So the other day when our dollar was insanely high against the US (80 cents) I ordered a book from Amazon. My order went through smartly, and I thought all was well. A few weeks later I started wondering where my nice book had got to, when around the same time I got an email from amazon saying that the shipping of my book had been delayed due to ...
Looking for best award results but found the site is dead? Here's a list of finalists for interactive media and web design. ACC Sports websites Electrocity Black sheep movie OBO hockey gear Radio New Zealand Generation Island Vaka Moana "The Bridge" Educational software Munit website Just add New Zealanders The Black Seeds
Here begins what is hopefully the first in a long line of (unofficial) product reviews. Inspired by my (sometimes) good friend TK. I figure I can offer a Wellington perspective on products that no southerner could. First up are the Blackbox C14 earphones. I heard about these via Rod Dury's blog. I'd been after some noise canceling headphones for a while, and initially went in and tried out the ...
Mmmm, if this is anything like what the very hyped Apple iTalk mobile phone will be like, i want one!
In fact, i've been here for quite some time but without some necessary equipment: a digital camera. I'm not quite sure how I've managed without one. I already have a Flickr account (have had for years), and somehow I've managed to put photos on it through hook ups from trusty friends, but I've never had photos to call my own. Well, that's all changed now. On the weekend I ...
I bet there's lots of people that wonder what all those ports on the side (or back) of their computers/laptops do, and I also bet that those people regularly wonder why they are there or if they'd ever need them...
Just sat in on a very interesting talk from Rowan Simpson from TradeMe. An interesting stat from his talk was the percentages of people using various browsers, resolutions and connections. Of all TradeMe users: 87% are on IE, 20% use 800x600 resolutions, and 70% of TradeMe users are on dialup connections! Fascinating...
Why take photos at the conference when other people will take them for you! Thanks flickr tags
All in all a pretty good first day here at the Wellington Webstock conference. Heard talks from Doug Bowman, Joel Spolsky, Darren Fittler, Donna Maurer, Kelly Goto and Steve Champeon. Highlights were: Doug Bowman. Even just watching his Keynote presentation slides was enough to get me hot and sweaty! The guy is a great designer. Joel Spolsky was pretty funny, and talked about all the annoying stuff like updates ...
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