As many of you know I am the community Manager (Intern) for media140au on twitter – the Australian arm of www.media140.com. This week was their most recent Australian event, which was held in the beautiful Powerhouse in Brisbane. The event was on Science Communication with much of the content focussing on digital media.
Although I was [...]

This video, 7 ways games reward the brain, is from Tom Chatfield and was a part of the TEDGlobal 2010. I wanted to share this as I found it extremely interesting. His point of view that the elements of game play which make gaming so successful can be used in other online and offline situations [...]

I have been reflecting on my reasons for beginning my new website www.marketinglowdown.com recently. As I explained in my first post about this new site, I felt it was an untouched niche. It has had me thinking lately though about the future of online communities and social networks, will the ‘everything and everywhere’ format of [...]

It always nice and comforting to have support online. Sometimes it’s easier to ask for help or talk about things online because you don’t feel like you are being judged or have to interact anymore than you want to. I aspire to work in online communities because of things like this. The ability to share [...]