I used to see this ad every time we drove through the Valley—it’s hard to miss. (See above!) In case you can’t see the picture, the ad says that this beer has: 50% less calories than wine per millilitre 80% less carbs than a regular beer. But how many calories are we talking about? This [...]
If you're not considering how your content is consumed on screen, you're ignoring a huge part of your audience—it's like writing a document, then hiding it...
Last night I dreamed of buying a printer. That’s a pretty crap dream, by any standard. Not only was the subject matter mundane and worky, but I couldn’t actually find the right printer. The study of dreams is called oneirology, which is a nice word—if a little heavy on the vowels—but this is the actual [...]
You've probably heard some nonsense about it relating to ships and cannonballs and some kind of cannonball holder called a 'monkey'...
Did you know that East Edit is on Facebook as well as Twitter? If not, you should. Please like us on Facebook (and in general, really)! I used to hate social media. I shut down my Facebook at least once a quarter. My LinkedIn still lives in 2007 and I thought Twitter was what birds did [...]
Much has been happening: I'm speaking about accessibility at the Queensland Business Writers' Conference, and we have our first public web-writing course booked.
Most of you would know that we have a Constitution that—not really so long ago—denied the rights of some of our most vulnerable citizens. It gets away with being silent on fundamental rights by outlining the separation of powers—rights protection through process. There are 3 arms that balance each other out to make sure that the [...]
In 1993, I was in Year 10. I had pretty much worked out who I was, and what I wanted to be.
I'm about to update the theme. This sounds scary.
The little Renault doesn’t have this tag, so when I found myself in the wrong lane a few weeks back, I went over a toll bridge (maybe 400 metres of toll road), and thought, ‘they’ll send me a bill’. Today they did.
