UPDATE
Drew in the comment box below has alerted me to the fact that I have linked this advertisement to Aircell, The US broadband provider, rather than Aircel, the Indian mobile provider. I have updated the post below.
ORIGINAL POST WITH EDITS
Aircell, an American airline broadband provider, Aircel, an Indian mobile company, has created quite a storm [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Aircel dinghy advertisment saves lives
Proof that Australians are harder workers than Brits
Having worked overseas, one of the questions I often get asked is where do you work harder, in The UK or Australia? The opinion if it is a Brit asking is that Aussie’s are lazing on the beach most of the time and if it is an Aussie asking, they are convinced [...]
Energy Australia ad
This ad didn’t make me go to the Energy Australia Website, but it did make me laugh.
Seen at Kings Cross train station in Sydney.
Oh yeas – Beached Whale series coming to ABC TV
Just heard via Julian Cole on Twitter that Beached Whale, the hugely popular Youtube video featuring a beached Kiwi accented whale and a friendly seagull is to be made into an 11 part series with new characters. It will be shown first online and then aired on ABC1 and ABC2.
Read the full details about the [...]
My presentation from the 4th Annual PR and New Media Summit
Last week I was invited to present at the 4th Annual PR and New Media Summit in Melbourne, on the topic of the ‘New skill sets of the communications pro in the new media environment’. The event was put on by Glen Frost, of Frocomm and was attended by approximately 100 communications professionals primarily from [...]
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
The video above is not short, it is 20 minutes, it also not that new either, having been delivered in 2006, but it is well worth watching. The speaker, Sir Ken Robinson is a leading thinker on realising the potential of creativity and the importance of innovation. The talk is incredibly funny verging on a [...]
Shaving my sabbatical moustache
One of my things is that whenever I am on holiday I grow a moustache. Today I shaved off my latest and most successful ‘tache – pre and post shots above. The ‘tache was four months in the making – not having shaved it since I left work on the 3 April this year. Like [...]
