Fairfax Columns 2001

Since early 1999 GP I have written a weekly opinion column for the Tuesday IT section in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, published by John Fairfax. This supplement is now called 'Next'. I also write occasional feature and news pieces.

You can download any of these articles from this website. Note:

  • All files are MS Word documents
  • They are as I originally wrote them, not as subsequently edited by Fairfax
  • There are no headlines - these are added by Fairfax subeditors

Here are the two features I wrote in 2001. They are undated, unfortunately.
File Synopsis Download
F01clevercountry How Australia rates very well on many indices of international IT usage download
F01govtit The Australian government's confused IT policies download
 
Here are the columns for 2001. There are brief synposes of each piece - no full text search available, sorry.
Date File Synopsis Download
16 Jan 2001 F010116hal Musings on the speed at which technology changes, with reference to Arthur C Clarke download
23 Jan 2001 F010123mobiles The ubiquity of mobile phones, and the move to 3G download
30 Jan 2001 F010130pcsales The decline in the PC market — we are at saturation point. download
6 Feb 2001 F010206govtit The Australian government’s pathetic record in IT policy download
13 Feb 2001 F010213neweconomy The death (or non-birth) of the “new economy” download
20 Feb 2001 F010220integ The story of Steve Killelea and Integrated Research download
27 Feb 2001 F010227govtit2 Responses to 6 Feb’s column on the ineptitude of the government’s IT policies download
6 Mar 2001 F010306bloatware How a lot of software, particularly that from Microsoft, is inefficient and over-functioned download
13 Mar 2001 F010313harmer A look at Rob Harmer and www.pcprofile.com, a small Aussie PC security company download
20 Mar 2001 F010320ideas The history of Ideas International (www.ideasinternational.com) and their IPO download
27 Mar 2001 F010327plowman Christopher Plowman and Secure Interactive (www.secureinteractive.com), a good little Aussie web design company download
3 April 2001 F010403merced The release (finally) of the Merced IA64 chip download
10 April 2001 F010410china How the Chinese IT industry is growing and why Aussie companies should go there download
17 April 2001 F010417atoms The growth of 3G and wireless, and why we should stop turning digits into atoms and back again download
24 April 2001 F010424access Why MS Access is the work of the devil download
1 May 2001 F010501jedi How the Internet “can help a lie go round the world while truth is still putting on its boots”, with reference to the campaign to put “Jedi Knight as one’s religion on census forms download
8 May 2001 F010508informix IBM’s purchase of DBMS company Informix download
15 May 2001 F010515filemaker Why Filemaker is so much better the MS Access download
22 May 2001 F010522backup The recent theft of GP’s laptop and the importance of backing up data download
29 May 2001 F010529sropsys Strategic Research’s analysis of relative strengths of various operating systems download
5 Jun 2001 F010605backup2 Responses to 22 May column on backups download
12 Jun 2001 F010612indbodies How vendors set up supposedly independent IT industry forums download
19 Jun 2001 F010619linuxbigots How the Linux bigots came out in force to flame GP for reporting it’s not as strong as many think download
26 Jun 2001 F010626univac The 50th anniversary of UNIVAC and the birth of commercial computing download
3 July 2001 F010703openpm An open letter to Australian PM John Howard berating him for selectively quoting GP in parliament download
10 July 2001 F010710alpha The demise of the Alpha chip and a comment on the chip wars download
17 July 2001 F010717westpac GP’s attempts to set up Internet banking through Westpac download
24 July 2001 F010724sitesuite An examination of the business model of Aussie website develop SiteSuite (www.sitesuite.com.au) download
31 July 2001 F010731aiia An examination of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) download
7 Aug 2001 F010807ibmpc The 20th anniversary of the IBM PC download
14 Aug 2001 F010814downturn2001 The downturn in the IT industry, and in IT publications download
21 Aug 2001 F010821shannon Analyst Terry Shannon’s views on the future of Compaq download
28 Aug 2001 F010828bell An interview with Internet pioneer and IT guru Gordon Bell download
4 Sep 2001 F010904acs Australian Computer Society president John Ridge on how the ACS has changed download
11 Sep 2001 F010911webdesign Tim O’Brien and the fundamentals of good web design download
18 Sep 2001 F010918snailbrain How researchers in Germany have connected living tissue with silicon chips, and what this means for the future of the human race download
25 Sep 2001 F010925hpcompaq Comments on the proposed HP takeover of Compaq download
2 Oct 2001 F011002expenditure The changing nature of IT expenditure, away from hardware and towards services download
9 Oct 2001 F011009bifail How a lack of good business intelligence causes many companies to fail download
16 Oct 2001 F011016newlaws Kevin Kelly’s Rules for the New Economy revisited download
23 Oct 2001 F011023demant A review of David Demant’s book “The First Computer Mouse” download
30 Oct 2001 F011030msxp Microsoft’s Windows XP and the history of its OS strategy download
6 Nov 2001 F011106powerpoint How GP gave a presentation without Powerpoint, and why that product is often misused download
13 Nov 2001 F011113bookplug GP shamelessly reviews and plugs the CCH book he edited (Australian Guide to eBusiness) download
20 Nov 2001 F011120anal Gartner, Forrester, Meta and IDC on how the IT world changed after 11 September, and their forecasts for the next year download
27 Nov 2001 F011127oswar2 Windows vs Linux vs Unix — why operating systems don’t matter so much any more download
4 Dec 2001 F011204winebase A reviews of the Winebase cellar management software (www.winebase.com.au) download
11 Dec 2001 F011211yearend A look at the year in IT, and ten predictions for 2002 download

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