Category Archives: media

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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Sky TV’s easy credit

Posted on August 24, 2009 by

Sky’s results came out this week – and while subscriber numbers grew the financial results were at the low end of expectations. I feel that their product is disappointing – with too much rugby translating into a general loss of … Continue reading →

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The death of rugby

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

So Wellington wins the Ranfurly shield match against Auckland. Just. With a drop goal making the difference. Meanwhile the All Blacks win the deciding Bledisloe cup game against Australia. Just. With a lucky penalty awarded after a missed drop goal. … Continue reading →

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It’s the internet – so link to each other

Posted on August 12, 2009 by

Well done to Russell Brown over at Public Address (I said they write well) for breaking the story on the Kids Can Stand Tall debacle. It’s a good scoop after some digging into the history of the Telethon beneficiary. I … Continue reading →

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Iceberg in Wellington harbour!

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

I don’t know when it appeared, but Wellington harbour is sporting an iceberg today. Well done to whoever was responsible. Does anyone know anything more about it?

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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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Why Wellington is great

Posted on August 8, 2009 by

Here’s how I got to WordPress camp this morning.

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Car texts

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

3 reasons not to follow up on this advertisement in today’s NZHerald. 1: there is no specific URL which I can see delivers me to the txt car alerts page. Nor us there any way I can do anything with … Continue reading →

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Bad Stuff, bad Cadbury

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

Cadbury is already in trouble with New Zealand consumers – so the last thing I expected to see was something else to make me annoyed. First my mouse turned into a paint brush… ..and then the entire page was covered. … 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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The NBR is in trouble – what should they do?

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

I’ve been really impressed with the NBR in recent times – their website was going from strength to strength, and their writing was increasingly excellent. I even praised writer Chis Keall, who writes for (but I understand is not employed … Continue reading →

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How not to add twitter followers

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

There are plenty of ways not to add Twitter followers. Here is one: Here is what she should have done, and still can do: 1: Used her real name. We like talking to people not bots or spammers – and … Continue reading →

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iPhone prices – a failed experiment

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

NZ iPhone plan comparison It’s sad – but this great idea – a collaborative iPhone pricing spreadsheet for New Zealand – has completely failed. It’s a mess, there are people deleting things and Telco or device religion rather than science … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t read Public Address

Posted on July 9, 2009 by

Via Not PC I see that there is a top NZ political blog ranking system. That’s interesting. Well not really – but I do like to read a range of views, and follow No Right Turn (#6, blogspot), Kiwiblog (#1), … Continue reading →

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