Monthly Archives: April 2010

Your time is nigh Ticketek. React or die.

Posted on April 28, 2010 by

Been to this site recently? Not many have. Just 6500 visitors a day visit Autotrader, a lot less than the over 140,000 per day average that visit Trade Me Motors. Autotrader lost because everything was just too hard and too … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Business, NZ Business, Trade Me | 18 Comments

Who gives you financial advice?

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

“Chief executive Charles Anderson said the level of qualification among the SovNet force varied from nothing more than high school exams through to a handful with university degrees.” Maria Slade, NZHerald That’s the CE from Sovereign, an insurance company, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing, NZ Business | 6 Comments

The best form of imitation: Rugbyheaven.co.nz and SuperXV.com

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

Fairfax NZ’s Rugbyheaven.co.nz site has been subsumed into the Stuff site. It’s all about making sure the traffic goes to one place (Stuff), and beating the total traffic and visitors at NZHerald. I was inside Fairfax Digital at the time, … Continue reading →

Posted in fairfax, NZ Business | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Temporary becomes permament

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

“The issue with credit cards cards has been around for 14 months” said another customer at ACC’s Victoria street car park today. The issue is that the machines do not accept credit cards. That’s not temporary and that’s not parking … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ Business | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Notes on the iPad

Posted on April 7, 2010 by

These are some very rough notes that I wrote to prepare for an interview on Radio New Zealand yesterday. I wrote the note, and am posting this from, the iPad. This morning I bought six ipads into New Zealand – … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ Business | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Earthwise Valley scam

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

I’m adding my little google juice to Dave Farrar at Kiwiblog and Fair Go. Earthwise Valley is, astoundingly, still in operation. It deserves to be shut down. Kiwis should picket this place, hostels should paste warnings on their bulletin boards … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ Business | 5 Comments

The iPad is the best Kindle

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

It’s hard to be objective about the iPad, which I acquired in San Jose on launch day, yesterday. The reason I bought it (and the reason I suspect I have orders for several more) is to try to figure out … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ Business | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

iPhone aps on the iPad

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

What better way to test iPhone apps on the iPad than to check out ones that I am involved with. Here is Lingopal: It’s in full screen (2x) mose, and really is enormous. If you tilt the screen horizontal then … Continue reading →

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The iPad and our Kiwi websites

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

I’ve picked up an iPad (and hopefully several more for some other folks) here in San Francisco, and decided to test it out on a host of sites. Some pass, some fail and some need some work. This is a … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ Business | Tagged , , , , , | 16 Comments

Our power prices have gone up – so switch to us

Posted on April 2, 2010 by

I’ve been travelling for the last 10 days in the USA – and for another week as well. That, and Pacific Fibre’s launch, explains a little about the paucity of posts here, but it also means I missed out on … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ Business | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Getting the basics right – airline bookings

Posted on April 2, 2010 by

I’m booking a flight back from Seattle to San Francisco (actually San Jose) and can’t let the opportunity pass to learn from the best – and the worst. Here are some screens that came back after a search for flights … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ Business | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments