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Google deserve to run the world….

June 30, 2007

Business, Design, IT, Strategy

I stand before you all (well sit) dumbfounded. A new feature on Google maps, allows you to input start and finish locations and get directions, travel time and distance. It also allows the route to be customised to ones…

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Magic happens when technical abilities and creativity meet…

June 29, 2007

Business, Design, Economic Development, IT, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

I had a chat yesterday with Justin Heaney from Influx. Influx is a business that marries some cool technical skills in terms of VCast techno-wizardry with significant experience in the creative aspects of videography. An example of Influx’s work…

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Buy in? Nope… lock in

June 28, 2007

Branding, Business, Design, IT, Strategy

Rowan posted over here about how the iPhone will have an unremovable sim resulting in consumers being pretty much locked into Apple phone products. This and some of the other issues surrounding Apple’s latest product got me thinking. I…

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Environment matters….

June 26, 2007

Business, Design, Efficiency, Governance, My businesses, New business, Strategy

Leading on from Dan’s post recently about his experience starting up a new business, I thought I’d share a story with y’all. While the story itself is not important, it is analogous to many issues and experiences new business…

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HB media/House of Travel magazine

June 22, 2007

Branding, Business, Design, Economic Development, New business, New Zealand, Strategy

Now here’s a business that exists in a traditional industry, yet is managing to find novel solutions to gain and maintain viability amidst the threat of new competitors. The guys from HB, publishers of Idealog, media are publishing Inspire…

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Let’s devolve a little

June 21, 2007

Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, New business, Society, Strategy

An excellent post by Wil Schroter here that relates to what Jim and I have been talking about with regards design of software and services. Wil astutely suggests that rather than redesigning the product to fit the norms and…

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Initial thoughts on another SaaS accounting package

June 21, 2007

Business, Design, IT, New business, Strategy

Following on from my previous post about the breadth of product offerings in the SaaS accounting space, this morning I’ve been having a play with SaaSu’s NetAccounts and I have to say that it’s nice. Clean and tidy with…

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The Accounting SaaS space is getting busier…

June 20, 2007

Business, Design, IT, My businesses

Lance Wiggs posted about a SaaS accounting service he found in the states – Lance’s post can be seen here. I always said that I had concerns about the revenue expectations articulated in the Xero IPO and whether or…

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Cool….

June 12, 2007

Branding, Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, Strategy

Sony yesterday filed a patent application for a phone with gaming functionality. Seems Sony is smarting that the Apple iphone is getting all the hype at the moment and came up with something of their own. I wonder if…

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KISS….

June 10, 2007

Business, Design, Governance, IT, Manufacturing, New business, New Zealand, Strategy

An excellent article in the June issue of Unlimited Magazine by Mike Hutcheson of Lighthouse Ventures. It’ll be online on the Unlimited website once the July issue comes out but the June issue is good and well worth the…

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