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A Step Forward For Music Streaming in Australia

It seems my predictions of 2011 being the year of streaming has official begun, with the introduction of Australia’s first on-demand music service available on Sonos. In a lot of ways, Australia has been a few steps behind in media streaming. Services like Netflix, Pandora, Rhapsody and Spotify being unavailable in Australia, has highlighted the problems with licensing media streaming internationally. Companies are having to individually negotiate licensing deals with each country and frankly, Australia hasn’t been number one on the to do list. This is why, I am happy with... Read The Rest →

How to Force Good Customer Service

Do you feel like you spend half your time on the phone to customer support departments, with little avail? I do. Whether it be a telco, courier company, or electronic device customer support, a lot of companies are pretty terrible when it comes to fixing problems. How many times have you said “I will report this issue to the ombudsman if you do not sort out this issue”, hoping that it will finally push them to actually fix your problem. Well, over the past two weeks, I have been dealing... Read The Rest →

A Geek’s Bag

I am going to Thailand for 10 days with my girlfriend Breana. It’s hard being a geek and trying to pack light. Here is what I plan to take in my camera bag. Click on the image to check out what each item is (On Flickr). Is there something i’m missing? Let me know! Also, on the subject of packing for travel, I found a great video by Timothy Ferriss on travel packing tips: Share → Tweet

What Would You Do For Five Dollars?

What would you do for five dollars? Well, from what I can see, a lot of people will do a bit for the cost of a coffee and donut. A couple of days ago, I was listening to the Small Business Big Marketing Podcast. Host Tim Reid spoke about his recent addiction to Fiverr.com. A service where people can submit tasks that they are willing to do for five dollars. It got me thinking about outsourcing, particularly the things I had read in 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss.... Read The Rest →

Kindle 3 and iPad – The Comparison

Whenever the Apple iPad is brought up in conversation, it doesn’t take long before people begin to compare the device with ebook readers, namely the Kindle 3. As an iPad owner, these comparisons have never bothered me for one big reason. I have always bought books on the iPad using the Kindle App. It makes a lot of sense to buy books within the Kindle App, rather than the iBooks app for these two reasons alone: Multiple device reading – It doesn’t matter what device i’m using at the time.... Read The Rest →

Recording on the Zoom H4n

Just recorded a quick bit of audio of my brother Jake playing guitar and singing. He has a nasty cold, so he wasn’t massively happy with his performance. I can’t believe how good the quality of the h4n internal microphones are! H4n Recording Share → Tweet

4 Blogs For Design Inspiration

I was think the other day, why do I love the Internet so much? After a lot of thought, I  have come up with the answer. It feeds my obsessive personality. Whether I am going through a phase of obsessing about package design, photography or screenwriting, the Internet never lets me down. When I am obsessing about design, here are the four blogs I love to visit. Here they are, described by them. Established in early 2007, The Dieline is dedicated to the progress of the package design industry and... Read The Rest →

Why You Should Read ‘Delivering Happiness’

I have recently read a number of books around the subject of business, corporate culture, customer service and entrepreneurship. Books like Rework by Jason Fried and The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss. These books, in particular, challenge the way in which we work and the amount of time we spend doing it. Although I have found them useful, they do make some outrageous claims. Jason thinks learning from mistakes is rubbish, because apparently we shouldn’t be making mistakes and Timothy thinks its viable for us to all outsource our life... Read The Rest →

5 Things The iPad Has Taught Me

Here are some of my thoughts on the iPad after using it for a week. RSS READERS MAKE READING AND SHARING EASIER I have tried a few RSS readers on my computers in the past, but haven’t found them useful. Now with the iPad I spend a good majority of the time using one. NewsRack is my iPad RSS reader of choice at the moment. I love that I can easily share interesting blog posts and articles with friends on Twitter, as well as star/favourite articles for later use. I... Read The Rest →