I walked down to the famous Salamanca Markets in Hobart to grab something to eat before the 1 pm Greek Wedding I had to attend on Saturday. As I was walking out I saw a guy playing guitar – Cary Lewincamp is a brilliant guitarist and a guy Mel and I used to listen to […]
Jerk Off
This is my best bit of advice this year. Get rid of any client who is a jerk. Sure, it sounds harsh. But do it anyway. We don’t have any clients who are jerks anymore (and yes, I’m sure we’ve been jerks to some of our clients in the past). here’s what happens: You work […]
Control Your Brand 101
When I spoke to the Kingscliff TAFE students earlier this week, I strongly suggested that they control their brand as much as possible. The brand in this case being themselves. That is, when a prospective employer or client checks you out via an online search, you want to ensure they only find good stuff. These […]
World’s Best Guest Speaker – You Bet Your Sweet Ass I Am!
Look, you know me. And you know I’m good. Real good. Well, if that’s what you think you’re not on your own! You see, today I spoke at the Kingscliff TAFE to web design students. (And may I say, they are without question the best looking group of people I’ve ever spoken to! I thought […]
Kokoda Challenge Done & Dusted
Starting at 7 am on Saturday I was 1/2 of the Support Crew for my son Harry’s Kokoda Challenge walk team – the team consisted of 4 14yo lads and their teacher (Mr Hogan whom I blogged about below). Jason, Harry, Brandon – still with 30 kms to walk The 96 km walk was to […]
Hot Female Bloggers Might Be Getting Naked For Playboy!
Mike Arrington over at Tech Crunch has a story about a current poll on who is the sexiest female blogger (obviously if it was the sexiest male blogger I’d top the poll……don’t blame me, I’m just naturally hot!). The woman featured in the spot were asked (and gave) for permission to be included in the […]
Speaking Of Dumb…….
…….I read this brilliant email from a Yahoo employee on the debacle going on there at the moment. My favourite bit is: “As for the Microsoft offer, well, I can’t emphasize how relieved we are that we did not sell ourselves short. All of us who are working in the trenches know the full potential […]
Kerry O’Keefe Got A Break
Kerry O’Keefe is an ex-national player in Australia’s national sport – cricket. Mel and I went to a charity lunch yesterday to help raise funds for the Spinal Injuries Association where Kerry was one of the speakers. What Resonated More Than The Jokes Kerry made the usual funny speech he was rolled out for but […]
Thanks For Reading This Blog Post – That’ll Be $98
This makes you wonder how some lawyers sleep at night.
It Looks Like Spam, It Smells Like Spam, It Tastes, Like Spam…If
….then it usually is. I reckon it’s a giveaway that it’s spam when the email starts with: “NOTE: We are not spammers and are against spamming of any kind. We are sending this mail with sole objective of link exchange for reciprocal benefit. If you are not interested in Link Exchange then you can reply […]