Social media, we all know it. Most of us probably use it on a personal level – Facebook, Twitter, Bebo… It’s an online, interactive, community-building wonder world that’s not a craze; it’s here to stay. Despite the genius of social media sites dissolving the distance of...
Continue ReadingClassical Design I was looking forward to Kevin McLoud’s version of a European Grand Tour on ABC 1, but nothing had prepared me for the jewels of architecture that he is uncovering in Italy. He is visiting places I never got to on my less than extensive...
Continue ReadingThe season premiere for So You Think You Can Dance has become a launching pad for a new advertising campaign for bananas. Random? Not really. It has been quite cleverly integrated into the theme of the popular television show, using the banana's rich stores of...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_1544" align="alignnone" width="500"] Beautiful Scenery[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1545" align="alignnone" width="378"] Over-used font[/caption] Everyone knows that Avatar is a great movie. It really is a breakthrough in filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and steroscopic film making with cameras that were specially designed for Avatar's production. The acting...
Continue ReadingIt's Internet evolution - super-savvy scientists have designed an extremely fast information network capable of downloading data at 10,000 times the speed of a typical broadband connection. CERN has designed the network - The Grid - to cope with the staggering amount of data it's new...
Continue ReadingThe world of web-browsers is an exciting domain of intrigue and drama.* And I know you want your fill! Wait no longer as I divulge the some of the more juicy happenings with web browsers...
Continue ReadingI know this advert for Air New Zealand's cut-price website grabaseat.co.nz is pretty un-PC, but it sure is funny. From a marketing perspective I think it works: it was memorable, I was entertained and consequently showed it to my friends. Before this advert Air New...
Continue ReadingSemi-Permanent 2010 is already shaping up to be an awe-inspiring event with a wide range of professionals from all over the globe: visual artists, photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, typographers...
Continue ReadingChalkfest and Youngcare join forces Brisbane entrepreneur and owner of the Chalk Hotel Jason Titman has always believed in making a contribution to society aligning himself and the Chalk Hotel with many local, Brisbane, and national charities. Towards the end of 2009, Jason had the vision...
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