Singing in the rain!

It’s almost 3am and I’ve just got back from saying a few happy birthdays and a few goodbyes . . . but in this light I’m not feeling happy as I can see the veins in my hand

Ech

As this harsh computer light dooms down on my beloved instruments I think about the fact that someone predicted that the drought would break today! Although I’m not stupid – and understand that it takes waaaaay longer than one evening of (if not a year) rain to water the parched land that is Aus – it does occur to me that it is still raining.

Which – I hope is a good sign. Bless.

HIPPO

A mate of a mate, James Mansini (23) has struck gold. This RMIT entrepreneur graduate has come up with HIPPO - a job site that specifically targeted uni students who want a job that pays well and fits in with their lecture timetable.

The up side for employees is that HIPPO has a filter system that allows them to find the right person for a job rather than sifting through endless resumes hoping that those they shortlist are the best possible applicants.

Australia’s youth or Gen Y as they are often called, have very individual traits, and Hippo has been developed with both the potential employee and the employers needs in mind.

According to business consultant Peter Sheahan, Gen Ys are street smart, aware, lifestyle centred, independent, informal, tech savvy, sceptical and impatient. But importantly from HIPPO’s perspective, they want “real” work, that is, responsible work that makes a contribution so they can prove themselves (see . . . we aren’t just lazy logs).


Anyway, one of their original marketing gags was to send giant Hippo’s to their prospective client offices. I don’t know if they went ahead with that one – but I suggested that it should be a singing hippo – more impact!

They officially launch in April but have already got retailers; Trampoline ( SOOO HOT RIGHT NOW), Brazin Ltd ( Bras n' Things, Sanity etc), Cotton on, Hungry Jacks, Intercontinental Group and Boost, signed to advertise their jobs.

Pretty good for a little 23 yr old if you ask me.

WE HAVE THE POWER

p.s just a little obsessed with my new talent of linking

IS NOT

I’ve been meaning to post this article up for a while but my mind has been elsewhere (as per).

Last year Ed & I wrote an article about Is Not Magazine for a magazine that we developed for a uni assignment.

Stuart Geddes, one of the founders of Is Not, and art director of Monument, was SUPER kind and helped us out by answering a whole lot of questions . . . those pesky uni students!

The magazine we developed was called ‘Hunt’ – and it was basically meant to reflect the ‘brand lifestyle of apple’. The focus was on the ongoing search for inspiration that sideways thinkers are on, where the best places are to find it and what to do to help you find it.

We were inspired by Is Not and its poster format – so we took from that and made ours an A1 fold out Mag. The contents included things like water reviews, breakfast reviews (cos we all know that breakfast is the new Saturday night – it’s all about the eggs) and snapshots on creative minds and where they go to find their inspiration.

I also can’t wait to head to their You Tube Tuesdays – held at Miss Libertine.

Anyway – thanks heaps to the Is Not crew – Mel Campbell, Natasha Ludowyk, Stuart Geddes, Penny Modra & Jeremy Wortsman – for creating an awesome concept that inspired us to get an HD!!

YOU’RE HOT

LINKING LESSON

Tait has taught me to link!!!

WOOOOHOOOOOO
My tech savvyless days are coming to an end . . .

Let the linking begin!!!!

Lesson # 2: re-doing layout so blog name is up the TOP of the page.

SCARY MAN

When I was walking (power – no I don’t use weights) on the weekend I noticed the tradish ‘people crossing’ sign . . . and wondered why the Australian government – in it’s rampage to be PC - hadn’t changed it so it didn’t look like a paedophile was kidnapping a young girl. Forgive me – a little weird I know but I was walking alone –mentally practicing my karate moves.

(The above pic isn’t the one that I saw (mine was yellow and the peeps were walking/being dragged) but this one is even scarier. Eeeeeek.)

A Little David & Pheobe in Fran

I was a little inspired by What if when I was having a tangle tantrum the other day.
p.s Hope you guys haven’t thought of this already (how embarrassing)



I just realised that you can't read my writing! hehe
It says 'All i-pods should have a little see through section on the back where the ear phones can plug in and get sucked in like a vacuum cleaner cord when not in use.'

T-BAR

I’ve been meaning to post about these guys for a while.

T-bar is an awesome concept developed a by two RMIT students.
This glass ‘bar’ is a freestanding shop in Melbourne Central purely dedicated to T’s.
They employ a heap pf graphic designers and only print 50 of each design. Every time I cruise past on my way to uni – I notice a funky new print. They have all the prices on the window and you can see most of the designs from the outside (handy since the shop is tres petit).

This one particularly caught my eye (especially after Stan was talking about the re-branding of ‘I love NY’).

I saw a guy wearing it the other week. I like.

BACK TO UNI

Ah yes
Tis the time of year when I have to force my brain out of hibernation and drag it back into the sunshine of UNI!
Yey
Uni has been fab
However I did have a 'black Monday' at the beginning of this week.
3 bad things happened
1. I spilt tea on my keyboard
2. I dropped my phone 3 times in a row and broke the speaker (I can hear you, you just can't hear me)
3. I didn't get the internship (I was short listed for an internship at RMIT - congrats to Chris, may you have a happy future at OBM and sell many disposable sunglasses)
Actually maybe it was four things
4. I weighed myself (this is what happens when dresses are fashionable - you don't know that your jeans don't fit!)

But it's all ok because my mum bought me a giant pot of honey (1.5kg to be precise)!
It’s the best pot of honey in the world.