Category Archives: Internet Business

Pacific – Technical details

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

We’ve posted some of the technical details of the proposed cable over at the Pacific Fibre blog. Check them out

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Techday joins the spammers

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

I received this on Friday from techday.co.nz: I didn’t know I had a relationship with Techday and neither was there an address of the sender included. So I clicked the Unsubscribe link and arrived here: It’s a website that I … Continue reading →

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It’s all about the story – launch progress

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

Things are going well at AllAboutTheStory.com – the site that matches the material from professional writers with editors who buy their material. While it is still very early days, we are pleased to have over 130 members and about 100 … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Vodafone Group from New Zealand

Posted on February 2, 2010 by

Dear Vodafone Group We don’t yet have the Kindle available in New Zealand, and I suspect that you are the folks to talk to. You see I’m pretty sure the folks at Vodafone New Zealand would love us to have … Continue reading →

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It seems BNZ’s Xero personal will allow importing

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

From this screenshot over on Xero’s blog we see a National Bank account is reported in amongst the BNZ ones in a beta test of Zero Personal: Actually the logo is for Kiwibank, while the text refers to National Bank. … Continue reading →

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Oh Telecom XT – you were doing so well

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

Pathetic. It’s time for an update to the Telecom XT network map. From the communications I can glean that the latest map looks something like this: Spotty means you can’t guarantee that you’ll be able to hold on to a … Continue reading →

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Is there a point to NZEdge?

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

I struggle with NZEdge. They mean well for New Zealand, but I often feel they are disconnected from reality. It’s owned/run by Brian Sweeney and Kevin Roberts, but it seems to be operated as a one man band by Brian. … Continue reading →

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My take on the Apple iPad

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

Everybody seems to have written about the iPad. So here is my take: 1: I will get one. 2: I’m not sure whether to get the wifi model when it comes out in March in the USA or to wait … Continue reading →

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Locking in customers with Xero and Heaps

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

It seems to be an emerging meme – comments in the post about Kiwibank’s Heaps and BNZ’s Xero Personal are worried that banks will create lock-in using personal financial management products. This comment is typical: Ben Lilley January 28, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Let’s have one industry awards not two

Posted on September 7, 2009 by

So I’m disappointed with the “2009 New Zealand Internet Industry Awards”, given the poor wording of the entrepreneur of the year award. It’s a new annual award organisation and created by the Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation. The purpose of the … Continue reading →

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Let’s appreciate our internet entrepreneurs

Posted on September 7, 2009 by

I read today in Stop Press that there are no Internet Entrepreneurs in New Zealand. To be fair the award criteria were pretty harsh: Internet Entrepreneur of the Year – recognition for that rare breed who has put capital and … Continue reading →

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The 31 reasons that inflight wifi is not making money

Posted on August 28, 2009 by

From the WSJ we hear that sales for inflight wifi have been disappointing. It seems that when you give it away the usage is pretty high, but things change when there is a price: “.. in tests and now in … Continue reading →

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A great experience – at Experience BMW

Posted on August 14, 2009 by

Occasionally I get great customer service experiences – and so it is each time with Experience BMW in Auckland. At BMW stores there is no hard pressure to buy – the stores let the bikes sell themselves, and like Apple … Continue reading →

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How consumers shop – some lessons

Posted on August 8, 2009 by

After a laughably dumb registration process (use fake data) you’ll find the  ChannelAdvisor report on How Consumers Shop Online. Let’s start with a caveat – the sample size is 824 people from 29 states in the USA, but there is … Continue reading →

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10 digital media lessons for book publishers to learn

Posted on July 23, 2009 by

So Barnes and Noble is joining Amazon in offering an ebook reader and downloadable ebooks. This article from NZHerald has several indicators that they will fail if they keep on their same path. The e-books sold at BN.com will not … Continue reading →

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