Who’s pondering now?
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but lately it seems more and more people are pondering. Recently I was stunned to see pondering had reached such lofty heights. I love hearing about a…
Browsing: Pondering Life
Perth, it isn’t Barbados, evidently – A brief lesson on Grace
The other day I met a personal branding client at the beach and after our one hour session I lingered for a little ‘Me Time’, after all I should practice…
Secret to Stormie Mills success revealed
Stormie Mills is one of those intriguing people who demands attention. Thanks to FormWA and Public Perth a few of us were lucky enough to spend time watching him work…
PR lesson learnt at Taste of Perth 2014
Over the weekend Perth held its first Taste Festival which saw 10 pop-up restaurants descend on Langley Park. The first of any event is tough to judge. Sure, if no…
10 strategies to help you survive Taste of Perth 2014
Consumers are notoriously bad when it comes to having too much choice, they tend to oscillate between grabbing one of everything, or standing motionless like a deer in headlights. So…
Beachgoers unite to eradicate scourge (Sculpture by the Sea 2014)
There’s nothing better than a trip to the beach on a sizzling hot day. A quick sprint down the white sand dunes, a toss of the towel, and it’s into the…
Raw food gains traction with the help of the Swan Valley Cafe
Consumer theory suggests it takes around four to six weeks to develop a new habit, and even longer to introduce radically new ideas. Last year saw the raw food trend begin to extend beyond the…
Anzac Day 2014 new community involvement strategy
‘Let silent contemplation be your offering’. These are the words around the external flame in Kings Park, the site of the first dawn service ever held in Australia. Kings Park…
How can a wrestler and a bucket help market cupcakes? (Perth Food Truck Rumble 2014: Eating Competition)
During Perth’s inaugural Food Truck Rumble, Kustom Cupcakes applied an old world marketing strategy to draw attention to their delicate morsels. This involved thirty six cupcakes, six willing victims, I mean…
How many chickens does it take to make a Food Truck Rumble? (10 marketing strategies that draw customers to your truck)
When I heard Perth was holding its first Food Truck Rumble as part of the Eat Drink Perth festival, I pondered why ‘Rumble’? Having been to the event I now know…
Sensory overload bucks the trend at Full Moon Thai Restaurant
The minute you step foot into the Full Moon Thai Restaurant all your senses kick in and they don’t stop until it’s time to leave. Normally such a heightened level of clutter would leave consumers feeling…
Street Art helps Perth stand taller and encourages community engagement (Public Perth 2014)
It’s not often you get to be on the ground when a city ramps up another notch. I was incredibly lucky to be in Perth when 45 urban, visual, and…
Sometimes it’s best not to ponder …
Sometimes it’ best not to ponder too much, it’s better to just leave things alone, especially if they are near a police van. Glove © The Ponder Room
Invited into a prison cell for lunch
On two occasions I’ve been invited to the wrong side of a prison cell door. The first was a few years ago when I ventured deep into the bowels of…
Perth beachside location embraces container living (Aussies 2014)
A few months ago I pondered whether Perth was considering a new housing style … shipping containers (link home renovations of the future). A recent trip to Scarborough Beach suggested the…
Massive tourist confusion at Cottesloe Beach (Sculptures by the Sea 2014)
Every year Cottesloe Beach plays host to Sculptures by the Sea, attracting over 200,000 visitors. As usual several of the pieces left me pondering ideas that might, just might, have…
Why you should never give up half way through (Sculpture by the Sea 2014)
So you have an idea for an art piece … something about childhood memories combining with social and environmental concerns. But how do you represent this? And how will you…
The day I held up The Rolling Stones
Let me be clear from the outset I don’t mean ‘held up’; as in ‘bang’, ‘bang’, I mean ‘held up’ as in the dictionary definition of … ‘to impede ones…
