How Australia’s Technology Stands Out

How Australia’s Technology Stands Out
We’re still finishing up and figuring out what we need, but I bought a Sonos speaker — partly to offset the music we can hear from the hip sneaker store below us; partly because I find
that music can be a useful team builder and a tool for inspiration.
Malls and small-town Main Streets are still crowded all over Australia, which feels like a throwback to me as an American,
and online shopping is not as common as it is in the United States.
Damien Cave, the Australia bureau chief for The Times, who is based in Sydney, discussed the tech he’s using.
I’ll never forget when David Gonzalez, a longtime Times reporter I’ve always greatly admired,
came into a class I was in at Columbia Journalism School and started playing Miles Davis.
No offense to Craig Newmark (whom I know from covering tech ages ago) and his Craigslist,
but there’s a lot to be learned from how Gumtree works on mobile and integrates messaging across platforms.
Americans living in Australia seem to be thrilled, especially those (like me) who
got very used to relying on Amazon for almost everything in the United States.