Richard Giles has been in the technology industry for more than 15 years. He started his career in the early nineties with the largest cell phone provider in the UK, and he was one of the first to demonstrate that thieves could steal people’s phone numbers to make free phone calls. When he returned to Australia in 1992, Richard discovered the Internet and worked with organizations to build intranets and extranets before most knew what a Net was. While working for Sun Microsystems for almost 10 years, Richard produced its first podcast, speaking with engineers and their Chief Operating Officer in the process. After leaving he set up Clique Communications to focus on authoring, consulting, and entrepreneurship.

He co-authored the Podcasting Pocket Guide, and recently completed How to Use Flickr: The Digital Photography Revolution. He also produces The Gadget Show podcast, which was voted Best Australian Podcast in The 2006 Australian Blog Awards.