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  • Augmented Reality is now behind some great new apps

    It doesn’t take a genius to notice that more and more people own a smartphone. As a society we love the convenience that they offer, the entertainment value they bring us and arguably, the connection they provide to our social networks, whether that may be in the form of a phone call or text message,…

  • QLD floods inspire the extraordinary

    This time last week I sat at my desk daydreaming about my weekend activities – specifically those I could use as inspiration for my first Brio Daily blog come Monday.  At the time, my plans were ordinary – take an early morning CityCat to Southbank, grab a coffee, wander over to GoMA, take a midday…

  • Exercise goes Digital

    On New Year’s day, I posted about my new year’s resolution which was to get out and becoming more active, enjoying the outdoors. Being the self-confessed geek and lover of all things geek cool that I am, how do you think I felt when I heard about this?! At the 2011 CES (Consumer Electronics Show)…

  • The end of Social Media

    Now that I have your attention >>> The end of YOUR social media life that is. Just like we all have a legal ‘Will’ (well I hope you do) to state where we’d like our assets distributed when we enter the afterlife, in this ever evolving cyber world we also have to think about what…

  • iPad Challenger Here?

    As I wrote about in October last year, tablets have gone berserk over the last few months. Motorola, Samsung, and Sharp now reveal their challengers. Checkout the News.com.au article on the new tablets being released. Let the tablet wars begin! Yours in tablets, Lee.

  • The motivation behind consumers ‘liking’ brands on Facebook

    So you’ve got a Facebook Business Page and have attracted some fans (aka ‘likes’), well done, but have you ever wondered what motivates a consumer to ‘like’ brands on Facebook? Understanding the driving factors behind your consumer clicking the ‘like’ button will help your business develop a more effective social media strategy. A new report…

  • All the buildings in New York City

    I [heart] NY. No really I do. I’m ridiculously addicted to the city. I love that the city holds everything that you need (well, if you’re partial to urban living & non-stop activity – of which I am). Once in NYC, you don’t really need to leave. Why would you? 24-hour choice is at your finger…

  • Google’s new $1.9bn home in New York

    With over 2000 employees, Google has decided to upgrade its office to one of the largest, most historic buildings in New York. The former Port Authority building has a helipad on the roof, and elevators that are big enough to fit 18-wheel semi-trucks. The building was specifically chosen by Google, because it sits almost directly…

  • KPI time!

    OK… so it is now officially the end of the working year and I was thinking the other day about a few things I have set for myself to have done by the yearly reviews next year in July. One of my ‘KPI’s’ was to have an iPhone application submitted to the app store. Now…