303 to John Cheese!

Just started my new job as Office/Facilities Manager @ John Cheese!

Already learnt heaps about production, post production, smoke/afx/final cut and 3D animation.

Pretty interesting :) it'll be good to learn the ropes to understand Advertising in all the processes!

www.johncheese.com.au

303's first Gloria Jeans TVC

Was so in love with this ad when we first saw it at one Fireside meeting!! Well done to Dav, Bryan and Julian!! Been searching youtube for weeks so I could link it, but the high res wont allow embedding, so have to link the shit one.



love it :)

Redundant!

Today I'm posting on the 30th of March, just over a month after being made redundant (22nd of Feb) from my old agency, 303. As you can imagine, I was extremely shocked and upset, but within a week I began to realise that although 303 was my pride and joy, it really wasn't the end of the world. In fact, I began to see that the old saying is true: that when one door closes, many more doors full of new paths and new opportunities will open for you.

After a lot of pep talking and time to reassess my situation, a new idea was brought to life.
Europe 2010!

I've got a European Passport - why wouldn't I get out and see the world :D Still haven't met my relatives in Germany, Ben is coming with, the duffman will be in good hands with my brother, and I've got no job that I feel I'm married to holding me back!

So I've just accepted my first permanent full time job lined up for 2 weeks time in a post production agency in west perth when I get back from Melbourne. So, January 2010, I'm outta here!!

Saatchi's NY & London, expect a visit :D
Wooooooooooo!!!

What the F**k is social media?

Great presentation by Paul and Nic the other day, slideshow available to view on Slideshare.

303 Coffee stint

Obviously my coffees look ten thousand times better now, after making them for clients for nearly a year! haha.
But I found this image on my computer from the time I spent my lunch break making stencils of the 303 logo (left) and others like smiley faces, swirls and flower prints.








**Update** 25.01.09 JUST found this surfing the net for the latest... bahahaha

303 Digital and Twitter

Plucked from the 303 Digital Blog..

"A discussion on mobile wouldn’t be complete without touching on Twitter – definitely the buzz brand of late 08, if you don’t know it; it’s a social networking tool and/or micro-blogging service. Basically, users can either write or sign up to mini updates of up to 140 characters in length. Barack Obama sent endless ‘tweets’ during the Presidential campaign to hundreds of thousands of followers, and continues to do so as we head to the inauguration... http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62049668,00.htm

Brands have begun using it as part of wider campaign activity, for a review of some of those see here: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/16-examples-of-huge-brands-using-twitter-for-business/7792/. This includes a dabble from Telstra last year, to much derision from the blogosphere: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/85706,telstra-faces-backlash-on-twitter.aspx. We won’t get too excited in Australia just yet, as you can’t receive tweets on mobile here, but if, as many believe Google buy Twitter then that’ll surely change. Although debate about Twitter’s monetization will need to be looked at before that happens. "

"Loving Twitter :) It's good to see a lot of big brands are now beginning to make the most of getting consumers opinions about their products. It’s these smart cookies that are the ones in the trenches watching and listening to what the general public say about them. The world of digital is expanding, faster than most can handle, but the businesses who choose to ignore it will be left behind and unaware of what the public perception is about them.

Take Starbucks for example who were monitoring a discussion on a website about their products, when somebody complained that when the ice in their drink melted, it became too watery. Alas, the idea of coffee flavoured ice cubes was born. Straight from the Horses mouth!

M. x "


I'm very excite! It's nice, I like!

Twitt Twitt!