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The Post Lounge, KND and Austereo

Recently, the KND team have been working closely with Brisbane and Gold Coast based post production studio The Post Lounge on a major project for media group Austereo, the owner of some of the most popular radio stations in Australia.

The Post Lounge is a team of 20-30 people who look after the post production process, that is editing and adding effects and design graphics, for TV commercials, TV shows, documentaries and corporate videos. They work for major advertising agencies and television stations as well as for a range of corporate clients. [Read more →]

Has Google Gone Gaga?

Watching Lady Gaga step off her private jet this morning for her ‘micro’ tour of Australia in elegant exuberance was a reminder of the endless reinvention of the Gaga ‘product’ that happens behind close doors – even the doors of a Learjet.

With the recent burst of new product releases and facelifts to the Google product range, what is really going on behind the closed doors of the Googleplex? There is no doubting their current market dominance but I think they have lost their way. Their strategic team is caught between technology, brand and finding a ‘new Google’ that doesn’t erode their ‘cash cow’ business model. [Read more →]

Backing up your website

Ways to reduce website downtime

Distribute.IT hosting had a catastrophic event (or ‘epic fail’) recently when hackers who compromised its infrastructure irretrievably destroyed almost 5,000 websites. It is a timely reminder to be vigilant and strategic about backup and recovery.

As was just proven, even your host’s backup procedure may not be enough.  As many websites are often the primary shop-front and first point of contact for both marketing and sales, it is definitely worth review. [Read more →]