Electrifying New Zealand…

So early this year, John Key kicked off a summit to generate ideas to improve NZ. Not too much came from it, mainly a cycle-way. Its taken me a while, but heres my big idea:
Make all our cars electric.
Ok, its not a guaranteed success, but… heres some quick numbers:
2.5 million passenger vehicles in new zealand, [...]

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Iphone thoughts…

I finally bought a shiny new iphone 3gs, firmly cementing my apple fan boy status, to go my my macbook pro and multiple mac minis, and ipods.
I like apple products. The main reason I like them is you get a feeling that somewhere, someone actually cared about the users experience. Truly cared. We love you [...]

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Amazon, the power of scale.

I recently ordered some books from Amazon.
In the current situation, this should be a bad move, the NZ dollar is buying $0.64US, the amazon shipping charges are a significant component of the price, so why would I do that?
I bought 4 books that were recommended on the fourhourworkweek.com blog, from amazon, 56.73USD + $24.95 shipping. [...]

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Restaurant Brands CEO steps up

I’ve just noticed today that Russell Creedy, CEO of Restaurant Brands has bought 45,000 shares in the company he runs. This brings his total shareholding to… well… 45,000.
I think highly of senior management who take positions in the companies they run, and think this is a great move by Russell. Obviously, 45000 is not a [...]

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FPH. How does that work?

I’ve been looking a bit at Fisher and Paykal Healthcare recently, an innovative company from NZ specialising in breathing related medical products. Ive always been interested in this company, and it has been a darling of the NZ sharemarket.
Its recently dropped in price, so I thought I would have a quick glance at its financials. [...]

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kiva, entrepreneurship in the world

We just got started with kiva.org which is a charity site aimed at microloans for people and groups in the 3rd world. You sign up, choose a entrepreneur who has a business idea to make some cash, send them a portion of the cash, and as soon as other investors join you and donate enough, [...]

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Copyright and the sun.

Rowan has asked a pretty pertinent question, following the scrapping of the Section 92a of the copyright amendment act.
For those not up on the play, 92a basically said that people could have internet suspended if they were accused, presumably by music/movie companies, of infringing on their copyright. The ‘accusing’ word got a lot of people [...]

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the commoditisation of browsers

One thing you often see in business is a new company produces a product, which is great, but because its the first, its not the best thing since sliced bread.
A bit of time passes, then… another company brings out a competing product, with some better features. The first company responds and the arms race begins!
After [...]

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back!

Phew, a busy few weeks, finishing up last contract for a cool startup, some time in Rarotonga which is a fabulous little island in the pacific, hooning around like a crazy man (well, a crazy man who doesnt go over 40kmh) on a little scooter, getting up at the crack of dawn to throw coconuts [...]

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An IQ test…

ok, so heres a little test.
You know how bacteria are dumb, and ants are smarter than bacteria, mice are smarter than ants, cats are smarter than mice, and dolphins and whales are meant to be even cleverer, and chimps and apes are pretty up there on the whole smarts thing right?
And right at the top [...]

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