I Hate Ads

This video is awesome.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:35:33 +1100

This video is awesome.

According to Engadget, this new mouse from OpenOffice.org...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:37:42 +1100

According to Engadget, this new mouse from OpenOffice.org “packs no less than 18 programmable buttons (each with double-click functionality), along with support for up to 63 separate profiles, a clickable scroll wheel, an adjustable resolution from 400 to 1,600 CPI, and, get this, a built-in analog joystick that can itself be used to store up to sixteen different keys or macros.”

This is the sort of thing that gives me nightmares.

http://ilovelocalcommercials.com/

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:25 +1100

http://ilovelocalcommercials.com/:

If more ads were like this, this blog might not exist.

Make sure you check out the “best of the web” section. Gold.

The Choice Shonky Awards 2009

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:09:51 +1100

The Choice Shonky Awards 2009:

This years winners of Choice’s award for the shonkiest business practices in 2009 include L’Oreal, Uncle Toby’s, Qantas and Tiger Airways.

Bad-arse picture of the month: shark mauled in half by bigger...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:51:30 +1100

Bad-arse picture of the month: shark mauled in half by bigger shark

Killing two birds with one stone

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:42:03 +1100

Killing two birds with one stone:

This is really neat. Google are now using a technology designed to prevent spam and fraud to help translate old books and documents. Absolutely brilliant!

"It was too easy for them; they were too successful raising money. If they’d had to grow the..."

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:38:58 +1000

“It was too easy for them; they were too successful raising money. If they’d had to grow the company gradually, by iterating through several versions they sold to real users, they’d have learned pretty quickly that people looked stupid riding them. Instead they had enough to work in secret. They had focus groups aplenty, I’m sure, but they didn’t have the people yelling insults out of cars.”

- Paul Graham on The Trouble With The Segway

This is a video made by myself and classmate James Moran for a...

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:02:00 +1000

This is a video made by myself and classmate James Moran for a new unit at Monash, Electronic Marketing. It was a really fun way to complete our assessment and we learnt a bit too! It’s pretty embarrassing so I hope you enjoy it. We’re also considering continuing on from this and blogging or micro-blogging about the topic so stay tuned!

http://www.youtube.com/fastforward

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:36 +1000

http://www.youtube.com/fastforward:

A resource put together by Google for marketers, looks interesting.

So instead of having a typical in-store launch for Windows 7,...

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:07:44 +1000

So instead of having a typical in-store launch for Windows 7, Microsoft have taken a different route, having Tupperware-esque at-home launch parties, where the host shows guests some of the new features of Windows 7 and the guests can try them out throughout the party. Sounds kinda lame, but whatever. So they made this video to introduce it to party hosts. It’s so goddamn lame I can’t even tell if they’re taking the piss or not. Love the shaky hand-held camera style, the “unscripted” script, the not looking into the camera too often, etc. It’s very “hip” and “so in right now”.

A lecturer sparked my imagination the other day when she asked...

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:38:38 +1000

A lecturer sparked my imagination the other day when she asked the class what the university might be like if Richard Branson were running it. It would certainly be very different than it is now. Maybe he’d do away with lectures? Perhaps he’d insist on a hand-on entrepreneurship experience? Maybe there’d be free beer on the lawn every day and live music every night? Its an interesting topic and I’d like to hear your thoughts…

What would Virgin University look like?

I’m 4 days late here, but Happy 10th Birthday Blogger! Although I chose not to use you,...

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:04:01 +1000

I’m 4 days late here, but Happy 10th Birthday Blogger! Although I chose not to use you, you’ve certainly changed the world palpably in your first decade.

"The AFA pointed to an independent Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) study that..."

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:08:07 +1000

“The AFA pointed to an independent Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) study that determined there was no scientific causal link between advertising and childhood obesity.”

- Well then, that changes everything (NB: sarcasm intended) http://www.marketingmag.com.au/news/view/afa-calls-for-evidence-in-advertising-ban-1539

http://www.partyacrosstheinternet.com.au/

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:34:00 +1000

http://www.partyacrosstheinternet.com.au/:

Check out this cool site from Lynx!

Provocative ad placement at Caulfield Station, next to a campus...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:58:00 +1000

Provocative ad placement at Caulfield Station, next to a campus that specialises in marketing (amongst other things)? I like it.

"We realised a long time ago that what you make people feel is more important than what you make."

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:37:03 +1000

“We realised a long time ago that what you make people feel is more important than what you make.”

- BMW

Green is fucking sexy/badarse. BMW’s new hybrid concept,...

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:21:39 +1000

Green is fucking sexy/badarse.

BMW’s new hybrid concept, check it.

Nokia has just moved into the PC industry

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:22:00 +1000

Nokia has just moved into the PC industry:

“After more than 25 years as a pioneer and leader in the mobile industry, Nokia will bring its rich mobility heritage and knowledge to the PC world with the new, Windows based, Nokia Booklet 3G.”

This will be interesting. Too bad they didn’t choose a different OS, though.

Still stuck in Hotmail-land?

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:37:54 +1000

Great news for those still stuck over in Hotmail land. Hotmail is now accessible using POP3 (POP3, how quaint*!). This means that you can now access your Hotmail through any email client you like, such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Apple Mail, and best of all, through Gmail! All you need to do is set up a Gmail account, go into the settings and add your hotmail account under POP3. You’ll then be able to send and receive your email through your hotmail account while taking advantage of Gmail’s cool features, like auto-save drafts (never lose that email you spent 15 minutes typing out again!), conversation-view (view all the replies to an email as one thread), a class-leading SPAM filter, tags, and so on! Welcome to the future, Hotmail users :)

*Read: “backwards”

"Indeed, the incandescent bulb is turning into a case study of the way government mandates can spur..."

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:34:00 +1000

“Indeed, the incandescent bulb is turning into a case study of the way government mandates can spur innovation.”

- While the Australian Government has mandated an incoming ban on incandescent light globes, the US has taken a different approach, setting energy efficiency standards For light globes and thus the industry has become an interesting case study in innovation; read the full story at NYTimes (via Daring Fireball)