don’t feed the dinosaurs
I got a call yesterday from a freelance journalist. He’s working to place a short piece in the Age arts section, and wanted to include about 80 words on Fitzroyalty and a suitable image. He called me...
View ArticleI like to SEO
I preface this post by saying I’m genuinely not trying to promote myself. I’m just using Fitzroyalty as an example. Hold that bile and invective. Today’s website insight is about search engine...
View Articleon the use of the term ‘Fitzroyalty’
When I arrived in Melbourne and began living in North Fitzroy, I encountered the verbal colloquialism ‘Fitzroyalty’. As an example of street slang, the term had no obvious origins or legal status. At...
View Articlespace cadet syndrome
Sigh. I try to do a useful thing by discussing what appears to be an interesting topic related to social media and the marketing of local events, and I am disliked for it. My recent post about the use...
View Articleon being non-commercial in a commercial world
I get asked questions related to the business status of Fitzroyalty a lot. Why doesn’t it have advertising? Why don’t I register a .com domain name? Why don’t I behave more like an entrepreneur? How...
View Articlekeep your stupidity to yourself
OMG, WTF and LOL. I am overdosing on interactions with stupid people at the moment. Two in one day yesterday necessitated some venting. First I got an email from ‘Clarence’ from a marketing agency...
View ArticleHot house media and events – fuck off you moronic PR goons
I get a lot of junk email. Apart from the spam I get many irrelevant press releases and invites from advertising, marketing and public relations agencies. They obviously employ some ignorant person to...
View Articlea measure of success
In August 2010 I have achieved some significant numbers with Fitzroyalty. I’m publishing this information not to promote myself but to show the progress that can be achieved if you are serious about...
View ArticleCity of Yarra publishes new website, forgets to add new features
In May 2009 I wrote about some of the problems with the City of Yarra website. In June I wrote to them and volunteered some ideas about how they could improve their website and their communications. In...
View Articlewhat is an advertorial blog post worth?
A year ago I wrote about the ethics of publishing sponsored reviews, and I have been watching developments closely since then. Following up from my recent post when bloggers sell out audiences stop...
View ArticleFitzroyalty 2010 – the year in review
2010 may appear in hindsight to be the year that Fitzroyalty became more than a hobby for me: it became more like a mission. In looking back over the stories I have published and the events that have...
View ArticleFitzroyalty at 5
I’ve been writing Fitzroyalty for 5 years now (it started in May 2006) and last night it passed over 2 million pageviews. Almost all of this traffic has come in the last 2 years. It took me some time...
View Articletell me where to go – experimenting with a new poll plugin
Since I began the monthly ‘tell me where to go’ poll I have been using a Flash based poll plugin as, at the time, it was the only one I could find that worked as documented. Apart from embedding a web...
View Articlea break in transmission
Apologies for the lack of content over the weekend. I’ve kept up the twice a day publishing schedule for over two years now, but I’ve run out of content and enthusiasm. Changes in my working and...
View ArticleStencil cafe, Fitzroyalty, libel, fraud, bribery and the ethics of hyperlocal...
If this is some kind of performance art, I’m starting to tire of it. I got home from work today and read my emails. A reader had emailed me this photo. I’m speechless. Whoever created it is, I allege,...
View Articlecorrespondence with a moron
This comment was recently posted on Fitzroyalty in relation to this post about art deco architecture in Bondi: beaut photos… hope you dont mind if we use em to promote Bondi Beach Art Deco… have a look...
View Articlea criminal dummy spit
Fitzroyalty is sometimes deliberately confrontational and does not shy away from direct and uncompromising discussions about topical local issues. This inevitably causes conflict, and Fitzroyalty is a...
View Articlethe Australian Federal Police says threatening to make a denial of service...
Three weeks ago I wrote about an implied denial of service threat I received from a belligerent moron who failed to convince me that taggers are not morons. I followed the advice I received and...
View ArticleTripadvisor ignores Australian copyright owners
Yesterday I happened to be browsing Beechworth listings on Tripadvisor when I saw a photo that looked familiar. The photo used on the Green Shed restaurant page is one I took in 2012 and published in...
View Articlepreparing for the future of web publishing
You may have noticed some changes to the design and information architecture of Fitzroyalty. I have been busy preparing the site for the future. The site has used a responsive Wordpress theme for over...
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