The Future without Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was an amazing ‘creator‘, he consistently managed to innovate and I believe he has changed the way we consume music, has changed our expectations around how computers and mobile phones should operate and has given us products that we didn’t even know we needed (iPad). Can we imagine a future without the input [...]
The End of PowerPoint
A Swiss political party has started a crusade to ban the use of PowerPoint, and I must say, it’s about time! PowerPoint is an obsolete, out of date program that discourages creativity and puts us to sleep. I’ve heard many examples through feedback at events and conferences saying presentations were “death by powerpoint”… One has [...]
A universal logo for Human Rights – the winner unveiled
From over 15,000 submission from more than 190 countries, people have chosen a winner, Serbian designer Predrag Stakic. The first ever logo for Human Rights, is an open source product, free to be used by everyone, everywhere – for the purpose of promoting and protecting Human Rights. As citizens around the world protest and make sacrifices for the ideals, they [...]
Limited edition Diet Coke rebrand
Diet Coke, currently the N0. 3 soft drink in the world (according to The Coca-Cola Company) have introduced a limited-edition design to celebrate Coca-Cola’s 125th anniversary. The design was created by Turner Duckworth, who have produced some simple and clever designs for many of Coca-Cola’s products over the last few years (see below). What I [...]
The Orangutan Saviour
Willie Smits, a conservationist who has devoted his life to the orangutan, gave a powerful TED Talk where he describes his work restoring the rainforest and saves the lives of countless orangutans. He expresses the horrific ecological barbarity resulting from the palm oil and timber industries as a result of greed. It’s saddening to hear [...]
SmartClinics opens at Westfield Chermside on September 19
I’m impatient, work long hours and not loyal to any particular doctor – I guess I’m fitting right into the Gen-Y stereotype! But seriously, when I need a basic prescription or need some basic medical care I just want to pop in and out of the doctor’s as quickly as possible – and I’d think [...]
Steve Jobs – Resigns In Peace
Well a new day of international mourning was created this week with the announcement that Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple CEO. To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, [...]
Office Etiquette
I just took off my scarf and flung it over the back of my chair, ate my muesli bar and left the wrapper on my desk (which I promise I will put in the bin), and took a look at my sticky notes all over my computer to remind me of whats next. As you [...]
New social network to rival Facebook, Twitter and Google
I was reading the Brisbane Courier Mail on Friday and came across this story by Alex Dickinson about “the next big” social network, created right here in Brisbane. Kondoot – a social network based around live streaming video – was quietly launched last month by a small Brisbane team of young technical programmers and already [...]
Fred Hollows Foundation – A Year in Review
With Brio Group having just ‘smashed’ our team goal of donating the equivalent of 365 gifts of sight to the Fred Hollow Foundation we thought it would be a great way for us to cement this achievement by getting a run down on what the foundation has done over the last 12 months. So we invited [...]