Sydney has been voted a spot on the playing board of the international version of Monopoly, and is situated along with London and New York on the red section of the board. Interestingly, Melbourne gained the most votes for a spot on the board among Australian voters, but Sydney managed to cross the line after international votes had been cast. While it turns out more Australians voted for Melbourne ... Read full entry

Hoiser Lane in Melbourne is the place to check out some world class artwork, which also includes contributions from well known international artists such as Banksy. There is a huge street art and graffiti culture in Melbourne. Unlike most Graffiti which is seen as a public nuisance, it is often encouraged and often even commissioned by businesses in and around Melbourne. There are even official walking tours and and ... Read full entry

The winners of the 2008 TV Fugly Awards have been announced. For those who missed the actual awards ceremony in Melbourne last Friday, here's a great run down and some photos. The empty seats are in fact the platinum seats, and being very late is the height of fashion for platinum ticket holders :)

John Allsopp and Maxine Sherrin re-launched the Web Directions website last week with the aim of centralising the vast array of information and resources gathered from the Web Directions' conferences held since 2005. Far beyond the appearance of the site, it was important for us to tame what was becoming a large number of event specific sites and resources. What we've done is brought all events under the Web ... Read full entry

Brad Howarth interviews Dan Fill, Head of Multiplatform Production at ABC TV, at Port 1010 Digital Harbour, in Melbourne for The Domain Networking Night, next Thursday, 13th March. As The Head of Multiplatform Production, Dan is responsible for strategizing ABC TV's movement into Multiplatform Broadcasting; The Distribution of ABC TV services onto emerging digital platforms; Overseeing production of innovative inherently cross media television programs; the acquisitions of ... Read full entry

[weAREtheIMAGEmakers] presents May Contain Traces Of Nuts, an exhibition featuring the work of Ben Frost, Trent Whitehead, Jae Copp, Ainslie Fletcher, Adrian Knott, Sam Smith, and Mr WATIM himself, beastman. The show opens at Melbourne's Paper Shadow Gallery on Friday 14 March, and runs until Sunday 16 March.

BarCamp Melbourne 2008 BarCamp Melbourne 2008 is being held from 9am on Wednesday 23 February 2008 at the offices of ThoughtWorks Australia, in Melbourne's CBD. "An intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees", anyone is welcome to come along for free. Everyone is asked to participate by giving a presentation or leading a discussion, essentially forcing ... Read full entry

Uh oh. This could reinflame the old Sydney/Melbourne rivilary. As if it's ever been... un-inflamed This morning's paper, the, haha, Sydney Morning Herald, features an article rejecting a "call" for more Melbourne style "hole in the wall" bars in Sydney... According to John Thorpe, the NSW president of the Australian Hotels Association: Melbourne - a land of skivvy-wearing, chardonnay-drinking book readers - is fundamentally different from Sydney in its ... Read full entry