This page is the “Personal Network.” It displays work from the websites a member is following, in the order it was published. It also provides a way to engage in dialogue about the work in the form of “Cargo Comments.”

The “Projects/Images” toggle provides access to an Image Gallery, offering an alternate way of browsing websites in the Personal Network.

The small thumbnails on the top of this page are a random sampling of websites in a member’s Network.
The coolest house in Surry Hills 
Here we go again! It's renovation time.
 
What do you see? 
PLANNER: We want to be the intellectual Sunday paper. ME: How about this? PLANNER: Love it. But we also want to be the playful Sunday paper. ME: How about this? ...
So, what have you done lately? 
The intent of this website is to allow you to explore me at your own pace. To discover hidden felicities without the pressure of the clock. To dip in to my soul,...
Linguistic tomfoolery. 
I'm of the belief, old-fashioned some would say, that writers should have some skill with words, although simply attaching the proposition to the bottom of the art...
Old Skool Integration 
Everything new is old again. Or some such hoary chestnut. A while back, Microsoft wanted to show much you could get done using their MSN.com web portal. We...
Fake bread. Fake history. 
Helga's was best-known for doing a very annoying campaign featuring very annoying people asking "Is the bread Helga's?" at inappropriate times. With sales dropping...
Lazy advertising. 
There are billions of dollars of lazy money sitting around in banks doing nothing. Sounds like a pretty sweet life to me, but apparently not. Our solution was that...
Ruining the great outdoors. 
I'n not a big fan of the great outdoors, although I sometimes like to gaze at sections of it from the great indoors. Preferably from a comfy couch. With the TV...
How I've changed your life. 
Like most advertising types, I have posted a bunch of funny, award-winning ads. I've even posted a picture of my cat. We all like pictures of cats. The intention...
Cobras and Bruts 
I find having some nice art about the place projects an air of sophistication that might otherwise be beyond me. After my black velvet 'Dogs Playing Pool' art...
Art 
How we lost the mind game 
Sometimes good things happen to good people. My karma must have received a sneaky boost, because one day the agency I was working at received a brief for PowerAde,...
Everything They say is true. 
They say you shouldn't play ball in the house. They say blondes have more fun. They say all insurance is the same. But who are They? We did some research of old...
Band of brothers 
Smokers are like marshmallows against the flame of addiction. So we rode to the rescue and created the Pledge Band. A visible symbol of smokers’ commitment to...
Entertaining units 
For some reason, it is very hard to find an entertainment that doesn't look like it has leapt from the pages of Woodworker's Monthly, is only suited to the homes...
Gutted 
I've always been a bit of a fan of modern design, although you would never suspect it from my slovenly appearance and general messiness. So when I found myself the...
The Hangovers - Sydney ska gods 
For many years I played saxophone in a Sydney ska band accurately called The Hangovers. I'm the handsome chap bottom left. We never officially called it a day, so...
Advertising's soft underbelly. 
A friend of mine likens radio to the gaping carcass of a zebra after the lion has had its feed. The bits the lion has removed are television, posters, press,...
How to write a trip. 
So you're given a brief to promote the island of Tahiti and you are wondering how you can get a trip out of it. This is tricky. After all, it's not like there...
A good stiff drink. 
I love a good fact. It makes the job of writing a good ad so much easier. So when the fine folk at Bacardi asked us to move their rum from being a the first drink...
Book Face 
I'm fond of books. They make dandy doorstops, can be stood upon to reach high places and, in numbers, can be used to create posters. This one promotes the sale of...
"Please ban this campaign!" 
It is safe to say our Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (ASCA) campaign was not universally lauded. Our clients, all of whom are child abuse survivors, wept when we...
A blight on the neighbourhood. 
That was the charming greeting from the neighbours writ in indelible crayon ( or so they hoped) on the front door of my new house shortly after it was finally...
Welcome to my lair. 
Steve Dodds has been writing professionally for over 25 years, although the proper use of commas still eludes him. Fortunately, he works mostly in advertising...
LOL. Cat. 
This is my cat. People like looking at pictures of cats. I have another cat, but she doesn't like me.
So a horse walks into a bar... 
... and starts discussing Descartes. Welcome to Clyde's Tale, as a bemused writer is tricked by his imaginary horse into journeying to legendary Frisco. There they...
Revenge of the Nerd 
A while ago I got bored with sitting on my fat ass watching Hogan's Heroes re-runs, so I decided to do something different. Mt Everest had already been climbed, so...
The Mancave 
As a bit of a dilettante, I like to dabble in interior design as well. This apartment was featured on the Apartment Therapy website. Here's the blurb I gave them:...
A good day not to die. 
How do you encourage people to take the plunge and extinguish the joys of smoking? By providing special days on which they can begin their path to quit. ...