In a great example of what telcos need to be doing to compete when their legacy revenue streams dry up, BT Tradespace 2.0 went live the other day. Created by Mural Ventures it is a great example of a…
This evening I interviewed Rod Drury, CEO of Xero, to get his thoughts on where they are at. As noted previously the half year report was just released and it offered an opportune time for Rod to make some…
Facebook announced its new advertising product the other day. Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg said; “Facebook Ads represent a completely new way of advertising online, for the last hundred years media has been pushed out to people, but now marketers…
And an Apple tablet would be uber cool. Reports here that Asus is prototyping a tablet for Apple. Imagine coverflow and touchscreen goodness on a 15inch and in a full size OS. I’m excited…….
Jon Beattie, in marketing a blog post par excellance, headed up his post “Wife 2.0”. John was actually referring to Backpackit – a service that seems to offer you the ability to……. hmmm, keep a central repository of information.…
In the past I’ve been one to account some of New Zealand’s economic woes (high consumer spending, high consumer debt, dodgy investing practices et al) to a lack of financial literacy. I’ve posted about it a few times like…
Or – How to (not) win friends or influence people. MF over on Geekzone just posted abut some comments that were made in reply to some critical posts abut the ISP Slingshot. Seems the comments originated from two very…
I’ve just been interviewed by a researcher from the University of Otago. Otago has undertaken a long-term research programme looking at how New Zealand firms derive world class competitive advantage from their geographical location, the networks they utilise, industry…
Surveylab was founded by Leon Toorenberg, a Wellingtonian and some-time Cactus acquaintance. Cactus is now a supplier to Surveylab and it’s great to read how they’re starting to cross the chasm. On a personal level it’s really nice to…