Archives for September, 2009

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

One year time lapse from clean-cut to gypsyPosted on September 1, 2009

BoingBoing just alerted me to an excellent time lapse of a guy who walked across China for a year, aiming to walk to Germany. He took a photo of himself every day and has made a video documenting his beard and hair growth, as well as his amazing journey.

The Longest Way 1.0 - one [...]

Tags: random thoughts