Belinda Vesey-Brown

  • Online video is the popular advertising choice in 2011

    Online video is certainly on the rise. Did you know that 961 million online videos were watched in October 2010 in Australia alone? According to ComScore, the average viewer watched eight hours of video a month which has made it the fastest growing medium for advertising. In Australian it seems there is a larger market…

  • NAB’s social media win: the clever Valentine’s Day tweet

    I think I’m in love. No, not because it’s Valentines Day and love is in the air, but because I’ve just seen the whole roll out of the cheeky PR stunt National Australia Bank (NAB) pulled over the weekend as part of its new campaign. A stunt which the bank timed perfectly with Valentines Day,…

  • 7 sites every designer and developer must bookmark

    Designers and Developers across the world need to keep up with the latest technology and trends or get left behind. It’s just how the industry works. The great thing about both of these professions is that everything we could possibly want to know is readily available, right now, for free. I won’t hold any more…

  • 14 updates to Facebook Pages & how this will benefit businesses

    Social media for business helps businesses connect with their customers. And now Facebook has announced some exciting new design and functionality changes to Facebook Pages. The changes are intended to improve the customer’s ability to connect with a business. You’ll notice the changes allow a business’s Facebook Page to look very similar to an individual’s…

  • Guitar Hero is no more

    Music game fans, let’s spend a moment in silence to contemplate the loss of the pioneering Guitar Hero game. Courtesy of Activision Blizzard That’s right, Guitar Hero has been axed from the Activision Blizzard line up with the company confirming that they will discontinue development of the title in 2011 and disband the game unit…

  • Little people, big cities

    I recently discovered a blog documenting The Little People Project, an art installation project created by Slinkachu. It showcases photos of delightful small scale installations created from repainted and remodelled miniature train set characters. The characters are set up in humorous ways, in scenes that explore ideas of being overwhelmed by city life. The underlying aim of…

  • 2011 Windows on Europe Film Festival

    Calling all European film lovers. February is your month to share the love of thought-provoking, brilliant European films at the return of the next season of Windows on Europe Film Festival. Films spanning 14 countries will be on tap at Dendy Portside from Saturday 19 February to Friday 25 February. This year you can explore…

  • Super Bowl 2011 commercials: 3 million reasons to watch!

    It was Super Bowl Sunday yesterday in the USA. Now, I’ll be honest here … I have no idea about American Football. I have no idea what it is exactly that they’re playing on that field, nor do I have any idea which teams played in the final yesterday or which team won in the…

  • Green Social Networking

    Wouldn’t it be ideal to have one central place online to find all of your ‘green’ needs!? Introducing Australia’s ‘The Green Directory‘ where green social networking comes together. Not only can you find green business, products and services but you can catch up on your Green News and also find out what Green Events are…