REVIVE: from Bucharest, Romania. A visual and aural Flash experience in a Jurassic Park, meets ancient wonders of the world, meets high renaissance setting, complete with an ethereal sound loop! (will open in a pop up window) +

The TWO billionth photo on Flickr: and it was taken in Chinatown, Sydney! +

Illustrator Pen tool exercises: why not create another excuse to mention Veerle’s blog? I spotted this tutorial on Adobe Illustrator’s pen tool and thought it was worth a mention.

The humble pen tool is not as straightforward as it looks to grasp (no pun intended), and here I am years later still trying to get my head around the PhotoShop pen tool! +

Getting the balance right: the desire for a greater “work life balance” in workers is apparently forcing employers to offer more flexible working arrangements.

The work-life balance expectations of Australian employees are growing and the war for talent has been a catalyst for organisations offering more flexibility than ever, says Cyrus D’Cruz, an executive general manager with Hudson.

“Work-life balance expectations” seem to be all the talk at the moment. A moment of relatively high employment that is, meaning some employees are in a better position than in the past to “call the shots” when negotiating working conditions.

Mr D’Cruz adds that the demand for labour is “ferocious” and that this is potentially just the tip of the iceberg, with factors such as the ageing workforce meaning the demand is likely to get more fierce.

Make hay while the sun shines, make the most of it while you can, is the sort of mindset to adopt… +

favikon: there’s a few tools that create favicons, but favikon looks to be a little more flexible in that allows you select only a portion of a larger image, say a photo, and then produce a favicon from it. +