Overview

Hello. What Do You Want? is a social and philanthropic study to examine the ‘true’ Wants and desires of people across the world. This is not a to-do list of what you need to do tomorrow, next week or next month. It’s the Want that sits in the back of your head and has potentially been there for a lifetime. Maybe it’s a desire? Maybe it’s a life change? Maybe it’s your only hope? Whatever your circumstances, it’s a personal and life challenge to yourself.

You can make up lists asking the universe for every little thing your heart desires but what is it that you truly want?

If you don’t know what you want then you’re likely to find inspiration here. It’s ok to take a sneaky peak, it’s inspiring. Just imagine, after exploring the site you might see an I WANT that strikes a cord, that sets wheels in motion. This can change the course of your life. Grand claims indeed, but just imagine you discover that one thing that you truly, truly, above all other things, want.

Hello. What Do You Want? is phase 1 of a much larger project currently in development. Through a variety of innovative methods the goal is to help people across the world achieve their Wants and show them that anything is possible. It will also call out for you to help someone else in need.

Hello. What Do You Want? is a place to inspire and to be inspired.

Submit your Want today for free and share your life challenge with the world.

Involvement

I am the Owner and Co-founder of Hello. What Do You Want? . I created the design and build of the site and I’m the lead strategist in the sites future development and application for the Not For Profit and commercial sectors.

Do you have something to offer?  Would you like to collaborate on this project? If you would like  todiscuss business, advertising or press opportunities or would like to know more about the site please get in touch.

Links

Hello. What Do You Want

Dark Ark - We think at night

Overview

The Dark Ark is an Idea Broker, Creative Think Tank and Innovation Consultancy. The Dark Ark trades in ideas and works without walls or boundaries. A true 21st organisation.

How The Dark works with clients
Every organisation needs good ideas to keep them competitive and fresh. The Dark Ark welcomes invitations for briefs and selects those projects where positive change can be made. The Dark Ark believes in inclusion and aims to provide high value innovate thinking to every organisation, irrespective of whether you are a multi billion dollar Oil Company or if you have a small Olive Grove with aspirations of selling your delicious olive oil to restaurants. If the project has true value, the Dark Ark welcomes you on board.

Recent and upcoming in-house projects
To keep our creative juices flowing we regularly create in-house projects (such as short term web offerings, gallery shows, collaborative events etc) to spur on innovation. Each in-house project is designed to help create positive change, focussing on social studies, philanthropy and developing white label not-for-profit and socially ethical commercial products.  If you would like to be in the know about our next in-house project, get in touch.

Involvement

Owner and Co-Founder . I am the lead strategist, originator and conceptual thinker.

To discuss how the Dark Ark can have a positive impact on your business, get in touch.

This Ain’t No Disco - It’s where we work

Overview

This Ain’t No Disco (it’s where we work) invites Agencies from across the world to show off their inner sanctum and like Pandora’s Box, once you look inside nothing will ever be the same again.

It’s a well known fact that some agencies spend huge chunks of their hard earned money turning lifeless commercial spaces into bastions of creativity. These interiors provide insight as to the breadth and depth of their thinking and creative execution. They create spaces to envy. Places to shout about - loud.

The interiors featured on This Ain’t No Disco vary from the most well known to the most obscure agencies across the world. The one thing they all share is that they provide an environment to nurture creativity, fun, frolics and damn right posing.

If you’d like your agency to be featured on This Ain’t No Disco , visit the Submit page where you can upload your images and submit your details for free.

A variety of new features are currently in the planning for the site. These are set for a late 2008 release.

Involvement

I am the Owner and Founder of This Ain’t No Disco . I also created the design and build of the site. If you would like to discuss business, advertising or press opportunities please get in touch .

Links

+ This Ain’t No Disco

Activity

Example Press Coverage

+ The New York Times Style Magazine

+ Revista Magazine (Rio De Janeiro)

+ Interview with Behance Magazine

+ How Magazine (Top 10 Websites for Designers)

+ Design Training (Top 10 Interior Design Websites in the World)

+ Cool Hunting

+ PSFK

+ Contagious

+ Lost at E Minor

+ Advertising Age

+ Lifelounge

+ About.com

+ Slanted Magazine

+ Swiss Miss

+ Radio New Zealand (Feb 13 Show)

+ Full Blog Coverage via Technorati

RAYV - Let Your Voice Be Heard

Overview

It is a well documented fact that most people believe asking friends is the best way to find restaurants, mechanics, hairstylists, or anything else local. RAYV makes it fast and easy to access these recommendations by collecting and organising them in one convenient place.

Given that nearly 90% of all consumer purchases are influenced by word of mouth, RAYV is an innovative new marketing channel for local establishments to target local consumers effectively and efficiently. Businesses are given the opportunity to differentiate themselves from the crowd and promote their business success stories to an active and captive audience.

RAYV is a fun and engaging place for passionate and opinionated influencers to share the experiences they’ve had with businesses and interact with other like-minded people.

It’s a place where anyone can go to get a trusted recommendation on a local business.

Launched in January 2008, RAYV has recently been listed as one of Top 100 Australian Web2.0 Applications , as published by BRW magazine .

The next release will also see the roll out of the Platinum Business Portal available to all local businesses at a monthly fee. Full details to be announced shortly.

Involvement

I am the Director of Marketing and Product Strategy and a founding member of the management team.

If you would like to discuss business or advertising opportunities please get in touch .

Links

+ RAYV

+ RAYV Local Blog

+ RAYV Facebook Application

+ RAYV on Twitter

Activity

+ Performance: Top 100 Australian Web2.0 Applications

+ Press Release: Sydney-siders out of touch with local businesses

+ Interview: Interview with RAYV

+ Press: Sydney Morning Herald - The List

+ Press: Sydney Morning Herald - Web Watch

+ Initiative: Speak Up Sydney

Simple Setup. Powerful Insight.

Overview

Launched in July 2008, SMS Poll is the easiest and fastest way to find out what your audience is thinking. Requiring no special hardware or software, you can create a poll in just a few seconds. Your audience votes by sending an SMS to a local phone number and the results are updated right before your eyes, in real-time, in your PowerPoint presentation or on your website.

SMS Poll is a fraction of the cost of traditional Audience Response Systems or comparable alternatives and is the best way to gather in-the-moment data from students, fans, customers, conference attendees or anyone else!

Best of all, it couldn’t be simpler. In just four steps - Create, Customise, Share, and Vote - you will know more about your audience than you’ve ever known before!

You can create as many polls as you’d like, choose from a variety of different charts and effects to apply to your real-time results, and download the results at any time to Excel for analysis. And if you’re away from your computer or don’t have access to the Internet, you can even have the latest results sent to your mobile phone.

To compliment SMS voting we have now enabled Web and Mobile Browser voting.

SMS Poll is now also available in Australia and the UK.

Keep your eye on the SMS Poll Blog as new features are currently in development as well as expansion to new countries.

Involvement

I am the Managing Director and a founding member of the management team.

If you would like to discuss business or press opportunities, please get in touch.

Links

+ SMS Poll

+ SMS Poll blog

+ SMS Poll Demo - Australia

+ SMS Poll Demo - UK

+ Flash Tour

Activity

+ SMS Poll wins Pitch ‘08.