Belinda Vesey-Brown

  • Facebook group chat

    At the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a really interesting announcement about upcoming enhancements to Facebook’s chat capabilities. In particular, he’s announced what’s called Group Chat. Facebook Group Chat is a multi-person feature which is inspired by the functionality already inside the Facebook Groups chat area. The functionality is…

  • Creative creatures of Mochimochi Land

    There’s something about the ridiculously cute characters of Mochimochi Land that has me running to Spotlight in search of knitting needles and wool. I don’t now how to knit, I have zero patience and I’m pretty sure I’m going to be the world’s worst knitter but I feel compelled to try some of the awesome…

  • Handy apps to complete your “Rest of the Year” resolutions

      Who made a New Year’s resolutions list on the 1st January 2011 and totally forgot about most of them by the 4th January 2011? Well it’s not too late to put those great intentions back into practice. As Rodney Chester states in his Radar story in today’s Courier Mail, “Today is the 186th day…

  • TEDtalk: The hidden power of smiling

    I’m sure you would have heard the expression, “he/she has an infectious smile.” It’s true! A smile can also be referred to as being contagious. I’m not sure either ‘infectious’ or ‘contagious’ creates a positive emotion as they are usually associated with disease! I prefer to think of a smile as ‘inspiring’. What I didn’t…

  • Rebuilding Christchurch NZ, what an opportunity

    After the devastation of the earthquakes in Christchurch New Zealand, there are now a number of opportunities arising that may very well see Christchurch be a new world leader in innovation and sustainability. Although the casualties and mass destruction of infrastructure is of course something that would not be wished upon any community but now…

  • London iTunes festival worldwide

    The iTunes Festival 2011 festival kicked off in London yesterday (July 1st). This is an incredible live music festival running for 31 nights and includes spectacular live performances by 62 artists, all at one venue, the Roundhouse in London. The line up includes some great artists including Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Adele Linkin Park, Paul Simon…

  • Botox – or ‘boytox’ – on the rise in males

    According to leading studies, and my own personal experiences, women aren’t the only ones benefiting from botox. Since launching in the UK nearly 15 years ago, botox has become the fastest growing treatment in the cosmetic industry.  Now the secret is out that men can have lines erased on their lunch break, the numbers are…

  • Incubus livestream promotes new album

    Incubus has come up with an exciting way to promote their new album by setting up in their hometown of Los Angeles and hosting their very own livestream for fans to tune into prior to the new album being released. It’s called “Incubus HQ Live” and runs until July 6. The band will spend time…

  • And the cupcakes are gone!

    A huge thanks to everyone who came along to our Ultimate Tea Party today and devoured a cupcake! Especially those who made a donation to the Cancer Council, we raised loads of money from generous Brisbanites and we added $1 to the jar for every cupcake that was gobbled up! It was a great day.…