Being unpaid tech support to family and friends sucks. But it can also lead to some pretty funny, bizarre and awkward moments. For our recent comp giving away 20 copies of Kaspersky Internet Security 2012, we asked you what your most amusing tech nightmare was. These are your stories. *dun dun*.
Hi guys, I’m very pleased to announce that Alex Kidman is the new editor of Gizmodo Australia! We had lots of interest, and the best person for the job was closer than expected. Alex has been guest editing Giz since I stepped up to publisher, and I couldn’t be happier. Meanwhile, look who was on the 7PM project last night talking about the iPhone 4S!
Wow that was an early start. Alex and Danny kicked off Gizmodo Australia’s meta-liveblog at 4am AEDT to bring you the best coverage coverage from our amazing friends around the web, along with Australian-specific news, availability and pricing. Here’s how it all went down. How did your predictions go?
Some exciting news: Starting today, we’ll have a weekend editor writing fresh stories, actively moderating your comments, and making sure the US posts are properly polished. Gizmodo AU will be humming seven days a week! But that’s not all the news we’ve got to share…
We’re looking for a new superhero! Someone with personality, gadget lust and witty charm to keep Gizmodo, Kotaku and Lifehacker humming on Saturday and Sunday! You’ll be working from home to spot and write fresh Aussie stories, moderate reader comments, and steadily feed through US posts. Here’s how you can get involved.
After five years at Gizmodo, I’m moving on to play around in the ocean a bit more and figure out what my next adventure is. Thanks for reading the site – I’ve had fun creating it. P.S. Joe Brown will be taking over for me. Congratulate him warmly!
If you want to work with the award winning team at Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Kotaku on a daily basis – breathing in geek as you exhale awesome – Allure Media is looking for a Technology Manager/Lead Developer to take our sites to the next level. Could it be you?
The job ad is below. If you’ve got the skills, get your application in now!
We know from our meet-ups this week that there’s plenty of imagination in our reader community. And imagination is the ultimate resource for our My Concept Rules contest. Tap into the power of Windows Azure, dream up a great application, and you could see it become a reality. Hit the link for all the details. [My Concept Rules]
Colour us excited, but we’re kicking off this week’s reader meetups tonight in Sydney. If you were lucky enough to claim a spot, we’ll be seeing you at the White Horse in Surry Hills from 6pm.
After five years and an uncountable number of posts – no really, there’s no system to count how many posts I’ve done – this is probably the most difficult one I’ve had to write. Starting next Monday, I say goodbye to Gizmodo and head on over to Lifehacker.
