2nd November, 2009 - Posted by Mick Stanic - No Comments - 218 views
Entires in the 16th Annual AIMIA Awards close on Wednesday the 4th of November so you better get in quick and enter before time runs out. You can check out the list of categories that you can enter here.
The Annual AIMIA Awards are the longest running and most prestigious Awards in Australia’s Interactive Media Industry. Celebrating the very best in digital content innovation across all genres and interactive media platforms, the AIMIA Awards showcase the industry’s finest. As a bonus for Victorian based firms the awards are being held in Melbournes Docklands at The Peninsula on the 5th of March 2010.
If you don’t know who AIMIA are and what they do…
Founded in 1992, AIMIA is the peak industry body for interactive content and digital media in Australia.
AIMIA’s membership represents the full spectrum of the digital media industry in Australia. Our members range from Australia’s top digital media powerhouses, including the ABC, Sensis, Yahoo!, Google, BigPond, Foxtel, Disney, ninemsn and Fairfax Digital, to the country’s best known interactive advertising, mobile content, web development, games design, and special effects companies. Members include developers, creators, producers, investors, service providers, educational institutions and students.
You can find more info about AIMIA at this page or by visiting the AIMIA web site.
One quick disclaimer…i sit on the National Board of AIMIA.
30th June, 2009 - Posted by Mick Stanic - No Comments - 277 views
I’ll be taking on the role of a partner in the 2009 Victorian MEGA program.
So what is MEGA i hear you ask? Here is some information from the MEGA website…
We welcome teams and individuals to join MEGA and be part of Australia’s mobile future.
What’s in it for you?
If you are a mobile, digital content or ICT company wanting to develop new mobile products and services, develop your staff in innovation and commercialisation, meet highly skilled potential employees and pitch for investment then MEGA is for you.
If you are an individual with creative, IT or business skills and you would like to collaborate with like-minded people with complimentary skill sets to create new products, services, start up a company, pitch for investment, increase your skill levels for employment and meet potential employers then mega is for you.
What does it involve?
Industry presenters and mentors share their leading edge expertise to provide a hands-on workshop program to take teams through:
- Market research and analysis
- Idea generation and evaluation of ideas for products and services
- Testing the technical and business feasibility of those ideas
- Producing a business plan or business proposal
- Pitching to potential investors
You will also be supported by a large MEGA support network of industry, education and government (see the partners page to see who is involved).
Communication, collaboration and teaching and learning are supported by the use of Web 2.0 technologies.
The project culminates with a high profile Pitch Day with industry experts and investors.
If this looks something you might be interested in, there is a free seminar being held in Melbourne on Thursday the 9th of July between 4.30pm and 6.00pm at the Telstra Executive Briefing Centre in Collins Street Melbourne. Fill out the form at this page to register.
29th June, 2009 - Posted by Mick Stanic - No Comments - 228 views
The spectacular designers over at KRD have created a number of new logos for us…see the changes below:
UPPER YARRA DIGITAL MEDIA
New logo – note: there is also a version of this with a variation of the colours
Old logo
UPPER YARRA WEB HOSTING
New logo
Old logo
DSS46 DIGITAL (not open yet)
New logo
Old logo
12th May, 2009 - Posted by Mick Stanic - No Comments - 288 views
Welcome to Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek.
While it’s not an actual business, the Digital @ Honeysuckle Creek website contains information and updates on the digital services and digital media businesses that are owned by Honeysuckle Creek Pty Ltd, which at the opening of this website includes:
Upper Yarra Digital Media
www.upperyarradigitalmedia.com.au
Upper Yarra Digital Media provides a wide variety of digital services to community groups and small to medium businesses in the retail and tourism industries across rural, regional and metropolitan Australia. These services cover everything from early stage strategy and project architecture, through to design, programming and content creation (copywriting / photography / video / audio), seo, digital marketing and online advertising.
Upper Yarra Web Hosting
www.upperyarrawebhosting.com
Upper Yarra Web Hosting provides both pre-configured and custom tailored webhosting solutions, along with domain name purchasing and DNS managing. Servers are available in a number of countries, including; Australia, the USA and the UK.
DSS46 Digital – opening soon
www.dss46.com
DSS46 Digital will primarily focus on providing digital media strategy and consulting services to companies both large and small. Additional services will be available through our sister companies and will include; system architecture design, project management, creative design, copywriting, programming, seo, digital marketing, online advertising, photography and the production of video and audio.
With the Founder and Managing Director of “Honeysuckle Creek”, Mick Stanic, having been involved in the multimedia and internet industry since 1990, our digital services businesses are in a position to provide a variety of solutions and services that are based not only on an unrivalled passion but also on a deep understanding of what digital services and digital media can offer.
