New product: ‘alphabet, with a difference’ individual prints!
We’ve got some exciting news at Little pink typewriter HQ and Design by fish HQ. Following on from our alphabet, with a difference poster, we’re now producing individual letters. $1 from each letter print will be donated to The Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) to help them continue their work in improving language, literacy
Engineers Australia’s International Women’s Day Breakfast with Turia Pitt
International Women’s Day is almost upon us, and yesterday I had the privilege of attending Engineers Australia’s (pre) International Women’s Day breakfast, featuring a panel of female engineers to discuss gender equality, and a keynote address from the magnificent Turia Pitt, who is/was a mining engineer. Most people know Turia’s story – and her continued resilience,
Vale Janet Mackenzie
I read this beautiful obituary in my Institute of Professional Editors Limited enews this morning. What an incredible editor, life and legacy. “Good editors may be likened to those crystal-clear prisms which form a vital part of a pair of binoculars. They are not there to alter the view or change the scene, but to make it
What the hey is copywriting anyway?
It seems like a fair question, eh? But one I’d almost taken for granted. A fellow copywriter and I were having a chat yesterday about how different people define (and, er, spell!) copywriting. We’ve seen it written as “copyrighting” (yeah, it’s a thing, but not what we do), “copywritting” (no), and even “copywrighting” (woah)… An
2018: Little pink rollercoaster!
Oh hey 2019, I see you… almost! The ride that has been 2018 has whizzed along so fast – even with a six-week break in the middle to go on an even bigger ride across Alaska and Canada to celebrate my 10-year wedding anniversary. W’hoo! It whizzed along with all the expected twists and turns
Roooar Magazine article: Use Social Media To Empower Not Disempower
Ahhhh, social media. Isn’t it wonderful… And yet sometimes not… I recently wrote an article for Roooar Magazine, Use Social Media to Empower Not Disempower, about my love / loathe relationship with social media. It’s different for personal and business, but I use it in ways that suit me for each rather than feeling compelled