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We’re not taking sides, but this is an interesting debate . As a blogger, you want to pick sides (or not) when there is heated debate. That means there’s interest and traffic – INTERESTED people. In this instance, we’re staying out of it, We decided to post it because it’s obviously an issue of interest to many!
This is a photographer shared with me, Max Ucherek of Sydney….
“I always tell the story that I’m only really working as a photographer when I’m pressing the shutter button, all the rest is idle or down time. The exposure time normally only lasts 1/250 sec and if I take 1000 photos at a typical wedding I’m really only doing 4 seconds of work. The rest of the time I’m just having a chat or waiting for the next photo opportunity. Charging $2000 for a normal day: $2000 / 4 seconds works out at $1.8 million per hour. I’m cheap at half that rate.”
“If I use an exposure setting of 1/1000 of a second I’ve just quadrupled productivity or my $ rate but I don’t want customers to think that they are not getting their money’s worth of my time.”
The Internet is full of spam – most of it useless ads for viagra and other sexual dysfunctions. But some spam is junk mail people with nothing better to do than sending it to all their so-called ‘friends’…
Then there is the pearl that rises above it all – the gem that shines bright as something different, unique and special.
Today’s blog post is one such gem – a collection of the best photos from National Geographic for 2010. It was sent to me by Toni Fitzgerald of Purpose Marketing in Sydney.
I posted them on my iWeb Antimimeticisomorphism site that you can access by clicking the hyperlink.
Once there, click on Cool Photos and scroll to the bottom, where you’ll find the album of the photos.
So that’s today’s quick lesson – collect content from ALL sources. Pay it forward by giving your sources valuable link juice and entertain your readers all at the same time.
It’s a win-win-win proposition!
This one’s a little silly, but it is so funny… Enjoy it compliments of Gavin Altus, Executive Manager Development at Engineering Education Australia. Gavin’s a very serious guy, but he also has a great sense of humour. I agree this one’s on the silly side, but original enough to share!
Easter Bunnies
This is a brilliant concept! Create a beautiful graphic image that tells your story in a compelling and influential manner and invite people to post it on their blogs with a back link to your blog or website. This is absolute genius! What I especially like is that this ADDS VALUE to readers because it’s an important subject/issue. That’s the key for this to work. It has to educate and inform people and reveal something new or at the very least in a new way, as this does with the graphic elements.
Source: DebtConsolidation.com.au
This TED TALK by Tim Berners-Lee is another classic example of Antimimeticisomorphism in action. I won’t spoil the presentation for you except to say it’s amazing what smart people can do when they put their minds to it AND the data is available.
The other day I needed to go to the public hospital but not wanting to sit there for 4 hours, I put on my blue jacket and pinned on a plastic ID card that I had made off the Internet onto the front of my jacket.
When I went into the hospital, I noticed that 3/4 of the people got up and left.
I guess they decided that they weren’t that sick after all. I cut at least 3 hours off my waiting time.
Feel free to use it the next time you’re in need of quicker emergency service.
It also works at Centrelink. It saved me 2 hours.
At the Laundry, three minutes after entering, I had my choice of any machine, most still running.
Don’t try it at McDonald’s or Hungry Jack’s though…..
The whole staff disappeared and l never got my order !!!!!…
Australia needs more engineers and nurses. If you have engineering or nursing skills, you’ll want to click on these hyperlinks to find out more.
We all need to do our share of keeping this beautiful country clean. Clean Up Australia Day is a great initiative that you should seriously consider participating in.
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Every blogger wants more traffic to his or her site. So how do you get it? Simple – give people a REASON to come to your site.
Find something interesting, intriguing or even funny and share it with them. Create an experience that readers want to have. When you maintain that level of quality, you’ll be rewarded with loyalty and the free organic traffic will flow to your blog effortlessly.
My gift for you today is the cover of a recent Economist Magazine – the magazine read by more millionaires than any other publication in the world!
I bet you didn’t know that. That’s what you need to do – EDUCATE and INFORM your readers and a little humour like this doesn’t hurt either! 
State Of The Union 2011 - The Economist Magazine Cover
Everyone who publishes a blog wants more readers and subscribers. The key is to find interesting and intriguing posts to publish. Like for example, an Eastern Suburb Sydney Dentist, Dr Cary Fraser published this blog post that proves Tom Cruise does not have a perfect smile… C’mon admit it – you’re going to click on the hyperlink. That’s proof that this stuff works. Make it interesting and it will grow organically and automatically…
If you’ve been affected by the Queensland floods, assistance is being offered by the Queensland Government for flood victims. Click the hyperlink to determine the conditions for qualification. $25,000 grants and up to $250,000 in special loans are being made available for those in need.
Bree Robbins of Paddington Pups (who was flooded in Brisbane) mentioned to me that people who work for flood affected businesses who have been closed can get wage assistance from Centre Link via the Disaster Income Recovery Subsidy.
The Disaster Income Recovery Subsidy has been activated to assist employees, small business persons, and farmers who have had a loss of income as a direct result of the flooding and severe weather that began from 29 November 2010 and continued in January 2011 in the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
We have received a number of requests for help and information at this time of recovery and repair from the terrible flooding events in Queensland and Victoria.
Here is some good advice from the Kroll Ontrack Data Recovery experts.
- Do not attempt to power up equipment damaged by water. If water has infiltrated the hard drive or electrical components, electrical power can leave the hard drive unrecoverable and it can become dangerous to anyone handling the hard drive.
- Do Not Dry the Hard Drive. Whenever media is damaged by water, the first instinct to remedy the situation and try and dry it out. However, the contaminants contained in water are often not visible to the human eye and will damage the media irrevocably. Residue left on the hard drive platters and circuit board corrosion will need to be treated by in-lab professional engineers.
- Keep the hard disk wet until you get professional help. Although it sounds paradoxical [crazy], keeping a hard drive wet aids the data recovery. Kroll Ontrack recommends placing the hard disk in a sealed container or plastic bag to prevent it drying out until professional engineers can dry the platters and other components in a sterile environment.
- Never assume that data is unrecoverable. No matter what it has been through data can sometimes still be recovered. Amongst the most remarkable case histories is NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia hard drive which plunged into a lake after travelling for 39 miles through space. Kroll Ontrack engineers managed to recover 99 per cent of the information stored on the drive.
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Kroll Ontrack is also providing a heavily discounted flat fee of $850 per hard drive for desktop, laptop, notebook and external hard drive recoveries. [The usual price for this service can range up to $2,400 per drive.]In addition, Kroll Ontrack is offering a 20% discount on recovery of servers, Storage Area Networks (SANs), VMware and tape media.
Kroll Ontrack Australia – Business As Usual
We were lucky our data recovery cleanroom is in West End, Brisbane and whilst the water came very close we were unaffected by the floods. We are the only data recovery company in Australia to offer a full suite of recovery solutions, enabling data recovery anywhere, anytime for any operating system, storage or media type and cause of data loss.
Every once in a while I come across information like this that makes you stop and wonder… Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival.
Check out the 5 things I bet you didn’t know you can do with your mobile phone
Mobile Phone Tip #1
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 11 2can be dialled even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. Read More »»
This year’s Australia Day can be extra special if you give generously to the Queensland Flood Victims via the following organisations.
Ray Keefe of Successful Endeavours of Melbourne sent me the link to the Queensland Government Flood Relief effort.
Brendan Rigby of Inspire Fitness also of Melbourne suggests the Australian Red Cross.
Without wanting to sound alarmist, it’s a good idea to take water and mud samples and keep them for future testing – just in case a health issue arises in the future. With the widespread area of the flooding, you just don’t know what’s in the water or mud.
Better safe than sorry. At least with a sample you’ll have much needed proof to make a claim or more information to treat the condition.
Within the next few days and weeks you will probably start receiving emails from unscrupulous Internet Marketers promising to donate proceeds of the sale of their products to Queensland flood victims. Without meaning to sound too cynical and jaded, be wary of their intentions – in my view they are inauthentic and opportunistic (to say the least).
I know they claim they will donate the money, but seriously, how will you ever know it’s been done?
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t support and contribute – just make sure the organisation is reputable and trustworthy or even better – donate directly to someone you know that needs the help.
You could physically go and help them dig, clean, paint, re-build. Ofter to pay for some of the supplies… Then you KNOW the money is put to good use. If you can’t make it, send a son, daughter, cousin, friend, or someone who’s in-between jobs. Pay for their flight, accommodation, etc. If you’re a trades person, offer your services – maybe even send some staff to the region affected.
Be creative, be generous.
If you know any worthy and reputable organisations or fund raising projects that deserve more publicity, please place a comment on this blog and we’ll make sure to let everyone know about them.
The flooding in Queensland is devastating, especially now that it’s hit Brisbane.
If you’re based in Queensland, we hope you’re on high ground, safe and dry.
We came across this photo that had a sense of irony about it… We thought we’d share it.
Santa Claus delivers all over the world. However, when he comes to the land down under, his strategy changes a little to accommodate local requirements!
