Tag Archives: australia

Things in America That Australia Needs

I’ve been living in the United States for almost a year now, and there are a few services that I use very regularly that would do fantastically well if someone were to bring them to Australia. It’s been a while since I’ve been home, so someone could have started these already, but here is the [...]

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Aggregate Opinions on uTag

Launched at Startup Camp Australia last weekend, uTag is a new service aimed at rewarding users for the value they pass onto their online social networks. At its core, it is a URL shortening service – the difference is that uTag place a banner ad frame on top of the redirected website, sharing revenue with [...]

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United States Visa Process – Australian E3

When the opportunity to move to the United States first came up, the number one potential issue in my mind was obtaining a working visa. The U.S. Embassy website makes the process seem incredibly complex, and the only first-hand accounts of the visa application process made it sound very hard and daunting. Plus, these accounts [...]

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Brightkite Mobile Check-ins From Australia

I have been using the new Brightkite location-aware social network (invite-only at this point) a lot over the last few days, and one of the very common questions I hear is how I do check-ins from my mobile phone, since at this point only U.S. carriers are supported for their SMS service. The (not so) [...]

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