Monthly Archives: September 2007

29/09/2007 Posted in Business, IT, Strategy, Web x.0 3 Comments

Paying to NOT see web adds……

By Ben Kepes

Over on Smoothspan is this interesting post mooting the concept of allowing facebook customers to pay to NOT receive inline adds. I haven’t double checked Bob’s maths but what he states is that; Assuming 20% of people opted for no adds at USD1/month – revenue derived would be going on

29/09/2007 Posted in Waipara Leave a comment

A day for play and good things…..

By Ben Kepes

We’re in the middle of baking muffins after which we’re all going for  nice family walk up Mt Grey. Tonight it’s a “sort of” celebratory dinner at the ‘norwester – celebratng what? Life in general, Life 2.0 in particular….

29/09/2007 Posted in Business, Design, IT, Society, Strategy, Web x.0 1 Comment

iPhones, iBricks….

By Ben Kepes

So the latest iPhone update looks “likely” to kill unlocked phones. Reports suggest that the update may also prove detrimental to legitimate locked phones. The hyperbole has already started to fly, claiming Apple (last weeks wunderkind) is now in fact the evil empire. Let’s be rationale here and look backwards 

28/09/2007 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, Web x.0 1 Comment

Web 2.0 – through and through…

By Ben Kepes

Hat tip to Zoli on this one. Jay Parkinson is a perfect example of Web 2.0. A doctor who has a web presence from where he engages with patients, arranges house calls and has some fancy schmancy techniques to ensure lowest cost specialists fees for things he can’t deal with.

28/09/2007 Posted in Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Web x.0 Leave a comment

The Apple handheld computer!

By Ben Kepes

Bet that got a fair few pulses racing. Over on JKOnTheRun, JK wrote this excellent post where he details the core functional requirements (as he sees them) for a HHC; Email Web browsing Document manipulation He sees that this would best be met through a device with the following attributes;

28/09/2007 Posted in Business, Design, Efficiency, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 7 Comments

How do we create employee buy-in?

By Ben Kepes

I posted yesterday about the proposed merger of two of New Zealand’s bigger unions. My point of view was that unions are generally legacy organisations that do little or nothing to progress employees longer term personal strategic interests. Lucy replied with the following question… “I have to say I agree

28/09/2007 Posted in Business, Society Leave a comment

Ethics for fast growing companies…

By Ben Kepes

A discussion yesterday afternoon got me thinking. The origination of the discussion was some comments around Google’s corporate motto “don’t be evil”. In the “old economy”, business took a relatively long time to achieve scale. This time enabled them to learn some business ethical norms that resulted in them being

27/09/2007 Posted in Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0 Leave a comment

More on an OpenSource SaaS platform….

By Ben Kepes

Unreasonable men posted this excellent article on the OpenSource/SaaS concept. (Thanks for the flattery by the way!) The central premise of the post is that through utilising an OpenSource component to SaaS development or delivery, companies will be able to reduce costs, provide added value, achieve better buy in/lock in

27/09/2007 Posted in Business, IT, SaaS, Strategy, Uncategorized Leave a comment

SaaS and Open source – some more…

By Ben Kepes

Over on SaaS blogs, Sinclair posted an excellent discussion continuing the SaaS/OpenSource discussion. As part of his post, Sinclair developed this model to describe the steps and routes from development to implementation; You’ll see that we can trace multiple routes and mash up the way we develop, sell, deliver and

27/09/2007 Posted in Business, IT, SaaS Leave a comment

Video from BarCampChristchurch….

By Ben Kepes

My presentation to BarCamp was all about SaaS. Marek videoed the day and he’s posted edited vid’s on his website. The camera wasn’t the best but if you’re interested in SaaS check out my presentation here.

The Author

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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