Good Thinking
Good Company Communications, the grassroots organizer behind the hit film The Corporation has come up with a novel DVD House Party Campaign that coincides with the long-awaited release of The Corporation DVD. The controversial and insightful film, THE CORPORATION raised some interesting questions about the future of a world dominated by companies that would be classified legally insane if they were humans, yet are afforded all the same protections and rights as humans. It’s hard not to see the film and wonder, “what do we do now?” Now there is an answer. Beginning immediately people across the World will be partying with a purpose: to strategize solutions and activate a public confronted by an increasingly corporation-dominated world. You can take part too! Prospective party hosts and guests can go via www.TheCorporation.com or directly to www.HelloCoolWorld.com to locate or register a party in their area. The beauty of the house party model is that it’s fun, easy to organize and effective in making a difference - all from the comfort of your living room. Read More
Competition improves the breed – of this there is no doubt. If you think your industry has been turned upside down by technology in the last decade, spare a thought for the food industry. A century ago, food was still largely prepared from first principle. Then came gas and electric ovens and the refrigerator, each new technology indelibly leaving its mark on the way we prepare and consume our daily sustenance. In the immediate post-war era a new affluence and mobility catalysed the fast food industry and subsequently the home delivery of food and the microwave oven have wrought further havoc to human grazing habits. Now the bar for home delivery is bring raised even further – SuperFast Pizza has put the ovens inside the trucks, cutting delivery times from 30+ minutes to less than 15 minutes and more importantly, cutting oven to mouth times to those equivalent at a restaurant. No more soggy pizza! Read More
July 2005 will see a gathering of some of the most esteemed and respected thinkers of our time for a conference that celebrates and embraces the humble concept of thinking. Not just a series of lectures or talks, the 12th International Conference on Thinking (ICOT) will offer participants the chance to learn, reflect, discuss and be actively involved in thinking through new possibilities for the future. The conference will be held in Melbourne, Australia from July 4-8, 2005. ICOT brings some of the most brilliant minds from all parts of the planet to discuss a range of topics and issues under the umbrella of this year's theme; "Celebrate the Past - Window to the Future" Read More
Feb. 23, 2005 Klever Marketing has begun licensing its technologies for electronic display and messaging devices mounted on the handles of supermarket shopping carts, the penultimate step in bringing its KleverKart shopping carts to market. The KleverKart features a built-in wireless computer that shoppers can use as a self-service assistant to scan items to check the price, a store directory to easily locate the item, automatically generated shopping lists based on individual consumer's prior history (via a loyalty card), seasonal promotions, electronic coupons, recipes (so you don't get home without all the ingredients) and you can even follow news and local weather. Read More
A range of urban fashion accessories with built-in crime resistance features has been released by UK company Karrysafe. The range of bags and fashion accessories have been specifically designed to protect their owners from street crime, concealing objects like mobile phones and other valuables and incorporating anti-slash materials and personal alarms. Read More
Craftworks is the first compact refrigerator designed specifically for the garage, workshop and home away from home living environments. On the outside it has a toolbox red exterior with rugged metal door pulls to blend in with other major tool chest brands. On the inside, this efficient 4.4 cu. ft. refrigerator satisfies space, energy, and portability needs to safely and conveniently provide refreshments where they are needed. Read More
The Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia (GASAA)is extending its online and moderated technical forum (Graphic Technology Xchange) to individual subscribers, effectively dropping the price of access to the invaluable resource from AUD$550 to AUD$20 per annum. The fully moderated forum draws on the expertise and experience of a stellar cast of technology experts in "filtering" useful information to subscribers in streams such as web, PDF, colour management, digital print, proofing, workflow and application software. Read More
Brand association is apparently an incredibly potent technology. Why else would we have Tonka teaming up with Ford, Razor with Chrysler, and now Hummer releasing its own brand of cologne. The rugged, high testosterone, military-strength Hummer brand has licensed its name to a new fragrance that will be available in the US for Christmas 2004. Read More
Happy birthday to the printing press ... it was this week 558 years ago that the first Gutenberg bible returned from the binders. It may not have actually been the first book printed with moveable type, (the Chinese had developed moveable type 400 years prior and discarded the technology) but it was the first book printed with movable type in Europe and it spread rapidly, influencing, perhaps even catalysing, three major intellectual revolutions: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Rise of Modern Science. Read More
The United States anti-war lobby has unveiled an anti-war billboard in the most prominent intersection in America - New York's Times Square. The billboard features a constantly updated clock counting the cost of the Iraq war. The clock started at $134.5 billion and is increasing at a rate of $177 million per day, $7.4 million per hour and $122,820 per minute. The unveiling coincides with the release of a new analysis of the cost of the Iraq war, detailing how the $144.4 billion earmarked for Iraq might have funded multiple projects to make American safer at home and stronger abroad. Read More
