Archive for November 2008

The Project Factory Develops in VastPark

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Gary | Category: TPF News

VastPark have put out a press release announcing this partnership and we are delighted to be working with the fellow Australian based company  on helping to take the platform and technology to the next level.
“There are two key activities that will grow business in virtual worlds - developing innovative builds that are highly social alongside […]



The Internet as a creative medium

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Lead Article, Other stuff, TPF News

A very distinguished keynote speaker at the recent film and TV SPAA conference in Australia recently said: “Producers should not get involved in distribution”.
As a producer of both offline video and online interactive content, the internet is both our creative medium and our distribution mechanism. If I do not understand the opportunities, business models and […]



Virtual Worlds - the second coming

Nov 16th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

Innovations in digital media often take two passes at the runway before they land and settle. We have always believed that this would be the case with virtual worlds. The number of pioneers and the dodgy uality of many of their projects was similar to the first websites that companies built.
Behind the scenes, virtual worlds […]



Buying an iPhone? Don’t buy it from Apple

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Jennifer Wilson | Category: Mobile, The Lean Forward Blog

My first generation iPhone recently turned up its heels (but that is another story… and one Apple seems reluctant to comment upon). So, into the glorious glass and customer service edifice that is the Apple Store, Sydney.
I made an appointment to tell someone the product was broken (don’t see why I needed to do so, […]



Australian Digital Industry worth $17.9bn

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Lead Article, TPF News

The sexily-named ‘AIMIA Digital Services Index’ (!) was published today 5th November.  A positive and vital summary of our industry in Australia, it proves what most of us embedded in Digital already knew - that this is a big deal, and that it’s a mainstream big deal.
The summary shows that in 2008, 14.3% of enterprise expenditure […]