High stakes lawsuits
Epic v Apple is a very big deal.
Inside League of Geeks with Blake Mizzi & Lisy Kane
This week's show features two leading lights from the League of Geeks, co-founder and design director Blake Mizz and lead producer Lisy Kane.
Solving big problems with little sensors
Brian Swift from unicorn startup SafetyCulture talks about the tech that's helping companies increase safety and reduce risk.
Apps, clouds and platform control
Will we end up where Steve Jobs started the iPhone? With web-based apps that preserve control for those who make them beyond the borders of the App Store?
Creating AR with Simone Clow (Virtual Immersive)
Simone Clow is CEO of Virtual Immersive, a company that produces commercial VR/AR content to create cool experiences in stores and at special events.
The awkward brilliance of game storytelling
It's a game-y sort of week at Byteside, kicking off with a book that included accidental game references in its very real historic fiction.
More than a business story
More tech stories in the culture pages, please.
Digital scarcity
Limitlessness always seems viable within a digital context. But how does it work when real people have to use it?
Some friction is good for you
the hunt for 'frictionless' interactions and interfaces misses an important fact: some friction is essential to making things that matter.
Blightbound designer Jasper Koning from Ronimo Games
Jasper Koning, Founder of Ronimo Games talks Blightbound, a dungeon crawler that looks like Golden Axe but might have more in common with Destiny or Diablo.
The agony and ecstasy of Dolby Atmos
From old school cassette tapes to the latest in home theatre, we get a little audio crazy this week. Plus more insights into the new jobs at Byteside.
External motivations
This week school has gone back here in NSW and while the world is still in a very difficult place with the pandemic, our kids had a pretty ‘normal’ holidays. The first since October 2019. The summer was black. Kids couldn’t play outside because of the fires. They couldn’
Transparency is a vulnerability
Today I pulled the trigger on expanding the Byteside team, creating an opportunity to bring two paid writers on board to work with me across the site, the newsletter, the social presence, and the podcasts. I love working in a team. I’ve got a good track record of helping
Byteside is evolving: come work with us!
Byteside, the miniature media empire covering tech, games and digital culture, is adding new (and paid) opportunities to join the editorial team.
COVIDSafe: Did tech or marketing fail?
Seamus and Nic discuss the mystery of what's gone wrong with the COVIDSafe, plus WWDITS, SBS OnDemand, and the BOM app is now excellent!
Fall Guys: the kind of fun we need right now?
This week Seamus speaks to the team behind Fall Guys, the hotly anticipated 'Battle Royale' that is more Japanese game show than Fortnite.
Hearthstone goes back to school with Scholomance Academy expansion
The key details on the latest Hearthstone expansion: Scholomance Academy! Spellbursts, Dual Class, and a living Kel'Thuzad?
Picking Your Battles
Facebook can be a place for good. It has those pockets all over its swampy landscape. Demanding it be better is more important when it’s urgent it gets on with the job of fixing runaway racism, conspiracies, and anti-scientific bloviation.
Scam Poetry
Seamus quickly admits that he can't quit Facebook and Nic can't get money back from Wish. But at least there's flying cars coming to outback NSW!
It's over before it begins
No time for a column today, but I do want to say I’m admitting defeat in my quest to truly delete myself from Facebook. I’ve had multiple occasions over the past week where I have had professional reasons to use the service. To not be able to report
