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How to stop receiving your phone book (White Pages / Yellow Pages)

Shed Boy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:24:01 +0000

For Australians: if you’re like me, you may not have opened your hard copy phone book in months or years.

There’s now an option to cancel receiving them. Whether you want to save trees, space or both, go here to cancel your next phone book delivery. I feel better already!

Music apps for the iPhone and iPad: new resource

Shed Boy — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:53:48 +0000

Pro Music Apps is a new site devoted solely to iPhone / iPad applications that are music-related. One of its co-owners is a good friend of mine who has a quarter of a century as a musician and music producer under his belt, so there’ll be no shortage of in-depth knowledge and valid skepticism of dodgy apps.

The site has only recently launched but there’s already plenty of content on there. With the iPad now a reality, music applications will continue their explosive growth. Sites like this will play a role in sorting the wheat from the chaff – so why not give them a try?

Discussion paper: policy agenda-setting in virtual environments

Shed Boy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:42:59 +0000

I’m really pleased to announce the availability of a discussion paper on policy and virtual worlds. You can read all the details and download the discussion paper here.

As always, if you need more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Aussie short filmmaking at its best

Shed Boy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:30:04 +0000

This little piece has everything: sarcasm, humour and some great visuals. Enjoy:

Beautiful Kate: the Second Life aspect

Shed Boy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:17:32 +0000

Over the past year we’ve had the absolute pleasure of playing a small part in Beautiful Kate, the recently released film directed by Rachel Ward.

You can read about the project in much more detail here. Here’s a short machinima we created to showcase some of the work done:

Converting Excel to HTML

Shed Boy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:07:51 +0000

It took me a while to find the most efficient way to avoid using Microsoft’s export to HTML function, as it didn’t work well when using the exported HTML in a WordPress post.

Here’s the far superior alternative – enjoy.

A simple explanation of how Twitter works

Shed Boy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:40:29 +0000

Twitter’s simplicity gets an equally simple / plain English video explanation – it’s an ideal way to show a new user or skeptic its appeal:

Creating a famous Mii for Nintendo Wii

Shed Boy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:10:57 +0000

Ever wondered how some Mii creators make some amazing looking avatars that resemble celebrities? I’d assumed there was an option to buy different customisations on top of the default options, but I was wrong. All it takes is the default set with a lot of imagination.

What also helps is a site called Mii Characters which has step-by-step guides for hundreds of Mii customisations. Enjoy.

Darth Vader: Social Media star

Shed Boy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:19:03 +0000

Over the past few years, one of the popular culture icons that keep popping up over and over is Darth Vader. YouTube is a particular Vader domain, with some very fine humour to be found.

For me, Chad Vader is the pinnacle. I initially came across these videos in 2006 and they remain very popular:

There’s actually eight Chad Vader episodes and the creators have quite a business going selling DVDs and t-shirts.

Then there’s Darth Vader – Thriller style:

Sexualisation of kids: the David Jones angle

Shed Boy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:46:52 +0000

Being heavily involved with technology I often get comments around the role online activitiescan play with sexualisation of kids. Independent news outlet Crikey have run an excellent story today on a David Jones catalogue – it’s well worth the read.

It’s just further proof that the issue is as much a societal one as a technological one. It’s also an issue that companies will need to be aware of as consumer backlash grows against practices like this.