Following Australian Startups and Tech Trends

Today we showcase an exciting and successful venture co-founded in 2008 by Ian McCallam from Sydney, NSW, Australia , SMS Poll - Mobile Text Message Voting Application. In a recent email-based interview with Ian, he gave insights into his venture and how he is progressing with it. This is what he has to say: • Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests? Born, raised and graduated in London. I now live in Sydney. I’ve always been a bit of an ‘inventor of ideas’ and when the Internet came along I knew I could put down my pencil and paper and start creating things in a new world where they would be seen by people across the world (rather than just my friends and next door neighbour!). I started my digital media career about 10 years ago at a London agency creating online solutions for a variety of blue-chip clients. I spent my spare time writing about emerging trends on the web and across the world as one of the founding writers for PSFK.com. I later went on to e