Every day I see at least a dozen Facebook promotions being run in ways that contravene Facebook's terms and conditions. At Christmas time last year, Chadstone ran a huge in-store promotion with mega prizes that must have cost a fortune to run - but didn't adhere
When talking about blogging and the monetisation of blogs, people have oft used "but journalists do it too" as an argument in its favour. For example, dude gets free tickets to a movie premiere and then reviews said movie for his newspaper. Or, woman has a
I'm going to preface this by saying that talking about this is actually my job, and I am actually qualified to have opinions about this that are founded in experience and knowledge both client and agency side. I have worked in digital marketing for 11
As you and three million others already know, last night was part two of a staggered grand final of The Voice. In this sometimes singer's humble opinion, the winner on the night was in fact the one with the best voice, so, hooray! That's how
This afternoon, a clever lady linked me to something I can't believe I hadn't seen before. You might have already seen it, but just in case, it is this: Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 from The University of the Arts
You may know this already, but I have kids. They like to read stuff. Sometimes, on special occasions like birthdays and to celebrate them not giving me reasons to yell at them, I buy stuff for them. Today I have written some instructions for you over
This is a huge week at work, and I'm not going to have time to write. Not writing is like not eating. Or like eating capsicums or something that I hate. When I don't write, my brain feels full and cloudy. The moral of the
Warning: this is an update post about my Pozible project and you shouldn't read it if you don't want to. Dear internet, Sometimes, when you have depression and anxiety, things are a bit like this: "WHY AM I EVEN BOTHERING EVERYONE WITH ALL MY SHIT THEY DON'T CARE
Here's a sneaky sneak peek at what I've been spending my time working on: That is comedian Sam Simmons and not-real-doctor Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy) in the Neighbours cafeteria. We are doing the craziest rubbish. It's the best thing I've ever worked on. It's pretty hard to
Here's an excerpt of a piece I wrote for Mamamia on the superficiality of breast implants: After reading an article a little while ago about women’s superficiality in the matter of breast implants, I became flummoxed, furrowing my brow and scratching my noggin. Why was it, I thought,
This was my office this morning - a little round table at Chosen Bean in Ferntree Gully. I had planned to go to Chadstone and plonk myself in my usual corner of Capital Kitchen, next to the powerpoint, but I turned right and headed east instead. It