So – this blog has been around for almost a year now – the first post was on November 9th last year. It’s been a fun journey, and although statistics are fickle things it seems that about 2-300 people are visiting each day. That’s pretty amazing – I had no idea I had that many …
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Capital One has long had a reputation for employing smart people, and for being the best at segmenting the credit card market – targeting the right products at the right people. Well – not such good news, via the Washington Post: Capital One Financial of McLean posted its first quarterly loss ever, from the expense …
Expedia – the world’s largest travel agent, and a site I used a lot, err, last century, has finally arrived in New Zealand. Here’s a quick review. That’s a mere 11 years after being founded by Microsoft in 1996 – nice to know we are important. It’s a classic case of the big boys discounting …
So Office Max (enterprise value US$4 billion), subsidiary Croxley Stationery, wins a NZ anti dumping case against 15 stationary importers from five South East Asian countries. Apparently selling stuff in New Zealand for cheaper than other markets is bad. The law is an ass – I’d rather have that cheaper stationary thank you, and I’d …
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The top ten cool new features in OSX Leopard – in ascending order. This is very much biased to my needs, so your mileage may vary. 1: Video Recording Use Photo Booth to make movie clips. Capture those precious moments and send them to your friends in an email message. You can even choose a …
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Perhaps available only in French, but it seems iPhones will have to be sold in unlocked form in France, to comply with an excellent French law. Unlocked: tick 3G: not yet. Still time to kill until next year then.
So Singapore airlines is going to have 14 first class suites, and an enhanced business class (also on their 777’s) on their A380 which will be plying the Sydney to Singapore route. That’s cool, and perhaps the quietness of the plane may tempt some of the corporate jet crowd back to commercial. Luxury cabins, however, …
Wondering where I am working in Perth? here is a site overview KNR GM Brett Swayn gave to analysts last month. The ‘Go for Green’ effort is referred to in the pack. The pack uses publicly available information, so is a bit scarce on details, but it’s the best I can share. Notice the focus …
From the Apple.com homepage. If you were thinking about upgrading your operating system from, say, XP, now is the hour.
Another stellar year for the Yale University endowment – a 28% return, following the previous year’s 22.9% return. That means the endowment will cover 37% of Yale’s net revenues next this year. Imagine that – Yale is on the path for the endowment one day to be able to cover all the costs for the …
Trae Me and eBay customers can breath easy – the Nobel prize wining trio of Hurwicz, Maskin and Myerson are fans of auctions as the most efficient way to clear a market when information is not freely available to all. (Actually – their work helps to understand which auction mechanism is best in which situation.) …
Bernard Hickey is resigning from the end of December as Head of Fairfax Digital NZ to spend time with his family. It’s no doubt been a really tough decision to have to make, but the right one for his family. Hopefully you’ll find time to keep blogging Bernard.
If you have not seen this, then make sure you do. It’s the last lecture by CM Prof. Randy Pausch, and it is amazing. youtube version (first of several – the speaker below is introducing)
The just released IAB report is showing $57.6m in online advertising spend for 1H 2006. That would imply we will hit well over $120-130m for the 2006 calendar year, once you take natural growth and the Christmas season into account. Indeed the IAB is showing over 20% growth from Q1 to Q2, which would imply$145m …
..and 26% say the Theory of Evolution is not true. I’m stunned. The article also says that 42% of kiwis believe the death penalty is ‘morally acceptable’. I’m doubly stunned. ..of course this survey is subject to the same sampling bias that other surveys are: people at home at night, with a home phone they …
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