Mar
09
After last year’s disappointment I won’t be entering the Canberra Photo Marathon this year. The shooting part of the day was challenging, but after waiting weeks and weeks for the exhibition to take place, to see everyone’s hard work treated so poorly, to suffer through the inept event, well I’m not going to put myself or my supportive friends through that again.
If you’re in the capital region and you’re interested in photography, get in touch with PhotoAccess and visit The Photography Room in Queanbeyan. Avoid the Photo Marathon.
May
27
Nike Air Jordan Comfort Vis 11: Sexy
I’d have thought that Finish Line would welcome the Aussie dollar with open arms, but not so Dear Reader…
You all know of my unnatural affection for sneakers. When I saw the Air Jordan Comfort Vis 11s on Uncrate I knew I’d have to get a pair one day. Jordan on top, classic Air Max below. What’s not to love? And with the exchange rate floating around at $AU1 = US$1.05 why not sooner rather than later?
I figured that they’d sell out pretty quick and the challenge would be finding them as it was with the Jordan VIIs. I didn’t figure that they’d be so easy to find and then get stuffed around:
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Sep
18
OK, Facebook done for the morning. Ooo, what’s that? An ad for an audiobook version of William Gibson’s Zero History. I’m reading at the moment. Yes, I will click on that. Hmm, it’s for a 14-day free trial of Audible.com. Hello, convenience. Yes, please use Amazon services and pull my account details over from Amazon to activate an Audible account.
They’ve given me a credit to use during the trial; cool. Search for “William Gibson”. What’s that? No Zero History? So why the ad?
Forget this, I’m canceling the account. I’m not keen on being drawn in on false pretenses and then getting a monthly charge for a service I’m not going to use. Account Management – Cancel Account. Why? Yes, I’m upset with you. Huh? You want me to call you in the states to cancel an account for being upset with you? So you can have a telemarketer use a conniving script to stop me? How’s that going to make things better? Back, choose another option. Ohhh, now you want to offer me a cheaper yearly account that’s not offered unless people are going to walk away. Nice move you slimey pricks. No, I really want to cancel. I’m out? For reals? Good. Sign out.
Hmm, bet it’s regionalisation, search for Gibson again. Oh, you do have Zero History after all. So I guess I can’t have it because I’m not in the states? Facebook knows where I am; why’d you even bother serving me an ad for a product I can’t buy?
Audible.com, you completely and utterly fail at good first impressions.
Aug
27
I’ve lost track of the number of times “design” has been dropped at UXAustralia this year and I’m loving it. I think we should recognise the good visuals. So here are some award categories; go ahead and drop a comment (or tweet) nominating the presentations that’ve stood out to you. I’ll collate the results. Feel free to make up new categories and nominate in those too. The only prizes are bragging rights in next year’s program.
Categories:
Best Use of Type (#besttype)
Best Use of Photographs/Graphics (#bestphotos)
Best Layout (#bestlayout)
Best Slide Transitions (#besttransitions)
Best Use of Video (#bestvideo)
Best Improvised Visuals (#bestimprov)
Best Use of Restraint (#bestleast)
Apr
28
Canberra’s little red burger van that could – Brodburger – is on the agenda of this year’s National Capital Authority Public Forum at the Australian War Memorial theatre tomorrow night. This may be one of the last chances to voice your opinion on whether Brodburger stays or goes from Bowen Park.
It’s part of agenda item three, which is scheduled to kick off at 6.20pm. Agenda item three has eight community-nominated topics to discuss in 40 minutes; just five minutes each if the timekeeper is fair.
The Brodburger crew put a call out for supporters to join them at the forum:
We would like to encourage you to register to join us at the NCA public forum, as we will be discussing the future of Brodburger at Bowen Park. If you are able to attend registration can be made from the link below:
www.nationalcapital.gov.au/publicforum
Thank you again for your support.
I’m travelling and probably not going to make it back in time to attend. If you go along, I’d really appreciate an update in the comments as to how the discussion goes. Better yet, try and get some audio and/or video.
