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Posted on Dec 17, 2010 by Adam Franklin

How the Gadget Guy uses the iPad – Peter Blasina

Pete Blasina is well known on Australian TV as the Gadget Guy. I was thrilled to meet Pete when we were on the same panel at the “Man vs Machine” debate in Sydney’s lower town hall recently.

After the debate, I interviewed Pete ‘The Gadget Guy’ about his favourite new business toy – Apple’s iPad.

Discover how what started out as a entertainment device has quickly become a really valuable business tool at Peter’s company.

Pete “The Gadget Guy” discusses the Apple iPad

Hi. I’m Pete, the Gadget Guy, and I’m going to just talk about the iPad. …

Posted on Sep 6, 2010 by Lesley Hays

Weekly round-up (Vol. 71)

Building Online Authority: Have You Given Up on the Sale? – Search Engine People
You’ve probably read a lot of suggestions on how you should be using social media with your business – it can be pretty overwhelming! So many of these suggestions revolve around focusing on your consumer, providing content and backing off on the hard sale. So it’s refreshing to read this article on how you can hit a balance between these things and still selling your product or service.

4 Tips for Writing SEO-Friendly Blog Posts – OPEN Forum
These tips are both easy and effective.…

Posted on Jun 7, 2010 by Lesley Hays

Weekly round-up

5 Tips to Effectively Promote your Articles – Creative Overflow
25 Awesome Google Search Tips and Tricks – AppStorm
Even Dolphins Love the iPad – Mashable
10 things you didn’t know about Twitter – Telegraph.co.uk
New App Helps You “Game” Foursquare Mayorships – Mashable
Microsoft’s own “Upgrade Your Browser” promo!
How We Improved Our Conversion Rate by 72% – dMix

Proof that everyone Googles themselves…

Posted on Apr 30, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

Weekly round-up

Dropbox startup lessons learned — SwissMiss
Mobile web design: is it worth it? — Six Revisions
Root domains, subdomains vs. subfolders and the microsite debate — SEOmoz
Classification schemes (and when to use them) — UX Booth
10 new UX books to look out for in 2010 — UX Booth
Wireframes as a thinking device — Konigi
Thoughts on Flash — Apple.com

Why you should get your mum an iPad this Mother’s Day

engadget shows us how to combine an iPad with two iPhones for a high-tech game of Scrabble! Mums and grandmas everywhere are sure to approve!…

Posted on Apr 23, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

Weekly round-up

“Apple said Monday that it sold more than 300,000 iPads on the day of its launch, ushering in a new era of people buying things to find out what they are.”
— Seth Meyer for Weekend Update on SNL. (via Konigi)

The iPad is a toy — Konigi
Facebook introduces community pages — TechCrunch
Facebook sets up Google-war with vast expansion through Open Graph — Times Online
YouTube turns 5: from a clip about an elephant to internet mammoth — Sydney Morning Herald
iPad, tablet projections escalate — Min Online
The scariest pricing idea ever.

Posted on Apr 15, 2010 by Bluewire Media

Why 9.41 is Apple time

This article I read in Fast Company left me astonished by how much attention Apple pays to every microscopic detail of their marketing campaigns.

Have you ever wondered why all Apple product mockups show the time at just after 9.40? Neither had I (nor had I even picked up on this peculiarity). But indeed, the iPhone’s clock displayed 9.42am. The iPad displayed 9.41.

I’ll let Fast Company explain: