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Boyer Lectures: Who’s afraid of new technology?

Mark — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:12:31 +0000

Rupert Murdoch

“…whinging about the technology will get you nowhere. The only way to deal with new technology that up-ends your job or your business model is to get out in front of it. Otherwise it will get out in front of you.”

Technology has helped transform the world. Some say it has turned it upside down. Rupert Murdoch argues that we must not be prisoners of the past - modern day Luddites - if we are to succeed in the golden era. Check out the audio stream or transcript as part of ABC Radios National’s Boyer Lecture series.

Evernote: Online information capture and retrieval

Mark — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:52:06 +0000

Ever visit a site or find an important piece of information on a Post-it note only to loose it, never to be retrieved again? Now there’s Evernote, a great little application that allows you to easily capture and retrieve information when you need it.

If you can copy it, photograph it or scan it to your computer or mobile phone, Evernote can store and index it. When you’re ready to retrieve it you can use Evernote’s keyword search or tag index to quickly find it. Cleverly the software can also recognise words within images, including handwriting making it a useful tool for searching images of documents like receipts. I’m sure James Bond’s got it. If not Q’s got some explaining to do!

With downloads for Windows, Mac OS X Leopard, Windows Mobile and of course the iPhone you can save information and retrieve whenever and wherever you are.

Don’t believe me? Check out the quick introductory video.

YouTube: Overview of Evernote

Mars Impact

Mark — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:57:06 +0000

Inspired by the article Huge Meteor Strike Explains Mars’s Shape, Reports Say from the New York Times.

Fig 1: Mars Impact

Z11 Web Site

Mark — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:26:40 +0000

While freelancing for Aquent I’ve had a couple of interesting assignments, not the least of which was the Z11 promotional web site. The site incorporates both multimedia and dynamic elements built on a standards based web design. SEO optimisation of the site’s content was important to ensure rapid uptake by popular search engines.

Fig 1: Z11 Home Theatre Receiver Web Site

iPhone

Mark — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:22:00 +0000

Over time I’ve created a number of base illustrations that can in future form part of a more complex campaign design at a later date. This approach provides several benefits including faster graphic production, consistency and lower development costs for clients. I plan to keep adding to the library as time goes on.

Fig 1: iPhone

Cityscape

Mark — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:14:00 +0000

Fig 1: Cityscape

The Bride

Mark — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:02:00 +0000

Fig 1: The Bride

Custom Illustrations & Icon Designs

Mark — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:55:00 +0000

Fig 1: Custom icon illustrations

Firestarter Wordpress Theme

Mark — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:51:22 +0000

It’s a free gift! FireStarter is my first free theme built for the latest WordPress release. Firestarter includes integrated web standards, usability, accessibility and SEO optimisation as well as widget ready sidebars. Thickbox image gallery is also built in to give your images a professional look. Test drive Firestarter or download it free (ZIP 112KB).

Fig 1: Free WordPress Theme - Firestarter

Casa.it Web Site

Mark — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:52:00 +0000

With the transition of members from the “special projects” team I was asked to help develop the interface for Casa.it based on previously developed designs.

Fig 1: Casa Web Site

Fig 2: Casa Web Search