I’m a complete shill for the Landmark Forum. The course blew my socks off. I changed the way I related to my dad, stopped procrastinating, and completely ditched the cynicism I thought was inherent in my personality. Because it’s a… Continue Reading
That was what the designer came back with. Essentially, this was the brief: Questo Logo and badge/seal/banner for Italian food line ‘Questo’ is the Italian word for ‘this’. It’s planned to use the logo in conjunction with a by-line for… Continue Reading
New York University’s Professor David Yermack spoke this week at the University of Western Australia about Bitcoin. It’s pretty clear from his talk he’s not a Bitcoin user. It’s also pretty clear he’s loving the attention he’s getting as a… Continue Reading
Here it is. Artwork by Bridie Knight.
The people have spoken. We lost, decisively. Thousands of hours, millions of dollars, and mountains of hope and enthusiasm. Not enough. How can you not be disappointed? I certainly am, I am gravely disappointed and I want to reflect on… Continue Reading
I saw the above article lauded on Twitter (click it to read). But I thought it was rubbish. To read it you’d conclude we are a nation of mysogynists and that is why Ms Gillard lost power. The real… Continue Reading
I’ve spent a lot of time on planes lately. I thanked an air hostess for good service during a flight and she stopped and we had a talk about customer service. She shared that hostesses are frequently abused by… Continue Reading
Started by Web Directions and now powered by data.gov.au, GovHack is a push for more sharing and manipulation of the data governments collect. A delicate issue, as many government departments now monetise the sale of their data. Anyway, the… Continue Reading
Startup weekend is on in Perth; first time. Hundred people trying to create a web product in a weekend. Last night I saw 45 x one minute pitches. Then all participants chose their favourite pitches. After some filtering, everyone joined… Continue Reading
My replacement debit card arrived in the post with a sticker on it: For your security, this card has been sent to you INACTIVE. You must not use this card until you activate it. Well no big deal; I phoned… Continue Reading
I just had one of those unsettling phone calls you get from a client in possession of their final invoice. “I’m not happy about the way the site looks and there’s a few things we need to change”. Funny, I… Continue Reading
One of the reasons for attending SMX was to hear close-up some more opinions on the role of social in search engine optimization. Gillian Muessig put this eloquently and I’ll paraphrase: five years ago every internet journey began with a… Continue Reading
A few words about the relative balance between SEO and SEM prompted by discussions at SMX Sydney. There were two streams on the first day; SEO (Search Engine Optimisation; improving your site’s position in search engines) and SEM (Search Engine… Continue Reading
It costs about $30K a season for the WACA to run the manual scoreboard at their cricket ground in Perth. The scoreboard is far from an aesthetic masterpiece but it has some charm and it reminds us of the modern… Continue Reading
The old ABC studios site in Adelaide Terrace, Perth is heritage listed. Who invented heritage listing? THAT GUY ROCKS. The site is owned by property developer Finbar but the question is, what should be done with it? That gentleman Ken… Continue Reading
Never been much of a basketball fan. Prefer cricket. However. Still interested in contributing to any sport that is being poorly marketed and the moment and that would be most of them. People administering sports have often spent their lifetimes… Continue Reading
