Tag Archives: politics

Thoughts on Obama…

By Ben Kepes

Here follows one of my (slightly rare) off-topic posts, this one is political to boot. I listened to Obama’s acceptance speech and was caught up in the moment, I see his election as era-defining and a stark demonstration of how far we’ve come in the past hundred or so years.

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Digital natives gone wild

By Ben Kepes

I see a labour party supporter has used her web savvy to seed the Google search results for "clueless" such that a NZ specific search brings up the leader of the national party, John Key. It seems like a case of an overly exuberant labour Party member (OK OK she

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Geekzone scores another coup

By Ben Kepes

Here’s a heads up for those in New Zealand (or at least interested in New Zealand tech issues). The TVNZ7 Internet Debate will be take place on 23rd September ( for those who can access it 9:10pm on TVNZ7) This will be an organised debate on ICT issues, streamed live

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Super normal profits (and it’s not a telco)

By Ben Kepes

It seems in New Zealand that we’re quick to admonish corporates that run high profits and seemingly provide bad service. The excoriation that has been levelled on our telcos of late has been a good example of this. One cannot help but think that much of this criticism is politically

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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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