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These opinions are my own, and not that of any of my current or former clients.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
No YooBee No
YooBee is a poor enough name, which I hear through the grapevine was given to the branding agency, BRR. But how it must hurt when clients take your work and add other things to it. These are from the front … Continue reading
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No No No do not buy a house
I wish the Financial Market Advisors bill would also cover people that write articles like this: It was the cover story. For the record now is a bloody awful time to buy a house. The economic fundamentals in the world … Continue reading
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Blog refresh
Thanks to Su Yin for the refresh of the blog design – which was several years old. The site is still hosted on WordPress.com and now uses the theme Twenty Ten.
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Western Australia recollections
I was recently in Western Australia for 2 weeks, spending 4 days in each of Kalgoorlie and Mt Keith, and the remainder of the time in Perth. I arrived on Saturday night. While everything else was closed, after hours you … Continue reading
Unsafe New Zealand work practices – Quay street, Auckland
I often take photos of worksites in New Zealand, and they tend to carry from poor to appalling. That doesn’t mean to say that there are not better sites out there – those are usually behind purpose built walls and … Continue reading
Not so urgent
Urgent couriers are sending the wrong message with this sign-up form. If things are really so urgent, then why waste my time filling out this oh-so complicated form? A better way is to ask for the absolute minimum information required, … Continue reading
A good year to be short
Like Teresa Gattung I see very little broad potential in international stock markets. Many shares are overvalued, and it seems like a huge correction is coming. But there are always exceptions, and for me in the US markets two companies … Continue reading
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Stay away from our All Blacks Kevin Roberts
The dumb as anything Abstain from Sex for the All Blacks campaign was something pushed for by Saatchi and Saatchi’s CEO Kevin Roberts. I’m sure he is an awesome bloke, but some of his advertising-agency-driven recommendations seem way off kilter. … Continue reading
Lessons from a relationship gone bad
Doing business with a partner can be a lot of fun – but what if things go out of control? A crazy case is playing out in public right now – with Kelsey Upson from Architectureblog.org, and what appears to … Continue reading
Is your pricing based on analysis and not commercial speculation?
A New Zealand executive from Marsh, the giant insurance broker, gave an unscheduled talk at the NZCID conference today. (I didn’t get his name) While the good news was that even after Christchurch international insurers have appetite for insuring NZ … Continue reading
Electricity prices will keep rising
I just saw a talk by Carl Hansen, the Chief Executive for the NZ Electricity Authority. He made a comment which is retrospectively obvious. Electricity is a natural resource, and follows natural resource economics. So investors in electrical generation will … Continue reading
