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What Motivates You?
August 6, 2012 | The Bull
I left high school in the 1980s. My small claim to fame at school was that I could run a bit (400m was my event) and was a reasonable rugby player. I was also a “stirrer” always keen to see how far I could push a teacher’s buttons. I was good …
Infographic | A Matter of Time
August 6, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Time is a precious commodity to the small business owner who typically finds themselves juggling multiple roles simultaneously. Mavenlink created the Infographic A Matter of Time to illustrate exactly what it means to small business…
The IF Talks Brings You A Forum of Dangerous Ideas
August 3, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
IT’S TIME FOR IF TALK NUMBER 9: THE FORUM OF DANGEROUS IDEAS HOSTED BY 6.2 EVENTS.
THEME: IDEAS THAT SHAKE, BAKE AND BRING ABOUT DISRUPTION TO THE THINGS WE THINK WE KNOW.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ANYTHING
WHEN: …TUESDAY AUGUST 21 2012, FROM 6.30Read More
Some Things I’ve Learnt About Money, Work & Happiness
August 1, 2012 | Rebekah Campbell 1
I moved to Australia from New Zealand during 2000 in my early twenties. Until then I’d never had a job that paid a wage. I had met Grant Thomas, manager of Neil Finn and some big Australian bands, when I organised a Youth Suicide…
Bicycle Made From Cardboard
August 1, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Israeli designer Izhar Gafni has created a functional bicycle out of cardboard. The highly innovative design uses materials that come to a total cost of roughly US $ 9. The cardboard is dipped in special coating that will ensure it can withstand…
66 Important Things I’ve Learned in Business…
July 30, 2012 | The Bull 6
I have always wanted to write an article with this title. I’ve tried a few times before but it never came out the way I was hoping. I have tried again and here is the result. It’s rambling but I hope you enjoy it.
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Encoded Textiles Use QR Codes to Preserve Culture
July 30, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Los Angeles based Chilean artist Guillermo Bert has found a new use for QR (quick response) codes, to raise awareness of the plight of Mapuche of southern Chile. The artist is using the little black and white boxes of pixels that encode links …
Take A Tour Through Twitter’s new Office
July 25, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Twitter is relocating to 1355 Market St in downtown San Francisco. Local photographer Troy Holden goes inside the brand spanking new headquarters that will soon be occupied by 800 employees.
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Light up Gloves for Cyclists
July 25, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
Early Winter Night Biking Gloves serve two purposes for urban cyclists. Firstly, as the name suggests, they keep your hands warm whilst cycling in the winter and cooler months. Secondly they provide clearer visibility for those riding on …
The STW Group’s Nextness Prize Announces 7 Finalists
July 25, 2012 | Courtney van der WeydenThe STW Group is on the look out for “What’s Next” in its first ever Nextness Prize competition. Over 40 submissions were received from the more than 75 companies that make up the group across S-E Asia. Seven finalists were announced…
From The Bull: “In the long run men hit only what they aim at.”
July 23, 2012 | The Bull 1
“In the long run men hit only what they aim at.” Henry David Thoreau
In 1961 President John F. Kennedy set America one of its toughest challenges ever. In front of the U.S. Congress he told them that before the decade was over America…
Jargon, Fluff, Blurb and the Opportunity They Bring
July 18, 2012 | Linsay Duncan
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In a meeting this week I witnessed some incredible dialogue. The words leverage, utilise, solution, collaboration, elasticity, high-level and bolt-on were all expertly weaved into one unnecessarily long sentence – at theRead More
Empty Street Store Converted Into Hotel Room
July 18, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
The Urbanauts Project have created a holiday experience that engages the tourist in the local culture.
Located in Vienna the Urbanauts is a hotel that was once home to a suit tailor store. It has been transformed to provide basic hospitality,…
Artists Turn to Twitter for Inspiration
July 18, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Tweet A Brief is a current art exhibition in London town run by Handsome Frank.
The illustration agency turned to twitter to crowdsource ideas for artworks. The work currently on display was inspired by briefs generated by Handsome…
The 20th Anniversary of the First Photo Upload
July 18, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the very first photo being uploaded to the internet. On the 18th of July 1992 the first photo appeared online courtesy of CERN, a research laboratory located in Geneva.
Wondering what the subject of the …
Leo Babauta’s Guide to Handling Criticism Gracefully
July 18, 2012 | White Spaces
‘Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.’—Bertrand Russell
If you’re going to do anything interesting in the world, criticism…
When a Crisis Occurs…
July 16, 2012 | The Bull
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In the past 18 months I was involved in rescuing a business from voluntary administration and, in a separate situation, forcing a business to change its strategic direction before it went into an eventual (and steep) decline. BothRead More
The Unspeakable
July 11, 2012 | Angelique Milojevic 2
Recently I was talking to Ben Rennie from 6.2 and I was congratulating him on his Failcon talk. He spoke about his previous business failure and the personal feelings around failing that he couldn’t talk about for three years. It was brave…
Infographic: The Rise of Mobile
July 11, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
Trinity Digital Marketing has constructed the infographic The Rise of the Mobile which provides a snapshot of statistics behind this growth. They found that 87% of the world’s population own a mobile device. This growth is spearheaded…
Bikes Form Part of Interactive Street Art
July 11, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Artist Ernest Zacharevic has used stationary bikes to form part of his exhibition on the streets of Malaysia’s Penang province. The project titled Mirrors George Town is for the George Town Festival 2012.
The project consists …
Changing Times: Google Pictionary Defines the World Today
July 9, 2012 | Tarant Hill
Dictionaries are pretty much always filled with words, right? Countless pages of definitions, black on white sort of stuff, a friend to all of us but still kinda dull and boring.
Not on this occasion however. Coming out of London, designers/artists,…
Quitting Your Day Job & Building a Business With Heart
July 9, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
It’s Monday morning incase you had not noticed. And I am sure a few of our readers out there are suffering from some serious Mondayitis: a feeling of weariness, sadness, apathy and general distress that many individuals feel when…
Ad Campaign Relates Stalin to Social Media
July 6, 2012 | Tarant Hill
A project created by Russian communications student, Ilya Tekhlikidi has been used as a campaign for the Victims of Illegal Political Repressions Organization. The campaign has been aimed at younger generations, and uses contemporary…
When Adversity Strikes
July 4, 2012 | Angelique Milojevic 6
I started Business MasterMinds in the beginning of 2008. My first company. I had started businesses before but this one was special, something I felt very proud of. An extension of my values, beliefs, that pushed my comfort and gave me lots of…Read More
Where in the World do i Start? Leo Babauta Provides the Answer
July 4, 2012 | White Spaces
One of the most frequent questions I get when people read Zen Habits, looking to change their lives, is: “Where do I start?”
From getting in shape to flossing to getting productive to waking earlier to learning languages and much…
The Relentless Need for Creative Thinking…
July 2, 2012 | The Bull 1
Every great business, product, service or movement has started the same way. Somebody had a spark of inspiration and then had the guts to do something about it. They chose to disregard how things were currently being done and looked for …
Infographic: Is Social Media Making us Socially-Awkward?
July 2, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Online education portal schools.com have created an inforgraphic that illustrates how our need to be constantly connected and updated online is dramatically altering our real-life relationships.
Facebook users are the biggest offenders. Research…
Foap: An app to Market Your iPhone Photos
July 2, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Amateur iPhone photographers who usually store and share photos on Facebook or instagram are now tempted to convert their hidden personalised snaps into cash. Introducing Swedish start-up Foap who according to good.is aim to become the…
Stories are a Threatened Species
June 27, 2012 | White Spaces
There are many threatened species in our world. They’re threatened by our stories. The future of our stories is also under threat. Do we want to save the story of the human species?
Our future is in our stories
Last week I was at a workshop…
The Boldtech Manifesto
June 27, 2012 | Rui Rodrigues
The definition of technology has suffered a narrowing scope evolution over the course of the last couple of decades. It seems that the scope of technology has accompanied the Darwinism of the word itself from technology to tech but did…
Nike Crowdsource Paintball Portrait of Rafael Nadal.
June 27, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Nike, the official sponsor of Rafael Nadal, have celebrated his success at the 2012 French Open with a crowdsourced portrait. Nike harnessed the power of social media, encouraging fans to leave messages of support on the Nike Tennis…
Creatives go Loopy for Professional Development
June 27, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Seniors from Interbrand, Etsy, Clems & Firelight get on board, as The Loop launches free career advice resource for Creatives.
Creative industry networking website The Loop, has today launched a comprehensive new professional development…
The big Difference Between Urgent and Important…
June 25, 2012 | The Bull
A friend of mine once told me that he never had enough time to get everything done he wanted to. He asked me for advice. I suggested he distinguish between which activities are important and which are urgent. And then I gave him two options.…
Dandelion-Bullying is for People With no Imagination
June 25, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
“With all my might, you’d all take flight… if I could but wish for better things, you’d all disperse and grow your wings.” – Benjamin Brewster, Dandelion.
Recently friend of UWS Galvin Scott …
Master Chef Made me Think…
June 22, 2012 | Janeece Keller
Two teams of amateur cooks competing against each other to see who could create and serve the best three-course banquet for over four hundred guests could have spelt chaos. Especially because according to Gary Meghan, many of the Master …
How to Fail Better
June 18, 2012 | Andrew Fallshaw 1
Sydney has just played host to a local chapter of Failcon, and it was a great event. Two hundred or so entrepreneurs and creatives crammed in to hear a diverse mix of speakers talk (or sing) about failure. I got a lot out of it, and wanted to share …
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