Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. Ogg is the name of the container format for audio, …
Protecting works from copyright in Australia
The Australian Copyright Council have a useful introductory article on protecting writing, visual imagery, music and moving imagery with copyright in Australia. The website also contains useful information sheets, publications, …
Hutchison launches 3G is Australia
Hutchison has today launched the next generation mobile phone network, 3G in australia. It is the first to offer services such as video news and sport updates, mapping services and …
Australian INFront Visual Response
Last Saturday, on Day2 of the Semi-Permanent Design Conference, there was a talk by Australian INFront members, Justin Fox, Matthew Willis and Sean Torstensson who commented on a Visual Literacy …
Scientists complete the Human genome
Scientists have finally completed the Human Genome (also known as the genetic blueprint) three years after a working draft was completed and 2 years ahead of it predicted schedule. BBC …
DevEdge comments on the Business benefits of Web Standards
Netscape DevEdge has published an interesting article (with useful links) which comments on some of the advantages of developing with Web standards. The article comments on search rank, speed, extensibility, …
Semi-Permanent Design Conference Day 2
Some images from Day 2 of the conference in Sydney.
Avid announces new Avid Express Pro
Avid have announced a new Avid Express Pro with Avid Mojo to provide True Real-time Editing and Output. This, alongside the Avid Media Composer products can run on a PowerBook …
A talk by Peter Bray co-founder of Clear Blue Day
I visited a lecture/talk the other night by Peter Bray co-founder of Sydney based convergent media company Clear Blue Day. Clear Blue Day among other top sydney based companies such …
The interesting life of Whitespace
We often forget that most programming languages have a common character which sits silently in the background yet plays a significant role in any computer program. During development and execution, …
Flash MX and its accessibility features
Jeffrey Veen writes in a recent post on some accessibility features of Flash MX. He comments briefly on Flash and Section 508 and how accessibility is turning into a hot …
AGDA article on protecting identities
AGDA has a useful article on protecting identities such as logos. The article comments on strategies and contains a useful list of things to remember and consider for both a …
BBC Learning celebrates DNA Discovery with webcast
BBC Learning are producing a live webcast on Friday 25th April to coincide with the 50 year anniversary of the Francis Crick and James Watson discovery of the DNA Double …
The 2003 Webby Award nominations have been announced
Nominations for the 7th Annual Webby Awards has been announced including a selection of sites in 30 categories including, Best Practices, Education, Film, Health, Net Art, News, TV, Sport, Technical …
Amit Pitaru's Insert Silence revisit
I revisit Amit Pitaru’s Insert Silence website for a little creative inspiration. He has created some amazing creative digital pieces and his work is exhibited in the Design Museum’s Exhibition, …