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Photo essay: The SmartShepherd startup adventure

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As the old song goes, I've been everywhere man . Or at least it seems that way. Here are some random photos from my phone history with something of a background to each one. Warning: image heavy and long-winded. Also in no particular order. In between the photos was a lot of hard work, software development on the road, collaring animals, meeting people, talking about sheep. Getting SmartShepherd off the ground was a whirlwind. Google Maps timeline Shenzhen, Hong Kong, San Francisco (I think the LA dot was me sleeping in the airport), a large chunk of New Zealand and all the sheep parts of Australia. Except for Cairns where there are no sheep, but there was a startup competition. Griffith, NSW: A Fairey Firefly On the way to an event in Hay, NSW. The closest airport to Hay is Griffith. Ordinarily I would drive down there although from my home base in Armidale it's 920km. So I flew once and regretted it largely due to the cost and the hassle of taking equipmen