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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.

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.

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

DSS46 DIGITAL

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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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http://www.honeysucklecreek.com

ExpeditionOz Services

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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 :)

UPPER YARRA DIGITAL MEDIA

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UPPER YARRA WEB HOSTING

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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

The 24 Worst Domain Names Ever

Well…that house is up for sale.

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

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.

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.