24December2009

Have a great christmas

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Misc.

Have a great Christmas :)

YouTube link

24November2009

The 80s are back

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Events; The 80's.

The 1980s comprise of a lot of great memories for me, and a lot of the things i learn’t in that period were also responsible for many of my work choices since then…not to mention that i love 80s music, movies and tv shows :)

Obviously i’m not the only one who thinks that the 80s was a great decade as the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney is opening their “The 80s are back“ exhibition on the 12th of December 2009.

The Powerhouse Museum is bringing back the 80s with a spectacular exhibition that will reveal the good and the bad about the decade vividly remembered for its over-the-top excess.

Revisit the era’s toys and fads, video games and technology, nightclubs and music, architecture and design trends, current affairs and events. From the Sony Walkman, Atari and Pac-Man, big hair and power dressing, to pub rock and dance parties, the America’s Cup and the Berlin Wall.

Packed with entertaining experiences, familiar personalities, great nostalgia, and perhaps just a few cringe-worthy moments, The 80s are back will remind you why the 80s was a decade not easily forgotten!

I’m looking forward to checking out the exhibition..but more importantly i have now have my tickets for the opening night party :)

Celebrate 80s music at the opening night party!

12 December, 7pm – 10pm, Over 18s only

Dust off your ra-ra skirts, leggings and skinny ties for a night of 80s fun! Australia’s foremost proponents of synthesiser pop Pseudo Echo will be joined by iconic pop rock band GANGgajang, 80s drag divas Cindy Pastel, Miss 3D and friends, including Chris Da Bonnafin (in a Xanadu-inspired performance), and renowned DJ Stephen Ferris.

You can buy tickets for the event here.

2November2009

16th AIMIA Awards entries closing soon

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: AIMIA.

Entires in the 16th Annual AIMIA Awards close on Wednesday the 4th of November so you better get in quick and enter before time runs out. You can check out the list of categories that you can enter here.

The Annual AIMIA Awards are the longest running and most prestigious Awards in Australia’s Interactive Media Industry. Celebrating the very best in digital content innovation across all genres and interactive media platforms, the AIMIA Awards showcase the industry’s finest. As a bonus for Victorian based firms the awards are being held in Melbournes Docklands at The Peninsula on the 5th of March 2010.

If you don’t know who AIMIA are and what they do…

Founded in 1992, AIMIA is the peak industry body for interactive content and digital media in Australia.

AIMIA’s membership represents the full spectrum of the digital media industry in Australia. Our members range from Australia’s top digital media powerhouses, including the ABC, Sensis, Yahoo!, Google, BigPond, Foxtel, Disney, ninemsn and Fairfax Digital, to the country’s best known interactive advertising, mobile content, web development, games design, and special effects companies. Members include developers, creators, producers, investors, service providers, educational institutions and students.

You can find more info about AIMIA at this page or by visiting the AIMIA web site.

One quick disclaimer…i sit on the National Board of AIMIA.

18July2009

Apollo 11 Moon Landing 40th Anniversary

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Events; Honeysuckle Creek.

Since my main business, Honeysuckle Creek Pty Ltd, got its name from the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, which is located just south of Canberra in Australia, and was the location that provided the first eight minutes of video to the world of humans first step on the moon on the 21^st of July 1969 (Australian date), it’s only fitting that i’m currently on my way to Canberra to attend the multi-day Apollo 11 40th Anniversary celebrations…which i’ve been looking forward to since late 2008 :)

Some of my Honeysuckle Creek related images from my Honeysuckle Creek Flickr set.

7July2009

New logo for DSS46 Digital

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: DSS46 Digital.

Another logo from the brilliant designers over at KRD…this one is for DSS46 Digital which will be opening before the end of 2009.

DSS46 DIGITAL

New logo

Old logo

7July2009

Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek opens

Posted by HoneysuckleCreek under: Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek.

Welcome to Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek.

While it’s not an actual business, the Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek website contains information and updates on the digital services and digital media businesses that are owned by Honeysuckle Creek Pty Ltd, which at the opening of this website includes:

Upper Yarra Digital Media
www.upperyarradigitalmedia.com.au
Upper Yarra Digital Media provides a wide variety of digital services to community groups and small to medium businesses in the retail and tourism industries across rural, regional and metropolitan Australia. These services cover everything from early stage strategy and project architecture, through to design, programming and content creation (copywriting / photography / video / audio), seo, digital marketing and online advertising.

Upper Yarra Web Hosting
www.upperyarrawebhosting.com
Upper Yarra Web Hosting provides both pre-configured and custom tailored webhosting solutions, along with domain name purchasing and DNS managing. Servers are available in a number of countries, including; Australia, the USA and the UK.

 

 

DSS46 Digital – opening soon
www.dss46.com
DSS46 Digital will primarily focus on providing digital media strategy and consulting services to companies both large and small. Additional services will be available through our sister companies and will include; system architecture design, project management, creative design, copywriting, programming, seo, digital marketing, online advertising, photography and the production of video and audio.

With the Founder and Managing Director of “Honeysuckle Creek”, Mick Stanic, having been involved in the multimedia and internet industry since 1990, our digital services businesses are in a position to provide a variety of solutions and services that are based not only on an unrivalled passion but also on a deep understanding of what digital services and digital media can offer.

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crosspost from Honeysuckle Creek News
http://www.honeysucklecreek.com

6July2009

New logo for ExpeditionOz as it becomes ExpeditionOz Services

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: ExpeditionOz; ExpeditionOz Services.

As one of my old blogs turns into a business, the designers over at KRD have updated my original “ExpeditionOz” logo into a new and shiny “ExpeditionOz Services” logo :).

ExpeditionOz Services

New logo

Old logo

3July2009

MEGA information session in Melbourne

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek; Events; Upper Yarra Digital Media.

Next Thursday, the 9th of July 2009, MEGA is holding a free information session in Melbourne.

So what is MEGA i hear you ask? Here is some information from the MEGA website…

We welcome teams and individuals to join MEGA and be part of Australia’s mobile future.

What’s in it for you?
If you are a mobile, digital content or ICT company wanting to develop new mobile products and services, develop your staff in innovation and commercialisation, meet highly skilled potential employees and pitch for investment then MEGA is for you.

If you are an individual with creative, IT or business skills and you would like to collaborate with like-minded people with complimentary skill sets to create new products, services, start up a company, pitch for investment, increase your skill levels for employment and meet potential employers then mega is for you.

What does it involve?
Industry presenters and mentors share their leading edge expertise to provide a hands-on workshop program to take teams through:

• Market research and analysis
• Idea generation and evaluation of ideas for products and services
• Testing the technical and business feasibility of those ideas
• Producing a business plan or business proposal
• Pitching to potential investors

You will also be supported by a large MEGA support network of industry, education and government (see the partners page to see who is involved).

Communication, collaboration and teaching and learning are supported by the use of Web 2.0 technologies.

The project culminates with a high profile Pitch Day with industry experts and investors.

If this looks something you might be interested in, then register for the free seminar being held in Melbourne on Thursday the 9^th of July between 4.30pm and 6.00pm at the Telstra Executive Briefing Centre in Collins Street Melbourne.

For this years MEGA I’ve taken on a role as a business mentor under my Digital@HoneysuckleCreek / Upper Yarra Digital Media banner, and am really look forward to seeing what participants will come up with :)

2July2009

New logo for Upper Yarra Digital Media & Upper Yarra Web Hosting

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Upper Yarra Digital Media; Upper Yarra Web Hosting.

The spectacular designers over at KRD have created a number of new logos for us…including these two matching logos for Upper Yarra Digital Media and Upper Yarra Web Hosting.

UPPER YARRA DIGITAL MEDIA

New logo – note: there is also a version of this with a variation of the colours

Old logo

UPPER YARRA WEB HOSTING

New logo

Old logo

5June2009

hmmm…bladerunner based/inspired series on the web

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Bladerunner.

It appears that the director Ridley Scott is involved in creating a web based series of 5 to 10 minute shorts that are inspired by the original “Bladerunner” movie (IMDb & Wikipedia) and the Philip K. Dick novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”.

It’s going to be called “Purefold” and will be based in the period just before 2019 where the move was set.

It could be good…or it could be bad…but I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

It’s also being brand-funded with WPP, Publicis, Aegis and Naked Communications signing up clients to take part in it.

Links:
Official Ag8 announcement
Official Purefold FriendFeed discussion
Campaign article on the brand funding

28May2009

The 24 Worst Domain Names Ever

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Misc.

Courtesy of a Twitter post and sourced originally from interacted.com…these domain names are hilarious :)

The 24 Worst Domain Names Ever

27May2009

Cameron Frye’s house

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Movies; The 80's.

In the classic 1980’s movie, “Ferris Beuller’s Day Off“, Ferris Beuller’s best friend Cameron Frye lived in a house with a glass garage that housed a spectacular 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California that they used during the movie.

Well…that house is up for sale.

Now that would be a cool house to live in :)

21May2009

Upper Yarra Web Hosting

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek; Upper Yarra Web Hosting.

Upper Yarra Web Hosting is a service from Upper Yarra Digital Media that provides both pre-configured and custom tailored webhosting solutions on servers currently available in Australia and the USA.

Shared hosting prices start at AUD $7.95 a month, and all shared hosting packages get two months free if you sign-up for one-year. We can also organise dedicated servers if you need them. Currently all hosting is provided on a contact us first basis so that we can deliver exactly what you require at the best price, but we are looking at offering a simple automated setup service if enough people desire it.

We also have a partnership with a company that is initially developing premium Joomla (and later WordPress) templates as standalone packages for purchase, which wil also be available bundled with a hosting package. More info on this as they get closer to opening.

Upper yarra Web Hosting also provides a domain name purchasing service with prices that even i can’t believe. .com domains go for AUD$19.95 per year and .com.au domains go for AUD $39.95 for the standard two year period. A number of other Australian and generic domain names are also available at great prices, with DNS management available on every account.

Visit Upper Yarra Web Hosting for more information.

20May2009

Upper Yarra Digital Media

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek; Upper Yarra Digital Media.

I started Upper Yarra Digital Media in early 2009 to provide a wide variety of digital media and digital services to community groups and small to medium businesses in the retail and tourism industries across rural, regional and metropolitan Australia.

The available services cover everything from early stage strategy and project architecture, through to design, programming and content creation (copywriting / photography / video / audio), seo, digital marketing and online advertising.

Some of the above services are offered in-house and others are offered seamlessly by a wide range of partners, some of which i have been using since the mid 1990’s.

Upper Yarra Digital Media also operates Upper Yarra Web Hosting. The business is owned by Honeysuckle Creek Pty Ltd and you can find more information on all of the digital business owned by Honeysuckle Creek at Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek.