Posts tagged media
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Did you hear about the PM? #spill
25th June 2010
Late Wednesday night, I (like many others) noticed something ‘up’ on my facebook news feed. We all caught on of course, it was nigh on impossible to miss the news that Julia Gillard had challenged Kevin Rudd for the leadership and Kevin had asked for a special caucus the next morning to address the matter…. see more
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The iPad and the Aus: our first look.
11th June 2010
I miss newspapers. When I was a kid, my parents owned a coffee shop in Adelaide and every morning before school, I would put out the papers while they were still warm. I miss the tactile sensation of the paper beneath my fingers as I once flicked through pages. I miss the typography, I miss… see more
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Twitter Finally Attempts to Turn A Buck… (if you don’t like it, you could always ask for your money back)
16th April 2010
Twitter’s attempt at an advertising revenue model is neither innovative nor confronting. It’s what a Swiss friend of mine calls the ‘salami tactic’ –the idea that distasteful things are a little more palatable when you choke them down piece by piece. Twitter is introducing Promoted Tweets –tweets given prominent placement by brands paying for the… see more

