Friday frivolities: Lego birds, sporkchops, a social media parody and more…
Five links for your Friday distraction. More …
MIT looks to solve the problem with squeeze bottles
1Modern packaging often leaves something to be desired. Much like that last inch of toothpaste in the tube, squeezy condiment bottles insist on retaining sweet, sweet globs of sauce in a sticky layer that just won't budge. More …
Wordplay on show at Saatchi & Saatchi gallery
You've probably seen Mary-Louise Browne's award-winning series of nine stone seats, entitled Byword, running the length of Auckland’s Lorne Street and her Body to Soul staircase in Wellington’s Botanical Garden. More …
CAANZ Media Awards: DraftFCB makes it three in a row
DraftFCB's golden run continues: following up from the last two years' efforts, it can now boast a trio of Best in Show titles thanks to its work on the Electricity Authority’s What’s My Number? campaign at the ... More …
A quick word with … Ron Hanson
Artist turned editor Ron Hanson lives – and thrives on – the principle of chance. More …
Budget 2012: Government plays on the welfare merry-go-round
Budget 2012 sees cuts of $155 million from services aimed at getting young people and the unemployed into work, but labels it an 'up-front investment of $287.5 million' as it plays swings and roundabouts with the books More …
Budget 2012: Cancer Society delighted with ciggy tax increase
Price and consumption are inversely affected, so the Cancer Society is chuffed to see the price of cigarettes on the rise. More …
Business
Budget 2012: Christchurch rebuild a priority
Government 'committed to support Christchurch', announces new quake-recovery spending of $128m, but it's to come out of the $5.5 billion earthquake recovery fund from Budget 2011 More …
Business
A tale of two budgets
1Bill English screwed the fiscal wallet to the floor today, while Auckland mayor Len Brown yesterday went for a spend-a-thon. Could this be our very own Franco-German divide? More …
Business
Budget 2012: Cigarettes in the crosshairs
A 10 percent increase in excise on cigarettes will produce more than $528 million to play with, while the health sector gets a sizeable boost More …
Venture Solutions enters commercialisation ‘no-man’s-land’
Venture Solutions offers a new take on commercialising using a 'sweat equity' model. More …
Mitch Olson on the untapped potential of gamification
4FourSquare has a lot to answer for! Mitch Olson explains how to go beyond buzzwords and hype to create a business case for gamification for your brand. More …
HuffPo helping brands become publishers
The Huffington Post – scorned as a lowly content aggregator, yet admired for the traffic it pulls – is moving into helping brands become content creators themselves. More …
Grassroots mobilise against Dart tunnel passage
7Glenorchy resident Patricia Jantien is heading up a petition against the development of a private tunnel through Mt Aspiring National Park. More …
Awards
Air NZ takes home EECA’s top gong
Supreme EECA award winner Air New Zealand is delivering for NZ Inc, judges say, clocking up energy savings worth more than $540 million since starting its eco drive in 2005, More …
