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These opinions are my own, and not that of any of my current or former clients.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Results:Top eleven for 2012
In January 2011 I tried my hand at prediction. Let’s see how that worked out then: eBooks will become relatively normal. It will begin to feel a little silly to purchase products that require cutting down trees, chemicals, huge plants, … Continue reading
Investing with appropriate speed
So you are, or are not an Angel. But as commenters pointed out from that post there are several ways to invest, and we don’t want to scare off potential investors. I got some flack for being a bit too negative, … Continue reading
Lotto investments
Well it seems the years of investment in lotto tickets for a Nelson couple paid off: Nelson region couple celebrating their $8.2 million Lotto win say they will retire earlier than planned. They had a strategy: The couple has been … Continue reading
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OurFarSouth – the route
On February 10th we are heading South. If you know a school that would like to be involved in following the trip and learning about the region, then point them to www.ourfarsouth.org/education, and this brochure for schools. (Credit for the … Continue reading
Are you an Angel? Probably not.
The other night I was speaking to a self-described angel. I asked the standard questions of “What have you invested in?” and teased out approximate answers for “how much, with how many others, when and tell me about the company?”. The answers … Continue reading
The ultimate protective gear
This really has to be seen to be believed. As the backbone of the imperial army, the Stormtroopers are the empire’s legions, a mass of menacing power in their awe-inspiring armor. Now, one of the most iconic uniforms in the STAR … Continue reading
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The Internet is more important for us than any other media
The New Zealand version of the World Internet Project survey, which Internet NZ funded, has just been released. Apparently only 86% of us use the internet. I guess the others are too you, old, sick, or – and this is … Continue reading
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Introducing Define Instruments
At Texmate NZ we got tired of being confused with text editing software and our former US sister company. We were also increasingly conscious that the name that meant little to our clients or staff, and that we’ve moved on a lot … Continue reading
Shame Shame Shame MahiFX
MahiFX is getting rave reviews for the quality of their web design. That’s nice, and good that a local NZ company did to this sort of quality, but while the design is nice, the content is disgusting. Here’s the home page. … Continue reading
Nobody listens to me. Or you.
Via the WSJ are the sobering statistics on the share of people who have gone ‘wireless only’. The article covers this in context of political polling. The law in the USA, where customers pay to receive as well as make … Continue reading
Best post ever
The jury is back – and the final numbers in. The Let’s make New Zealand the percent post attracted an amazing amount of readership (for this blog). It got picked up …somewhere… and traffic went nuts, and then in early … Continue reading
AirNZ auctions themselves to the lowest bidder
Once again Air New Zealand has not partnered with Trade Me for their annual charity auction. As I’ve said before this myopic decision decreases the amount of publicity, revenue and mojo Air NZ receives from the event. Auctions will sell … Continue reading
