Why am I sharing this video? Because I can plus, it’s Friday [VIDEO]
I've made it through one whole week of returning to work. I took a two week, self-imposed digital free holiday. It was awesome. Coming...
You’re never too young to learn the joys of project tracking. Introducing JiraJr [VIDEO]
This is possibly my favourite April Fools video for 2013. Atlassian also took the cake in 2012 with its brilliant explanation of pair programming.
Twitter is suing me!
Under this intensified pressure, is Twitter - the poster child of everyone's-invited, it's-fun-to-share, revenue-will-come-later, progressive web culture - becoming tetchy and litigious?
The forgotten art of poetry and what it can do to stop bullying [VIDEO]
Like so very many people, Shane Koyczan had a rotten time at school.
His life was filled the the taunts of bullies. There was...
New IBISWorld research reveals which industries are set to fly and fall in 2017
New research by IBISWorld suggests that 2017 is likely to be characterised by growth in Road and Bridge Construction, Sugar Manufacturing, Oil and Gas Extraction, Data Storage and Child Care Services.
Remarkable mashup video pits pro athletes against average man in 40 yard dash
How would the average man fair in a 40-yard foot race against professional NFL players? This remarkable multi-layered video reveals the startling reality.
Doodlers, unite! It’s NOT a waste of time. (Finally, experts agree.)
Studies now show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension -- and our creative thinking. So, why do we still feel embarrassed when we're caught doodling in a meeting? In this fun TED talk, professional doodler Sunni Brown makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen. Doodlers, unite!
HP joins that cloud thing that everyone is talking about [VIDEO]
I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to having 5G, in fact all the Gs, available on the cloud. The team at The Onion have woven their comedic magic and taken aim at HP, the cloud, Gs and CD-ROMs. The cloud must be getting pretty darn full. I mean, every second person you talk to is building something on the cloud, putting something on the cloud or building their own private cloud, which is very Rolling Stones, if you think about it.
Kiss and sell: Will Chinese demand transform Australia's cane toad problem into a princely...
A Queensland entrepreneur is hoping Chinese demand will solve one of northern Australia’s most pressing natural problems: cane toads.
Chaser's 'psychic' swine-flu billboards
Two items of news from yesterday's papers fit so neatly together that the ABC's satirical Chaser crew might now be able to add 'psychic' to their growing resume of achievements (alongside political agitators and accidental law-breakers).
Billboards for the 'Cools' hit city streets
In case you missed our mobile billboards roaming the busy streets of inner-city Australia to promote our 2009 Cool Company Awards, here's a pic, courtesy of Anthil Twitter follower @Tian_Yang, who captured and tweeted this image late yesterday. For his quick thinking and generosity promoting the Anthill brand, we'll be sending Tian award winning business documentary DVD, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (just 'cause we can).
1980s video game characters destroy New York with SFX [VIDEO]
Patrick Jean from the French SFX studio OneMoreProd created this video of Manhattan being destroyed by the world's favourite 1980s 8-Bit video game sprites. Awesome effects. But do you recognise them all?
Bionic Eye within sight for Monash following Federal grant
Just prior to Christmas, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that Monash V1sion had been awarded grant assistance from the Australian Research Council to develop the Bionic Eye.
It’s 2013. Where’s my flying car? Oh. There it is … [VIDEO]
After watching Back to the Future, I was wondering how far away are we from having flying cars. It seems like the future is almost here. Finally.
Ruslan Kogan hits back at Gerry Harvey with satirical advertisement
Funny? Hypocritical? Pure viral marketing gold? That's for you to decide. What's more interesting about this public spat is the underlying question it raises. What drives consumers -- expensive television advertisements to establish trust and, therefore, create the ability to sell products at a premium price or the opportunity to purchase online at discount rate?
Google ‘Trojans’ Internet Explorer with Google Frame
Google, seeking to win over Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) users to its new Google Chrome browser, has launched Google Frame, an IE plugin that runs Chrome inside IE.
Zuckerberg stars in Facebook Home ad … and, the ad tells it like it...
So many were expecting Facebook to launch a phone. Instead, Facebook launched software that commandeered your phone and made it, well, into exactly what is shown in this ad.
Another contender for the most useless invention ever? (Yet, why can’t you look away!)
We love sharing some of the more eclectic, unusual and just plain absurd inventions that cross our desk. Sure, we laughed at the Comfort Wipe, gaped at the Snuggie Blanket and marveled at the most useless machine ever. But there's something about this three-and-a-half minute product demonstration that defies explanation.
Hotel, prison encourage guests to generate own energy via pedal power
You’ve heard of singing for your supper, but in this environmentally conscious age, institutions are now inviting patrons to pedal for privileges.
Thumbs-up for YouTube's new (opt-in) redesign
In late February, YouTube unveiled more of what it describes as "one of the biggest redesigns in YouTube history". While most attention was directed to the reworked playlist and comments organisation, also notable was the thumbs-up/thumbs-down rating system, in place of the old five-star system.
