Cisco has put out its Annual Visual Networking Index Forecast. For those not in the know, Cisco equipment powers a vast majority of the information flow on the Internet, putting them in a great position to forecast how Internet traffic will look in 5 years time.

Their estimate is that Internet traffic will quadruple between 2009 and 2014, and that online video will be the biggest driver of that growth. 91% of all consumer internet traffic in 2014…

The basic outline of what I’ll be covering (in 30 mins!) is at the end of the post.

There are plenty of great people presenting on the day as well, including Hugh Baldwin from MTV, Rob Leach from MCN who had a great presentation last year, and former colleagues of mine from ninemsn Nicholas Gray and…

After a massive (and unexpected) response to our private beta, we’ve selected 50 people to join us on the ride as we launch our site. Exciting stuff. If you’re interested in joining the next beta group, sign up at http://junointeractive.com.au

Anyone who’s tried it would know that getting a startup off the ground, literally, is the hardest part. The first thing I’ve decided is not to go for titles. We don’t have a business until we have a business, so it’s hard to be a VP or CEO of something that doesn’t really exist yet apart from a prototype and some big ideas. Until we start getting real paying customers and have a viable business, I’m taking Steve…

We certainly don’t waste any time over here. We’re looking for a closed beta group to start testing our service in May. If you’re interested, head on over to http://junointeractive.com.au and click on the beta sign up button.