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Hide and seek

loudhail — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:08:21 +0000

Watch this – it cracked me up. Makes me wish I spoke Russian, too. Well, kinda.

I wanna be in the photocopier, too…

British food: yum-my!

loudhail — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:08:32 +0000

I love British food. Britain is Nirvana cuisine-wise to me. To me, traditional British fare is Indian, followed by Chinese, chased by scruptous breakfast (full cooked English Breakfast with bangers and hash browns as well as my all-time favourite Porridge), meat and three veggie dinners, and of course fish’n'chips (or fush’n'chups, as we Kiwis say). Yum-my! Can’t wait to move there to significantly increase my intake of Indian food.

Good thing for me then that apparantly 26% of Britons know how to make a curry by heart, without consulting a recipe book or nana. Roast dinner also ranks real high, with 54% of people knowing how to assemble that from scratch without help. I will be moving in a few weeks, so my British friends (and friends and family to be): stock up on groceries, get out your best china, and make me dinner! I will bring the Austrian (and New Zealand) wine.

You are not from Brighton

loudhail — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:09:17 +0000

is another fun song by Fatboy Slim. I am not from Brighton either, but I will be living there from May! Yay! Sun, beaches, palmtrees, cafes, Wellington feel – but all within 52 minute reach of London. Far out!

Not that I won’t be coming to Vienna any more, we have a business there, and I also hold lectures at a couple of universities. But there is heaps to do for me in the UK, so it makes perfect sense to be there. Also, I get to speak English most of the time, eat heaps of local fare (Indian food) and enjoy the company of new and beautiful people. Also, I’ll have lots of visitors by the looks of it.

That’s pretty good!

loudhail — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:33:45 +0000

So this whole blackout thing seems to have had a positive effect. Apparantly the law has been delayed… and if there is no resolution until 27 March, it will not take effect at all.

Cheers to everybody who supported this!

FilmTiki is live!

loudhail — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:36:25 +0000

Finally… the fruit of our labour can be seen on www.filmtiki.com! We just went live today. I am very humbled and grateful for this.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about: the last 9 months I have been working pretty much day and night on the development of my brainchild FilmTiki – a platform for filmmakers to give them strategic advice on how to best market and promote their films. It has been an intense time, and I am very much looking forward to the weeks ahead when we get to talk to people and work with feedback and get it out there. My favourite part!

We are giving away free 1-year-subscriptions for a year – so go on and check it out, and tell me what you think!

I tried to say NO to stencils but they were bigger than me

loudhail — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:53:48 +0000

I love stencils. I have a stencil by a Wellington stencil artist working under the cloak of “YEAH… NAH” in my parents basement (orange spray paint on brown coloured wood). It’s sitting there until such a time when I decide to move into a place for longer than 2 months again (along with all my other belongings… ready to be shipped wherever that new place might be).

Anywho, I just came back from lovely Edinburgh where I spent Hogmanay – such a brilliant party week! Lots of dancing, lots of whisky, lots of fun. I bought this awesome Banksy book (if you don’t know Banksy, tststs… check out his stuff at www.banksy.co.uk) and it had a good quote. Now, I don’t do new years resolutions, but this quote inspired me to my new routine of not getting up at 5.45 am every day: “People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine”. Now, I’m sure that late risers aren’t automatically better people, but I feel more comfortable now in every way sleeping till at least 7.30 am, which is really late to me.

Only in Aotearoa

loudhail — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:13:00 +0000

Well, probably not. Still, this is freakin hilarious! Apparently, everybody’s favourite New Zealand pizza chain Hell’s Pizza had an ad going that had Sir Edmund Hilary, Heath Ledger and the Queen Mother dancing to Michael Jackson’s thriller. They caused offense, so the pulled the ad off the air.

I have a theory on who they were most offended over… but what’s your guess? I’ll let you know my idea shortly.

Disclaimer: New Zealand is one of the places I call home and love dearly. Just in case anyone wants to know…

UPDATE: my guess: Sir Edmund Hilary. Obviously.

Facebook revamped

loudhail — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:12:31 +0000

Have you seen the new Facebook interface? Do you like it?

I kinda do, but I am not sure that it is as useful as it can be… it is certainly cleaner.

What do you think? Curious to know if you are gonna stick with the new one or return to the old one (while you still can)… Share your thoughts in the comments!

Digitalks 05

loudhail — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:37:20 +0000

Next week I will be one of the guest speakers at digitalks in Vienna. digitalks is an initiative founded and organized by Meral Akin-Hecke who has managed to keep this round of talks free for all participants. Have a look here for more info.

If you wanna hear about everything possible and impossible on Social Networks, don’t miss this one! Here‘s the details on how to get there. It kicks off at the Museumsquartier at 7 pm on 8 April 2008. I have been told it can get pretty full, so make sure you’re there a bit earlier to score a seat.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

DIY web

loudhail — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:38:20 +0000

My friend and colleague Andreas Hafenscher and I are going to hold a two-day workshop in April during which we will set up your completely new website using WordPress, integrating Social Media features into your web strategy. It is in Austria – hence the German text. Hope to see you there!

Do it yourself Web: bauen Sie Ihre eigene Website in nur 2 Tagen (inklusive Web 2.0 Integration)
Brauchen Sie eine Homepage? Oder haben Sie eine bestehende Homepage, die jedoch einer Generalüberholung bedarf? Wollen Sie Blogs und die Möglichkeiten des Web 2.0 / Social Media (wie z.B. Flickr oder YouTube, aber auch Social Networks wie Facebook und Xing) für den Dialog mit Ihren Kunden und Ihr Marketing anwenden?

Wir bieten Ihnen eine Komplettlösung: eine fertige Homepage, die Sie selbst Verwalten können, sowie ein Marketingkonzept für das Internet.

An einem Wochenende bauen wir gemeinsam mit Ihnen eine neue Website auf, die Sie jederzeit selbst und von überall aus warten können. Darüber hinaus zeigen wir Ihnen, wie Sie Social Media/Web 2.0 für Ihre Unternehmenskommunikation und ihr Marketing einfach und erfolgreich einsetzen können.

Termin: 5. Und 6. April, von jeweils 8.30 Uhr bis 17.30 Uhr, mit einer einstündigen Pause von 12.30 bis 13.30 Uhr.

Ort: Fa. Schweighofer; Wimmergasse 33, 1050 Wien;

Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf maximal 12 Personen beschränkt.

Kostenbeitrag: €780 inkl. 20% MWSt.

Geld zurück Garantie: Wenn Ihnen das Seminar nicht gefallen hat – erstatten wir Ihnen Ihren Beitrag zurück. Die entstandene Webseite bleibt hierbei aber in unserem Besitz.

Anmeldeschluss: Donnerstag 13. März 2008.

Weiterführende Details zum Aufbau des Workshops, sowie zur Anmeldung finden Sie hier.