A remarkably insightful quote from the Agenda for American Education Reform paper. “In fact, there is reason to believe that the problem with the American teaching force is not that it has long been of low quality and must now be raised, but rather that the United States greatly benefitted for the better part of …
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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% of Stoppress readers are such. Overall I believe this points to a poorly designed survey …
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 is their wholesale price, to which they need to add backhaul, international and margin. Chorus …
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 and well in NZ. And that’s sad as Xero is poised to be a genuine …
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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: eEducation. 99.7% of students will have UFB access within 5 years. The Ministry of Education …
ETITO – http://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 to a standards based website platform.
Who calls it Cyberspace anymore? Apparently the US Government does, and aside from the title their new International Strategy for Cyberspace paper is very well written. Three quick take-aways for me: 1: A refreshing commitment to a right to access Reliable Access: States should not arbitrarily deprive or disrupt individuals’ access to the Internet or …
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. I can understand fining campervan drivers for illegally discharging sewage – that’s disgusting. But fining …
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 of me on ADSL plans. It’s a simple rule really – the movie should at …
UPLoad 2011 is this Tuesday. It’s going to be a great event. Graham Mitchell from Crown Fibre and Vikram Kumar from Internet NZ will set the scene. They will offer up a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is to come up with viable ideas for businesses that take advantage of the emergent fibre economy. …
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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 this exist.
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 change was written on March 23. I’m so far behind the times it seems However @rowsell …
Osama Bin Laden’s last hiding place was within a block of one of the great motorcycling roads of the world. The Karakaroum Highway goes from Pakistan’s capital Islamabad to beyond Sost, where it meets the border with China. The road passes a point where three great mountain ranges of the world meet – the Himalayas, …
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. First up – the magazine section. The latest Wired magazine, air freighted to be here …
I’m spending a lot of time in Auckland, as we drive towards financing Pacific Fibre. However some have accused me of living in Auckland. I present here evidence, straight from my iPhone, to the contrary. I clearly live in Wellington, spend time in Auckland and am quite disturbed about that purple Hamilton spot. This is …
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