A reader of my blog commented on my “So what DO you do” post with this request; Ben – I’m interested in your experiences in buying a business, was it a good idea, bad idea, what were the pitfalls…
Uber search-chick Kaila posted this, discusing the potential or otherwise of Yahoo out-sourcing search to Google. I replied thus; Yahoo outsourcing search to Google is a tacit acceptance of the fact that Google is better at it than everyone…
Rod posted here about a NZ Institute intiative to look at the broadband issue in New Zealand (and oh there is an issue)! Leaving aside the actual intiative (which I wholeheartedly support) I was interested that Rod is on…
With a HatTip to SaaS week, read on. OpSource, based in Santa Clara, Calif., is a big name in the SaaS world. Offering infrastructure technologies that power numerous SaaS providers and on-demand companies, OpSource has won numerous awards from…
There’s a humdinger blog argument going on at the moment amongst the SaaS commentators. I lump myself with that bunch so I decided to chip in my little bit. Anshua Sharma started it off with this post criticising the…
Zoli posted over here about a couple of incongruous anomalies. He, like I, uses Google’s Picasa application, which is a single PC photo catalogue app that, surprisingly doesn’t work well on a network or across the web. And yes,…
And now a lightweight post…. I never win anything Wanda ran a comp, To win some underwear, I entered many many times, Without even a care. Others also entered, But I had all the luck, Now a slinky pair…
Rod is in town and this morning I had a chance to meet him face to face. I’ve been talking about SaaS in general and Xero in particular for a few months now, so I guess he wanted to…
An excellent post over here about what it means to be a “professional” (in its vocational usage). This is an area I have a real interest in, mainly because of my history. To explain here is a synopsis; I…
I spoke today to Dan from ConnectNZ. He’s coming to BarCampChristchurch on Friday and was ringing to get a little guidance as to what he should talk about and how he should pitch the level of his presentation. I…