Martin Wells

In a desperate (might one say, sad) attempt at personal fame. Mick “take me I’m yours” Liubinskas has started his very own meme - What are you wearing? As soon as you get tagged you have to blog about what you’re wearing, so here goes:

I’m wearing a wool blend knitted black polo neck, a pair of loose fit black pants, black Italian leather shoes, an eye-patch and am stroking a fluffy white cat… ok ok, not really. I’m wearing boxers, jeans, a polo shirt, black leather shoes (no laces) a mercier watch, no jewelry — gosh I’m simple.

Your turn at being silly Craig, GI, Mike and Nik.

I did the math and based on current ratios and projected growth I can’t see why we won’t see Google at $1000 per share by the end the year (or latest early next year). It’s $440 now (after today’s correction). [I wonder when they’ll split it]

That’s the hypey bit, and now for some perspective. Exxon makes as much profit ($19b) that Google does in revenue. And revenue wise Exxon does ~$400b. Exxon market cap $370b, Google market cap, $130b. Interesting ratio there.

Chris has tagged me in the media consumption meme, so here’s the rundown on my relationship with modern media:

Web: I rely on RSS predominently for news, around 400 feeds last count. I use Omea (just the reader version, I found Pro to be overkill). Omea is a desktop client, so it’s blindingly fast and lets me read news offline. Feeds are organised into folders based on priority for me “Tech News”, “Competitors Watch”, etc. The non-priority feeds like “Advice” are tagged so I can browse those during slow periods. The really really cool thing about Omea is the rules system. I tag feeds on whether they’re important or casual and then auto-expire them.

The key thing for RSS is Serph (which I’m beta testing, thanks Hiten) and Technorati both of which let me get a dynamic feed of blog entries matching keywords (Serph consistently finds more than Technorati).

Radio: I listen to ABC newsradio in the car on the way to work once or twice a week. It makes me feel like I still have a connection with the rest of the real world. That’s about it really. Edge FM sometimes if I’m bored.

TV: Huh? Oh, I remember that now. They had it when I was a kid. But seriously, I watch TV maybe once a month specifically for sport.

Movies: Love love love ‘em. Unfortunately only have time for 1 maybe 2 per week. Mostly DVDs.

Communications: Email, Tangler (now almost as much as email), SMS, Skype. I get email pushed to a KJAM, so I’m pretty much always on it. Used Twitter for about 2 weeks before I took it out the back and shot it. The phone only when I’m forced to.

Magazines: I get suckered in to subscribe to stuff every once in a while, but generally it’s too much work for too little information. Some that are (maybe) worth it (sometimes): Economist, Anthill, Red Herring

Music: Tons of MP3’s on my notebook, synced with my KJAM and media centre.

That’s it really… let’s hear it Tara, Mick, Chris, Craig and Mike.

Quick heads up about BarCamp Sydney coming up on Saturday March 3. Most of the Tangler team will be down there geeking it up in the ultimate unconference.

If you’ve never been to a barcamp you’re missing out on something fun and cool. It’s a no-holds-barred geek love fest for developers, entrepreneurs and bloggers. A great environment for meeting and learning from Sydney’s tech brightest.

If you want to join us, head over to the RSVP list and signup.

And based on a conversation at Dinner 2.0 last night, maybe we’ll see some Endgame class fun and games.

Last night I had the pleasure of hosting another Dinner 2.0 at Cafe Pacifico in Sydney’s east — with almost 30 people it was the biggest event yet.

Another great night of entrepreneurial talk, mexican food and tequila. Thanks to everyone who attended.

Highlights:

• Mike Cannon-Brookes retired — he’s done it all now hasn’t he?
• Dave from Freshview forgot his surfboard.
• Rob and Nick were back-patted on the launch of 3eep — an aussie sports social network based on sports. Congrats guys.
• Mike Zimmerman came in a tuxedo just to spite me.
• Nick played dodge the monkey on whether Zookoda had been sold. But he’s a VC now, so what do you expect.
• Alan Noble from Google finally confirmed that Aussies are indeed smarter, better looking and more geeky than their Silicon Valley counterparts. Thank god that’s finally been put to bed.

Lots of photos up here (thanks Mick).

Looking forward to the next one.