Archives for 2009

Facebook changes privacy pages - now need a PHD to set privacyPosted on December 9, 2009

I’ve always been a defender of Facebook to the many haters and non-believers as I do think Facebook fills a great gap - non-geeks are into it, so I can interact with my non webby friends on a regular basis.
But they’ve just made a totally misguided change to the privacy settings that is making [...]

Tags: customer experience, social networking, transparency

Entering the Mobile SpacePosted on November 10, 2009

Molt:n recently attended the Edge of the Web conference in Perth where I delivered the presentation, Entering the Mobile Space.

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The topic was a new one for me so it was great to research and deliver in front of a mixed crowd of developers, designers and soon-to-be mobile fanatics. I am hoping [...]

Tags: Design, Development, eotw09, mobile

Perfect Pitch - thowing their toys out of the pramPosted on November 3, 2009

It’s not often I blog out of spite* but Jeremy Keith has just blogged a story of an internet bully that gets my blood boiling.
Jeremy has the full story here, but a quick summary is that a forum had a discussion on whether having perfect pitch was a born or learned skill. In a [...]

Tags: SEO

Racebook - brilliant sitePosted on October 21, 2009

John Safran’s Race Relations showed on the ABC last night (you can download the episode here or subscribe to the vodcast here) and it was just as funny as I’d hoped. I’ve loved John Safran since he put a voodoo curse on his ex-girlfriend in Race Around the World, and he’s just gone from strength [...]

Tags: random thoughts

Google and Bing drink from the Twitter firehosePosted on

It was only last week that we mentioned in our Web Directions talk that Google and other search engines were trying to get access to the Twitter firehose but didn’t index the information yet.
Well the “future” we spoke about is here, with Google and Bing both returning Twitter results in their feeds.
Google said: [...]

Tags: Development, SEO, twitter

The old ‘SEO is evil’ argument and our presentation at WDS09Posted on October 13, 2009

I feel like we’ve finally decompressed after an amazing week at Web Directions South last week. Not only was it the best WDS ever but the whole Web Week was a load of fun, with a top opening night and a really great Ignite Sydney.
Scott and I presented Beyond SEO, which was lots of [...]

Tags: Conferences, Development, Molt:n Digital, SEO, Speaking engagements

The future is here (II)Posted on September 24, 2009

So most people know, Sydney woke up to an apocolyptic scene on Tuesday as a 400 km wide and 2000 km long dust cloud covered the city and produced the craziest light.
For an idea of how insane the dust storm was, check out the video below (it’s worth watching until the end).

The media [...]

Tags: Cool websites, innovation

Viral advertising by Visit DenmarkPosted on September 20, 2009

It’s not often I’m stunned into silence by an ad campaign but a new viral from the Danish Government, by Visit Denmark, has left my jaw on the floor and me lost for words.

In a similar vein to Witchery’s “Man with the lost jacket” campaign, a Youtube video shows a cute Danish woman with [...]

Tags: dishonesty in advertising

NSW government appsPosted on September 6, 2009

I was very excited to see the NSW government take a great initiative and open an apps4nsw Public Competition - there are $100,000 in prizes (although I wonder if that’s my own taxpayer money back to me again?) for coming up with great apps that utilise government data.
Brilliant idea, and a lot of people [...]

Tags: customer experience

TedxNSW - another great event for SydneyPosted on September 3, 2009

We’ve been spoiled for choice for awesome events in Sydney lately, and there’s now another one to stick in your calendar - TEDxNSW. I’m sure everyone has heard of TED talks (and if you haven’t, stop reading this now and go and check them out). Sam Whiteman (former colleague, good friend and awesome all round) [...]

Tags: Conferences