Memes are intriguing things so when tagged by DT at Design Sojourn who was tagged by the creative Marc Rapp who was tagged by Aaron and so on and on… I feel there is nothing for me to do than to participate and keep it alive. So here goes:

Eight things you probably don’t know about me: (in no particular order)

1. I’m a sashimi and Twitter addict. I also read my blog feeds before actual news feeds.

2. I was also a golf junkie before my daughter was born, now I have to supplement that addiction with a seriously outdated version of Tiger Woods 2004 on the Xbox.

3. I had to present in front of the faculty board after I failed 50% of subjects in the first year of Uni. I blamed it on the transition from High School and they let me stay.

4. I actually wanted to be an architect when I was little.

5. I fell on my head when I was 14 while being lifted to slam dunk a basketball. I grew a blood clot the size of my palm on my brain that had to be removed. It was a gnarly situation, especially for my parents but I swear to this day it did wonders to my IQ.
5. I used to work for a Bank.

6. I’m a coffee snob. My wife (and I) own a cafe that serves Illy coffee.

7. I felt strangely compelled to start my own daddy blog when my little girl was born.

8. I really don’t like pigeons.

Now the tag bit. Meg@Blogpond, Duncan@duncanriley, Miel@coolzor, Timothy@brandspankingnew and Ross@makinbacon

WWU (work without undo) is the latest from the lofty heights of the accurecreative artroom. Just a bit of fun for now and justification for Gregg’s big computer and Wacom thingy.

An ongoing feature perhaps??

UPDATE: We’ve decide this new look you’re seeing right now on Carpark is here to stay. It’s by no means finished and yes we do realise there are bugs in its current format but we’re working to fix them. We ask for your patience

If you don’t use a RSS reader of somesort to read this blog, you’re probably freakin’ out at the different formats being thrown around on this site at the moment. You’re not going crazy and your machine isn’t playing up. We’re just testing and playing around with a few new things. Before you know it, we’ll be bigger and better than before. We’re really sorry for this but hit has to be done.

The April edition of the Marketing Mag explores the changing face of the promotional product industry in Australia. In a feature article by Sam McConnell titled “A lasting reminder” a number of agencies (including us) were asked to provide an industry perspective on the state of affairs. Read more »

Another fairy died today because someone or some entity decided that being brilliant was not absolutely essential - they didn’t say ‘no’ to being average. There is little context in this post to anyone outside our walls, but I’m sure the teams here can find relevance. Read more »

Back in January we told you about Trend Blend 2007+, a collaborative piece of work by the guys at What’s Next (nowandnext.com) and Future Exploration network. It was a good piece of work and now Richard from What’s Next has given us a new map - The 1900-2050 Time Line! Read more »

I’m a compulsive scribbler and note taker, I like lists and sometimes I get so consumed with an idea that other things (still important) seem to fade into oblivion. Well you could imagine my delight when I came across IMified via Solution Watch Imified is a new service that enables users to access services like Basecamp, Google Calendar, and Wordpress from their instant messaging client. With this application, I can manage to-do lists, save notes, create reminders, and even publish a post to Wordpress for Carpark. I’m quite thrilled with it but not everyone shares my excitement around the office. Read more »

Accure welcomes in the year of the Piggy. Happy Chinese New Year everyone.

This has turned out to be quite a meme. Tino Buntic started the whole initiative here by settling to showcase 2000 out of the 55 million or so blogs in the blogosphere. No pre-requisites, no judgement, just a first-in-first-serve type system. As it turns out, this little project has morphed into a great snapshot of the our evolving culture and a great visual aid for the long tail of information. Read more »

The Google juggernaut rolls on and has come up with a very cool idea to help Aussies celebrate and capture their Australia Day celebrations this Friday. They’re providing the opportunity for ordinary Australians who will be in the Sydney Harbour area to put themselves on the map. Here’s what the Google had to say: Read more »