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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Praise, yes praise, for Telecom
This really is a stunning piece of work – even made this cynic think twice. Well done Telecom. It’s important because it shows that Telecom increasingly gets it – they are getting that it is about delivering the right service … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, media, telecom
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Global warming and you
Here’s excellent graphic from FiveThirtyEight via Treehugger and via New Zealand’s The visible hand showing data from a report from the the Yale Forestry and Environmental Studies School Climate Change project. It needs no explanation. The project’s survey: “Climate Change … Continue reading
Posted in Global Macro Trends, media
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Wear your safety equipment – black Gloves are cool
Following on from an earlier post on dorky safety Glasses – the next easiest piece of safety protection to wear is a decent pair of gloves. They can even make your live easier when working. Indeed it is this that … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
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Wear your safety equipment – dorky glasses are cool
This chap ended up with a grinder blade in his head and is lucky to be alive. What the article does not say is whether he was wearing a face shield, and it also makes no comment on the safety … Continue reading
Posted in media
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How to write a promo email – Apple sets the standard
It’s a great product – but I really don’t think my Mother will use an iPod touch, and I really don’t think Mothers day in an economic downturn is the time for Kiwis to give expensive presents. However the email … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Business, Life
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Two McKinsey pieces on education – do read them
Two astonishing reports on education from McKinsey. The first shows the effect that the USA’s poor schools have had on their economy – and was just released. It finds the economic loss in the order of US$2,400 billion to $4,200 … Continue reading
The New Zealand iPhone 3G network debacle
The iPhone will dominate the top end of phone sales Even if you are a fan of other platforms, we can all appreciate that Apple has bought new levels of usability to the phone. It’s most obvious in the seamless … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Business, iphone, NZ Business
Tagged 3g, geekzone, iphone, telecom, vodafone
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Stealing content from bloggers
The latest blog to steal my – and others – content is jobs.org.nz. They should know that they are in good company – the previous offender of note was a <redacted> site. So I’ll do the google-ads-filled jobs.org.nz a favor … Continue reading
Posted in media
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How to twitter if you are a corporation
Twitter, for members of my family and those other 4 people that read blogs and have not yet discovered it, is a microblogging service that has just hit the main stream media. By definition it is therefore passé, but in … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Internet Business, media, NZ Business, telecom, Trade Me
Tagged orcon, telecom, twitter, vodafone
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Flirting 2.0
Via Jesspiration is a simple look at how flirting works these days. Note that if I start following you on twitter it doesn’t necessarily mean that I am flirting with you.
Posted in Internet Business, Life
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Amazon is failing to be the iTunes of book world – so far
I’m warming on the idea of the Kindle – Amazon’s ebook reader. I like it for mass reduction, especially when travelling – it sharply reduces mass that you need to cart around on an airplane or motorcycle. I like it … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Business, Internet Business, NZ Business
Tagged amazon, itunes, Kindle
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Understanding our animal spirits
Prof Shiller (remember him from “Irrational Exuberance) has partnered with George A Akerlof in a strangely titled new book: Animal Spirits. I’m recommending it even before reading it. It’s basically about why we don’t behave as rational consumers when faced … Continue reading
ANZ’s tragic teller system
First you dub an application as “Platinum” – critical to your business. That’s a good idea, so you now know you need to get the system and support absolutely right. You choose to run a trial before rolling it out … Continue reading
Lingopal is launched for iPhone
We at Lingopal were pretty happy this weekend- as Lingopal was finally released for the iPhone. Check it out We think it’s vastly better than any other translation application on iPhone – with 42 languages (next best is about 6) … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
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Homepage review: Pundit
I was shown Pundit the other day. It’s a site that is agglomerating a few writers to create a super blog.Good idea, but the home page needs some work. The site design does little to draw me in, and indeed … Continue reading
Posted in Business, media, NZ Business
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