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Many years ago I started MacTalk, One More Thing and Reckoner. I've contributed to Delimiter, SMH/The Age, Macworld Australia, PC & Tech Authority, Australian Personal Computer, Drive Zero and Media Connect/ITJourno over my decade long stint as a tech writer. Reckoner won the 2014 Optus IT Journalism award for best independent media, which I know was a while ago but I'm proud of it.
You may also remember me as the guy who went to New York to buy some iPads or who set up a cryptocurrency mining farm in a shed, or scored a bunch of frequent flyer points off a bank. I used those points on two seperate business class trips around the world and it was heaps of fun.
I talk a lot of shit on Twitter and write boring nerdy long form stuff that nobody pays me for over on my blog decryption.net.au
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Email me, anthony@thesizzle.com.au and I'll usually reply in 24-48 hours. If you prefer to chat, add me on Telegram where I am @decryption
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Yes! Visit https://archive.thesizzle.com.au for previous issues of The Sizzle. I usually update it once a month.
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The almighty customer portal is where this operation can be conducted. Changing emails is manual at the moment while I figure out how to automate it - so for now please email me if you'd like to change the address where your daily Sizzle is sent.
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Yep, you guessed it - customer portal!
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As of October 2020, 685 people pay to read The Sizzle. I love them all!
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I spend half of my weekdays occupied with Sizzle related stuff and the other half as a freelance tech writer, mostly advertorial/sponsored content for various outlets but sometimes product reviews. If you need someone to write tech related words, please get in touch!
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Chargebee for billing, ActiveCampaign for sending emails, Zapier to tie the two together and GitHub Pages to host this site on.