So I decided that, being a bit of an early adopter, a move to naked DSL with VoIP was in order. I dutifully purchased my PAP2T (to convert VoIP to a standard phone) and filled in my application form…
I write a regular column for Unlimited magazine, one of New Zealand’s most respected publications for the creative business sector. In an attempt to alienate a good proportion of the population my article last month took a well aimed…
Over on Gigaom there is a post ranting on about the problems Twitter faces. Om tells us that the Twitter issues are caused by basic architectural flaws (not my area but difficult to argue against this one). Om explains…
A few weeks ago Vodafone New Zealand announced plans to lock cellphones to the Vodafone network. Their plan was to charge customers $50 to unlock phones in the event that they wanted to move to another provider. Telecommunications commissioner…
Great to read of the success of some SaaS players at the Australian CeBIT awards. First up Saasu won the business advantage award.This is the second year that Saasu have taken out the award which is given to the…
Daniel wrote an excellent post around his ideas for a personal finance web engine. His thoughts around this were in part formed around some comments made by Xero CEO Rod Drury about a Xero “personal edition” that they might…
Part two of my recent interview with Rd – we discuss some of the strategies Xero uses for sales channels and also market factors affecting Xero in terms of competitors entering, both large companies trying to downscale, and small…
My buddy Kim Potter (aka Vinyl Burns) lives on his Treo, he requested email syndication for this blog. In a continuous attempt to deliver what people want, Diversity Blog now has email syndication – accessed from just below the…
Interesting to read this Wired article which laments the patchy roll out of fibre in the US. The article talks abut the fact that fibre roll out in the US is concentrated to areas that Verizon services and local…
At the CeBIT show, Zoho gave a presentation detailing just why online applications are different. At the same time Desire2Learn made a great video showing how easy, and useful, online notebook products can be. Both of these videos reminded…