John Key is not going to be able to use the “New Zealanders flee to Australia in record numbers” line for much longer as a criticism of the New Zealand economy, and by inference using it to attack Labour. The economic outlook for the Aussies is as bad there as it is here. According to […]
We’ve had broadband in our house for a long time now – first with Telecom (too expensive) then with Slingshot (left because of that Presley woman) and now Telstra (signed up when the nice man knocked on our door and told us how much money we could be saving). So, the cable was duly run […]
In this hi-tech world we live in it’s always surprising when technology fails us. When it does we expect that whoever is offering the service will be able to right the problem with the flick of a switch, or at worst a re-boot of a computer, or two. A friend, who is also a Kiwibank […]
This is pretty out there, but perhaps finally a great way to harness the intellect of social networks. A group called Kluster have started an online community for people who like to tackle projects and solve problems. If you have a great idea you can submit it to the kluster group and other members of […]
Well, another good idea bites the dust. Joneses Real Estate has gone into voluntary liquidation. I wrote a post here several months back on the Joneses. It seems that any alternative to the commission sale model on selling your house is doomed to failure. Which is a pity as there is a market for it, […]
I’m exhausted. What a great two days – I was overwhelmed by many web aficionados who passionately presented a myriad of topics: from the history of Open Source, to becoming “Unstuck” to “Managing Design” to “Web 2.Odium”…and more. At the end of the first day I was having difficulty remembering all the speakers I had […]