• Office productivity apps, a rebuttal…

    February 26, 2008

    Design, Efficiency, IT, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0
     

    A recent discussion on RWW got a number of people hot under the collar. To summarise, a post was written detailing why the author believed that Google apps was a serious threat to Microsoft office. In a fairly vitriolic…

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  • On enterprise 2.0…

    February 25, 2008

    Design, IT, Strategy, Web x.0
     

    This morning I had a thoroughly entertaining chat with Michael Sampson. Michael’s work, from his own website, is all about improving the capability of teams that can’t be together, to work together. Or more simply, on collaboration. Michael’s an…

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  • In the clouds DB gets VC funding…

    February 24, 2008

    Design, IT, SaaS
     

    Blist, the in the clouds database solution for dummies, just got USD6.5mill in series A funding. The Blist product looks nice – full of Flex goodness. I’ve been having a play with it at home on my 256k, miles…

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  • Subprime 101…

    February 24, 2008

    Society
     

    It’s been doing the blog rounds but I thought it worthwhile to mention this quick guide to the sub prime crisis. Well worth a look but be warned that the language is a little rough around the edges

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  • SkyDriveLive is ….Live

    February 22, 2008

    IT, Web x.0
     

    With a hat tip to the fantastic Mauricio, news that SkyDriveLive, Microsoft’s in the clouds storage system is now up and running. Salient points; It’s free Maximum storage of 5Gb Available in 38 countries Doing all your computing in…

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  • Fighting for peace….

    February 22, 2008

    New Zealand, Society
     

    I remember a saying from my youth that “Fighting for peace is like [expletive deleted] for virginity”. In a similar way comes an interesting post from Jim about a novel approach towards getting kids active that has been taken…

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  • Microsoft and its own advice.

    February 22, 2008

    Design, IT, Strategy
     

    Over on GapingVoid, the following story is told; During my time in Korea it was relayed to me that Burnett Chicago had a shot at the Microsoft advertising account. Having created icons for some of the most prominent brands…

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  • Accounting SaaS….

    February 21, 2008

    Design, IT, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0
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    There’s an interesting duality going on in Australasia around SaaS delivered SME accounting. On the one side you have SaaSu, the Australian solution with a nine year history of development and deployment. In the other corner we have Xero,…

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  • Peter Griffin on FTTH…

    February 21, 2008

    Economic Development, IT, New Zealand, Society
     

    Peter Griffin writes about his experience witnessing the Dutch program of Government rolling out Fibre to the Home (FTTH) throughout Amsterdam. Peter says; The Dutch, you see, are where New Zealand needs to be this time next year –…

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  • Meet Yahoo’s strategy team….

    February 20, 2008

    Strategy, Web x.0
     

    If you’re looking to do a deal, and want to find the biggest shiester to maximise your advantage, there’s a little Middle-Eastern country that specialises in producing fast talking deal makers. Witness below the Yahoo chief negotiator….

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