Monthly Archives: May 2011

Nielsen Website Ranking Business Managers-Executives Oriented Sites April 2011, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. According to Nielsen only 16.3% of NBR website readers are business managers or executives. Meanwhile the advertising industry is clearly overloaded with these roles – as 28% … Continue reading →

This was an early estimated wholesale price list for the Local Fibre Companies (LFCs) to charge the RSPs for access. RSPs are the Crown Fibre’s Retail Service Providers, who will be the companies that sell to us, the consumers. This … Continue reading →

I really hope there is only one or two trolls behind the despicable comments on the recent NBR article on Xero results. Healthy debate and skepticism can be good but, this series simply shows that tall poppy syndrome is alive … Continue reading →

Speaking at TUANZ Telcoday11 Stephen Joyce said the time nigh  to move from focusing on building the pipes to delivering the benefits. His top five areas, which will be captured in a action plan titled “Benefits of Broadband”  are: 1: … Continue reading →

ETITO – www.etito.co.nz, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. This is what I see when I arrive at the ETITO site. ETITO “develops and maintains official national qualifications and training systems”, and sounds like and interesting company. However I’d really recommend converting … Continue reading →

We Kiwis like to travel – a lot – and free camping is one of the weapons in our arsenal of cost reducing and trip extending techniques. Now there is mooted legislation to ban free camping in our own country. … Continue reading →

One hour move? No chance, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. A 2GB HD movie from iTunes is about 1 hour long, but it takes over well over 4 hours to download. There’s not much use getting angry, but this is typical … Continue reading →

Zinio, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. Zinio has somehow gained a contract from McKinsey Quarterly to distribute the magazine on their website and iPad app. I struggle to understand how either Zinio or McKinsey can let such a basic bug as … Continue reading →

I just found out that this blog (and no doubt most others hosted on WordPress.com) has a special iPad theme. This is what it looks like. Cool. Thanks WordPress, and thanks @MichaelTurnerNZ for letting me know. WordPress’s post announcing the … Continue reading →

I found myself in Borders’ Queen Street bookshop yesterday, and it was a sad world full of failure. Let’s have a wander through the store, and see not only how their business is failing, but how they fail at business. … Continue reading →