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Talking deals not details at Digital Sydney

June 15, 2011

Sydney’s new approach to promoting a digital economy kicked off a week or two ago, and with architects, designers, lawyers and stacks of start up entrepreneurs in the crowd, I was glad to be there. (There was even an oversized cheque, for Ascender for their Digital Sydney branding job) But it ended up being a [...]

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Three great things I came across this year

December 30, 2010
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I love lists. They can be arbitrary, but there’s something to them: a look back, before leaping into a new year. I’m a science writer and researcher, arts broadcaster and music obsessive, and a compulsive reader, so there is a  lot to draw on. So I focussed on three great things I came across this year and haven’t been able to stop talking about: Tipping Point, Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Brisbane’s Other Film.

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Do things #3

December 15, 2010

This blog is so new, there’s barely a ripple of links. But once you’re a little more established, PageRankGraph can show the websites that contribute to your site’s search engine rankings. It’s far from exact, based on SEO data from Blekko. But it’s a visual clue to where your recommendations are coming from. Speaking of which, [...]

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Review: Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky

December 12, 2010

Madeleine Preston lives in Potts Point. She paints, draws, illustrates, does printmaking, media art, sculptures, installations and public art: “Whatever medium or method works with the idea.” She’s been in 30-something group shows and made the beautifully nostalgic Darlinghurst Eats Its Young blog. She teaches art too. Madeleine comes up with ideas, and turns them [...]

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Scratch flair with Async’s Luke Dubber

December 7, 2010

Last year, Luke Dubber got a call. He was on tour with his band Hermitude, and a programmer friend Gordon Childs had an idea for a scratch DJ iPhone app. With illustrator Eddie Dolan, they quickly sketched out their first app Flare Scratch. It’s been a meteoric rise – and one that’s stepped up since [...]

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