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Re: It’s here… my 1983 limited edition SR500

BP — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:24:21 -0000

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Re: It’s here… my 1983 limited edition SR500

Ben — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:23:02 -0000

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Re: It’s here… my 1983 limited edition SR500

larsRPV — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:12:28 -0000

Ben,

I stumbled across your website on last Sunday's lazy afternoon. You're well on your way of getting a pretty darn cool motorcycle, dude!

You mentioned some good suppliers of SR parts etc., but please allow me to add one more: REDZ POR VIDA (www.redzporvida.com) from the North of Europe.

Hope to see you around some day on our website,

In the meantime, keep up the good work!

Cheers,

Lars
REDZ POR VIDA

Re: It’s here… my 1983 limited edition SR500

twitter-17829662 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:01:46 -0000

This terrifies me.
(as a cyclist)
but I am very happy for you.

Re: Seek’s ‘Credit Superhero’ job post - it’s since been removed

lopas — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:51:52 -0000

Thanks for the great post

Re: Short film feeling_lonely? by Rachael Turk

Jess — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:38:00 -0000

Great. Such a powerful and moving film. Props to Rachael, she did a great job.

Re: Lucky Country site live

benhamin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:04:17 -0000

Since speaking I watched the clip on Vimeo and it actually performs better than the embedded - well seemed too - which is weird, same host.

With regards to keeping the dialogue, connection and relevancy going to DVD - the trouble is having a team that can keep it going whilst not using all the budget. The one problem we don't have is a shortage of things to discuss and share: creation, comparison, reviews, background and so forth.

Thanks for the compliment and fingers crossed on Balibo. I'm so excited about that film.

Re: Lucky Country site live

Oscar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:38:14 -0000

I'm not familiar with the use of Vimeo, so it might be a host issue. Interlaced footage usually has narrower zigzags, like looking at the world through Kanye West's Ksubi sunglasses.

I reckon keeping up the marketing through to DVD release is important, that's where the money is. Theatrical release is in most cases too expensive to make much profit with Australia's economy of scale.

I think The Population certainly fall into the "good marketing" category, the My Year Without Sex campaign with Facebook was great. You'll really be able to flex your muscle if you're working on Balibo, that flick has cultural currency and a killer plot, it'll be this generations Evil Angels...

Re: Lucky Country site live

benhamin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:16:16 -0000

All valid points and thanks for the praise on the design, I'll pass it on to Nick (the designer).

The plan is to grow a following up until release, keeping the post frequency relatively high and include key people from the films creation to give their perspective and spread the responsibility of upkeep. We'll probably slow down after release, but with the distribution of authors should keep the posting pretty active up until DVD.

Your suggestion on the use of a scene from the film is a valid one. Right now that's not in the plan. We do have have some great footage from the set which will be featured though.

...and I hope we fall into the 'good marketing' category for Australian film.

Thanks for the comment on the Lucky Country blog. Sadly I lost it with the integration of the Disqus content system. So I'll answer it here:

We did 'deinterlace' that clip - but your right it's 'zigging and zagging' so will have a play - thanks for the headsup.

Re: Lucky Country site live

Oscar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:08:45 -0000

Nice, austere site design; I love the silhouetted header's seamless integration with the black background. I'm keen to see how the blog pans out; will you guys be posting up to DVD release?

Did you consider using a scene from the film as a teaser? A lot of strong social media campaigns for films have done this, like Cloverfield, Borat and the new and old Transformers flick. I think audiences are increasingly wary of a trailer's power to create a false impression of a film (not that the trailer for Luck Country did that from my POV). Teaser scenes are honesty and disclosure wrapped in a sweet chocolate coating of entertainment.

Good marketing has been one of Australian film's biggest shortcomings. No excuse really, as the AFC and now Screen Australia provide funds specifically for marketing. Hopefully the newly appointed Kathleen Drumm shakes things up a bit...

Re: 73mph jet cyclist

twitter-15003100 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:24:19 -0000

nuts! sums up modern life really

Re: WWDC 2009, Live from App Store visualisation

Tony — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:56:58 -0000

Great tour, thanks for taking the time.

Re: WWDC 2009, Live from App Store visualisation

benhamin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:18:24 -0000

I wish, I wish... I was there too. Send the spirit back Olly.

Re: WWDC 2009, Live from App Store visualisation

oliverw — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:42:34 -0000

I'm here t WWDC and it's very cool to watch :-)

Re: Short film feeling_lonely? by Rachael Turk

benhamin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:26:01 -0000

hope the problem resolved itself... I just checked the file and all seemed fine.

Re: Short film feeling_lonely? by Rachael Turk

Kate Richardson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:33:31 -0000

aah it's jamming on my machine at 2.49 and I really want to see what happens! I'll keep trying.

Re: Don’t go here…

oliverw — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:42:40 -0000

veeeery nice mate!

Re: Just landed in… data visualisations from Twitter

katie chatfield — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:52:12 -0000

Here's the link I promised! At the 2009 PSFK Conference NYC, Graham Hill, founder of Treehugger shared a selection of his favorite environmentally positive, high-impact products, services, and people. Hyper Pecha Kucha style, with 60 powerful ideas helping to make the world a better place.

http://blip.tv/file/2102941/

Yum!

Re: Blogflash: Ben Cooper is engaged to Rachael Turk

melrose — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:58:11 -0000

Congratulations Rachael, love Xica, Hamish and Sophie

Re: Blogflash: Ben Cooper is engaged to Rachael Turk

surfboards — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:03:35 -0000

You two make a great couple, congratulations!

Re: Twitter data - the anti timesheet?

mrtruffle — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:20:37 -0000

ha this is great. 10 am Saturday is when I wake up and don;t want to get out of bed so I pull out the ipod and tweet away. 9pm is when I usualy get home from work and I sit down and catch up on what I missed haha

Re: Three case studies worthy of your time…

OscarN — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:27:56 -0000

Trevor's occupational experiment reminds me of the ultimate spoils of childhood victories - "slave for a day".

It seems that the best social networking campaigns have an element of childlike innocence (and occasional naughtiness). The Honda problem solving also possessed this quality, like an oversized daycare activity group for adults.

Re: 2009 Web Trend Map

jax — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:30:53 -0000

you can check a zoomable version here: http://www.zoomorama.com/2477f0e8b447bb6570493c...

Re: Five photos with little explanation

truce — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:53:57 -0000

love the 'other worldly' gate and the psychadelic kayaks.

Re: Twitter data - the anti timesheet?

benhamin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:12:09 -0000

Thanks for the insight. Its interesting to see that Monday remains that clear the decks, catchup on news and plan the week day... but what's great is that you share your discoveries - thanks for that.