
SEOworkshop.com.au – SEO Training Course
I’ve just started taking bookings for a 1 day training course on the topic of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). I
September 12, 2005
Web Essentials 2005 (WE05)
Molly Holzschlag, Eric Meyer, Tantek Çelik, Jeff Veen, Kelly Goto, Douglas Bowman, Derek Featherstone, Dean Jackson, Cameron Adams, John Allsopp,
June 6, 2005
