Simple idea – don’t spend $100 or more going to a fancy restaurant to celebrate IWD – instead join us for a slightly different celebration of IWD.

Our plan is simple: bring your own lunch and join us to support International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) charity and network with likeminded people.

Entry is free, gold coin asked to help cover room rental costs and donations to IWDA will be collected separately.

Registrations here

Well here we are a whole 20 days old and what a  few weeks it’s been. We’ve published our guiding principles – sharing practical information generously — and announced the line-up for our first event,  Entering the Mobile Ecosystem on 3 March, which includes Graham Dawson, author of Australia’s best-selling iPhone app, OzWeather.

Flame war

Oh, and on that point, we’ve already had our first mini-flame war over our post on The Rewards of Australian iPhone Development, when one of Graham’s competitors took issue with our description of OzWeather as top-selling. But, as one commenter wrote, “It’s hard to argue with No. 1.”

Now with cartoons!

Yes, it’s fun and informative on the blog; much of the fun coming from in-house cartoonist Websinthe, whose topical cartoons have also been attracting comment.

But seriously

Like everyone else we’ve taken time to reflect on the bushfire tragedy, in particular on the role Twitter has had to play. The part that social networks have to play in disaster communication is something we’ll be investigating more fully in a future Silicon Federation Report — let us know if you would like more information.

Is it time your business got mobile?

The Entering the Mobile Ecosystem seminar is coming up and tickets are still available. All email newsletter subscribers are eligible for discount tickets to this event — get your free email subscription here.

Let’s talk

We look forward to seeing you there. In the meantime, we welcome you to the conversation. You can of course find us through the site, on Twitter as @siliconfed or on Facebook.