The biggest search engine provider knows your office location, your commute, and your customer habits better than you do. But "free" tools come at a high price. When you move to local, open-source alternatives, you stop being the product and start being the owner. It’s time to take back control of your digital footprint.
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Digital Sovereignty sounds complex, but it’s simple: It’s the difference between renting your business tools and owning them. When the biggest social media providers change their algorithms or pricing, you shouldn't have to scramble. By using open-source tools, you own the keys to your kingdom.
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Ever tried getting a human on the phone from a Global tech giant when your email goes down?
Good Luck!
Local IT means having a partner in your timezone, who knows your neighbourhood. It's about human centric support that values your time over a support ticket number.
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Swimmers urged to check pollution in Port Phillip Bay before diving in
Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority says people wanting to cool off at Port Phillip Bay beaches this summer should stay across its regular pollution updates.
6️⃣. Bring your on-bike sound systems for our Spotify playlist, link soon at https://criticalmass.melbourne/
7️⃣. Speakers: tbh
8️⃣.Organised by #Bikelanes 4 Johnston St, #MerriBek Bicycle Users Group, #PortPhillip Bicycle Users Group, #Yarra Bicycle Users Group, #StreetsAlive Yarra, Streets Alive #darebin Bike Melbourne ... and especially YOU!
9️⃣ Have fun with all your new friends
🔟 Bookmark https://criticalmass.melbourne/ for future rides
MORE:
➡️ https://www.yarrabug.org/yarra-for-safer-streets/
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In a report to the Municipal Association of Victoria (archived here ), the Department of Transport and Planning say that the pop-up infra installed in Port Phillip and several other councils was a success.
Social ride and bike tour exploring a hundred years of 'gentle density' housing in St Kilda East. Led by architect Brendan Baxter, the ride will visit exemplary small to medium-scale housing built from the 1920s to today.
This joint event is held by Port Phillip Bicycle User Group and Jane's Walk and is the 4th in a series exploring gentle density in Port Phillip.
Easy 5km ride on streets through East St Kilda, finishing at a cafe. We ride together as a group and support less confident riders. Bring your own bike or hire a Lime bike.
Sunday 5 May 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1217947?
#melbourne #cycling #PortPhillip #urbanism
It's bays all the way down. Some doggerel for the day.
Embayment
Great bays have little bays upon their flanks to bight 'em,
And little bays have lesser bays, and headlands that define 'em.
And the great bays themselves, in turn, have greater bays they wash in;
While these again have greater still, and greater still, they lie in.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/port-phillip-bay-melbourne-naarm-bay-landmark/103692264
Craig Lambie
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Peter Riley
Port Phillip Bicycle Users
Greg Hills