Just because you can change the design of your blog, doesn’t mean that you should. That interim design really was ugly….
Author Archives: Lance Wiggs
unmovable ads destroy content…oh and mac surfers are growing
If you are going to host a popout ad, please please please test it with a few browsers. This Computerworld article looked really interesting, until I found it was blocked by an unmovable ad. I was running Safari, on my Mac, which delivered the point of the article more elegantly than any words.
The NetRatings demographics survey instrument
We all see these, and for some reason recently I’ve been seeing the NetRatings survey a lot when I go to the NZHerald site. Perhaps my cookies keep getting deleted, perhaps I’m using too many different browsers (3 on my mac, 1 at work). The data we in the industry get from these surveys is really valuable, so I’m going to attempt to constructively criticise the survey questions:
Gareth Morgan & Kiwisaver
Good to see Gareth Morgan putting actions behind words. His newest venture is a KiwiSaver product, and information is available at aptly named Kiwisaver.com. Great scoop on getting that url. Gareth is on a campaign to remove a lot of the shoddy practices in New Zealand’s investment community. The new Kiwisaver product is aiming for …
Publishing all those letters to the editor
“Most” of the letters to the editor received by The Economist are published on their website, with the best ones also making the newspaper. The letters are helpfully grouped by the article that they refer to. It is a wonderful synthesis of old and new world media. This is a classic idea that seems so …
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Static versus flash
Liv touches one the eternal static versus flash ad debate. I like the idea of the elf but he seems to be taking forever to download, whic make me wonder what on Earth he is bringing with him. and I wonder if he likes macs?
How are my Samoan investments doing?
..my Kiva.org investments that is. A while back I lent money to 5 entrepreneurs via Kiva.org in Keyna and Samoa. The three Samoans have already started repayments, and I have pseudo credit for about 8% of the original amount from each of them. This speed is great, as it keep me engaged in Kiva and …
Amazon logistics: single shipping
I ordered 21 books from Amazon the other day, choosing, as I always do, ‘expidited international shipping’. The books normally get shipped in 2 or 3 boxes, but this was my email inbox this morning….. Has Amazon figured that it is actually cheaper to ship items by piece to NZ than in a few bigger boxes? …
Church, State and PCWorld
1: Draft (or edit) an article called “Ten Things We Hate About Apple” 2: Get a call from your business-guy CEO who likes getting calls from Steve Jobs – asking to kill the article 3: resign. editorial integrity is everything. 4: End up a hero on the web – including slashdot. Fantastically well done to …
TheAtlantic.com
The Atlantic Monthly magazine continues its transformation from an excellent magazine and ok website into an excellent magazine and an excellent website. The site now features A lister bloggers Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Sullivan, along with James Fallows and Ross Douthat who are a senior Atlantic correspondent and a senior Atlantic editor. The homepage, as …
Moyers, Internet and TV
Bill Moyers, a respected journalist from PBS, has come back from retirement in an astonishing way. Not only did he launch a new PBS series (Bill Moyers Journal) with an excellent documentary entitled Buying the War, he has backed it up with an excellent website. The video of each program is available for free – …
RightMedia demo
Google Yahoo! <thanks Dave and Mauricio> just purchased RightMedia – which is some sort of online advertising marketplace. This deal has uncovered the world’s slowest but actually kinda fun demo – check out their homepage and click on the Take the Tour button. It’s been 5 minutes so far and the demo still hasn’t told …
Blenheim air show
Somewhat randomly I went to the Blenheim airshow the other week. It was remarkably good. I was on the phone to a colleague in Australia when this trundled around the corner: Before you knew it a full-on dog fight was in progress, complete with bombs: Some airforce stunt pilots made for this lovely shot: While …
Orcon marketing
Did Orcon think that this was really the appropriate way to market their brand at Armageddon? What is it with ISP’s and marketing campaigns in NZ?
Worldwide Crackberry
Has someone actually done it? The biggest pain when travelling is that either your international friends and associates need to call your foreign number, or you have to buy a local phone or sim card. There are problems with both – the first incurrs costs for both you and your callers, and many in the …
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