Who's driving?
You can’t plot a course and then give everyone a steering wheel, or just give everyone their own map whether they know how to read it or not.
Seamus Byrne
Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.
Byteside Podcast
Binge the facts
Seamus + Nic think back on Presto, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Play, Foxtel Go, and where you'll go to play now. Wait... plus the usual rabbitholes and side quests.
Games
One year on D&D Live goes online
A 1:1 show this time around, as Seamus thinks on one year since the show launched after D&D Live in 2019 and how that event has had to go online in 2020.
Games
Minecraft Dungeons Review: Diablo for families in the best possible way
Here with Minecraft Dungeons, Mojang Studios and Double Eleven have built a full fledged action RPG with a gorgeous Minecraft skin.
Stifling aggregation
Market domination puts the rest of us in cultural hot water while the big players buy and sell the hot tub.
Security
Happy International Password Day with Alex Wilson from Yubico
Alex Wilson from Yubico talks about the issues with dealing with passwords and how little physical keys like Yubikey can save us from password hell.
Games
Gaming under a spotlight, with Grace Watkins, Click Management CEO
Grace Watkins talks to Seamus about Click Management and their effort to grow a team of Aussie gaming influencers and content creators.
Byteside Podcast
Let the memes save us
Loving the memes right now, and find they help take the edge off a tricky time. But can we please stop trying to turn everything into a meme factory?
One year on... what do you think?
I started this newsletter one year ago! Well, more than… but this is the 50th issue so I feel confident I’m definitely past the one year datestamp. I just double checked: it was April 26, 2019. I wish I had something poignant or exciting to say. 50 feels like
Games
Ross Symons, Big Ant Studios
This week I'm chatting with Ross Symons, CEO of Big Ant Studios, Australia's most prolific maker of sports video games. Cricket, AFL, tennis, rugby league,
New Realities
Vivacious VR with HTC's Thomas Dexmier
Thomas Dexmier from HTC ANZ joins Jetpacks Are Overrated this week to talk about the state of VR hardware right now and where things are going next.
New Realities
Virtual Insanity
From Miquela to the HTC Cosmos, the latest Byteside podcast is a walk through all kinds of virtual reality. Plus Tesla, remote work & Spot the robot.