Paul Wallbank – Brilliant Communications

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ABC Nightlife – building the businesses of the future
This Thursday night join Dom Knight and myself on ABC Nightlife to discuss what tools you can use to start or improve your business and how can we encourage more people to have a go.

Last week the last Australian car making jobs finished and a survey of the Geelong Ford workers found only one percent were interested in starting a new business.

If you missed the spot, you can listen to the podcast through the Nightlife website.

Despite the reluctance to start new businesses it’s never been easier to do so with a range of tools making it simpler to run one. Tonight on the Nightlife we look at some of those tools and what we can do to encourage more people to have a go at running their own companies.

For the program, I’ve a compiled a list of tools businesses should be using. It certainly isn’t exhaustive or definitive and if you have any suggestions on better or newer tools, I’ll be happy to add them.

Some of the questions we cover on the program include;
- who ran the survey of motor industry workers?
- what were most of them going to do?
- so what sort of businesses can these workers go into?
- what programs are being offered to these workers?
- how has starting a business changed over the past twenty years?
- is the focus on tech startups intimidating people who might want to start a business?
- what are the basic tools every business should have?
- a few years ago social media was all the rage, does it matter any more?
- what’s the number one advice for anyone thinking of starting a business?
Join us

Tune in on your local ABC radio station from 10pm Australian Eastern Summer time or listen online at www.abc.net.au/nightlife.

We’d love to hear your views so join the conversation with your on-air questions, ideas or comments; phone in on 1300 800 222 within Australia or +61 2 8333 1000 from outside Australia.

You can SMS Nightlife’s talkback on 19922702, or through twitter to @paulwallbank using the #abcnightlife hashtag or visit the Nightlife Facebook page.

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October 13, 2016
Metadata and privacy on ABC overnights
In the early hours of this morning I spoke with Rod Quinn on ABC Overnights about what exactly is metadata in light of current Australian government plans to mandate a data retention law for internet service providers.

Part of the problem in the debate is defining exactly what metadata is, something I’ve attempted to do previously.

The attempt to bring clarity to the discussion isn’t being helped by the confusing explanations of politicians as shown in this interview with Malcolm Turnbull, the communications minister, shows.

One of the things that kept coming up in the conversation, which we hope to have available shortly, was people who have nothing to hide should have nothing to fear.

These two videos — Don’t Talk To Cops Parts I and II — feature a law professor and police prosecutor speaking about how innocent people can be caught out by the law.

First the law professor;

Then the police prosecutor;

A question the law professor asks, “did you know it’s a Federal offence to posses a lobster?” The answer is ‘yes’ and in every country there’s almost no way any individual can be confident they haven’t committed a crime under some obscure or archaic law.

This is why an adult discussion on laws that change the burden of proof and how government agencies conduct themselves is important.

Another key point from this morning’s conversation is how we need to reconsider the boundaries of privacy and personal information.

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2UE Weekend Computers, 29 December 2012
This Saturday from 3.10 pm Seamus Byrne and myself will be standing in for regular guest Trevor Long to discuss tech with John Cadogan on Radio 2UE.

We’ll be taking calls on the Open Line, 13 13 32 or tweet to @paulwallbank while we’re on air.

Some of the things we’ll be covering include the following.

What type of smart phone?

We have the iPhone, Android and Windows phones. Which ones are better?
- The iPhone’s been dominating for the last few years, but now Android is overtaking it. Why’s that?
- Microsoft are pretty late with a mobile phone, can they catch up?
- What’s happened to the other makes like Nokia, Blackberry and Motorola?
- So what if you don’t want a smartphone, what if you just want something to make phone calls?
Checking your phone and Internet plans

There’s was story this week about how people are spending too much on their mobile phone and Internet plans. What should people be looking at and how often should they check their plans?

Paying for stuff with your mobile

You can use your phone as a boarding pass on some airlines, now Telstra and Vodafone are looking at ways to use your mobile to pay for groceries with your mobile phone.
- How does the system work?
- Who takes the money?
- Is this safe?
- How far is this away?
Your views, comments or questions are welcome so don’t be shy about calling in.

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December 28, 2012
702 ABC Mornings – Hacking 102
A number of callers asked about protecting their Facebook pages and information from hackers and spammers. Details are on the Netsmarts webpage

On 702 Sydney Mornings with Linda Mottram, we’re revisiting security and how it affects businesses and consumers after some stories of serious security breaches in everything from shops to pacemakers.

We’re looking at some pretty important issues, including how four million hotel locks are open to hackers and thieves.

Even more scary is the risk that pacemakers can be hacked. This story is a cautionary tale on good intentions being bought undone by bad security practices.

For businesses, the risk of having customers’ credit card details hacked is a serious issue. Two years ago the US fast food chain Subway had a major breach when criminals managed to break into franchisees’ Point Of Sales systems.

Recently the Australian Federal Police broke up a similar crime gang operating out of Romania.

A misconception about computer security is that all hackers are evil. The reality is most aren’t and a good example of this is Random Hacks of Kindness where geeks get together to find ways of using tech to improve society. We’ll look at last weekend’s Melbourne event.

Join us on 702 Sydney from shortly after 9.30am. We’d like to hear your views, comments or questions so call in on 1300 222 702 or SMS on 0467 922 702 or tweet with @702Sydney in the message.

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December 3, 2012
702 Sydney mornings – watching TV on the net
On 702Sydney Mornings this month with Linda Mottram, we’re looking at at how the Internet is changing the way we watch TV.

How much do you use ABC’s iView? Okay it’s not every program for forever but it’s a godsend when you’re time poor – and who isn’t these days. So you can catch up with the programs on ABC TV you’ve missed or you knew you couldn’t watch it live.

We’d love to hear from you if you’re now watching TV programs – ANY TV programs – primarily on the Net, through your internet browser rather than sitting in front of a telly.

Aside from catch-up services like iView, ABC is already providing programs LIVE. If you log on to ABC News 24 website, you’ll be watching a live TV news straight away. And then of course there’re a number of avenues for pay–per-view services.”

Some of the things we’ll be discussing are;
- Differences between different services and how they work and how much they cost.
- Free-to-air or Pay-per-view. Just how much is available for free and how much isn’t?
- Limitations of catch-up services. How long are programs kept, how comprehensive is their collection?
- Limitations caused by copyright laws. Some overseas programs are either very difficult to view or impossible to view online. Will the technology advance mean these limitations will be irrelevant soon if not already?
- Nobody wants to squint at smartphones to watch nature documentaries do they? Is the quality really up to scratch? Alternatively, what do YOU as a computer/smartphone/tablet user need to know that your viewing experience is as enjoyable as possible?
- While catchup services are becoming more popular than ever, take up of internet based TV (IPTV) remains very low. Will this ever change? What will cause the change?
- If the catchup services’ popularity continues to grow – and there’s nothing to suggest it’ll slow down – wouldn’t commercial television need to re-examine their advertising based business models seriously?
- Main takeups of TV-watching on the net will be younger audiences, but it is quite often more mature and older audience who complain about the permeating advertising. What will it take older audience to flee further and significantly to Net-TV?
Some of the material we’ll be referring to in the program is the ACMA report on Online Video Content Services in Australia and Screen Australia’s What to Watch in an Online World.

Join us on 702 Sydney from shortly after 9.30am. We’ll probably take some calls on 1300 222 702 and we’d like to hear your views, comments or questions.

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