Obscure Box

The Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is using every web resource possible as she announces an expected/unexpected early state poll. The debate is open as to who revealed what first, but when Bligh launched herself as anna4queensland on the social update website Twitter last Tuesday is was clear some announcement about something was due soon. Sure [...]

We’ve been friends for more than a year and I’ve been very open about my relationship. I always told Facebook I was married, right from the beginning so there was never any embarrassing misunderstandings. So why is Facebook telling me to look for singles in Australia (right)? Seems to me Facebook should have a long [...]

When will web designers wake up and realise that Flash is not the ideal way to present information on a website? Here I am, trying to research a story on James Bond when I come up against the website www.007.com I’m looking for information on the new Bond movie Quantum of Solace but all I [...]

Okay, not that disappointed. But rather than all this discussion in the media about what the street view should and shouldn’t show, wouldn’t it have been better if Google had told people exactly what day they were heading down your street. That way those that didn’t want to be shown could have hidden, but those [...]

It hasn’t gone unnoticed that Queensland’s new conservative party needed to do a few more checks on the web before deciding on its new name. The Liberal National Party had secured the domain name www.lnp.org.au, but forgot about the possible web addresses. The Australian noted in “Net worth in doubt” that www.lnp.com.au takes you to [...]