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 →
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 →
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 →
The Films I Am Seeing At MIFF 2010
Feel free to leave a comment with film suggestions/your thoughts! TEENAGE PAPARAZZO Greater Union Cinema 6 – Fri 23 Jul 7:00 PM PICTURE ME: A MODEL’S DIARY Greater Union Cinema 3 – Fri 23 Jul 9:15 PM THE ACTRESSES Forum Theatre – Sun 25 Jul 2:30 PM Share → Tweet
