Air New Zealand – Crazy About Rugby – Safety Video
August 22, 2010 – 9:55 am | 23 Comments

As we gear up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, trust Air New Zealand to make over the in-flight safety video and here it is. Included are All Black players and coaches, commentators, fans and …

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Kiwi Films

The American Film Institute has called the New Zealand film industry “one of the wonders of the world…”. Vertainly the number of New Zealand filmmakers who have gained the world’s attention….

Kiwi Stuff

The news views sights and sounds of New Zealand and its people. From Cape Reinga to Stewart Island.

New Zealand Travel

New Zealand’s awesome landscapes, lush forests, amazing wildlife and pleasant climate make it a haven for many outdoor activities, and a great place to unwind.

New Zealand Food

New Zealand’s cuisine has been described as Pacific Rim, drawing inspiration from Europe, Asia and Polynesia. This blend of influences has created a mouth-watering range of flavours and food….

New Zealand Music

The music of New Zealand is the expression of the culture of New Zealand. As the nation has grown and established its own culture, local artists have mixed these styles with local influences to create kiwi music.

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Playing Favorites At Technorati
February 22, 2009 – 4:09 pm | 8 Comments

We have not spend any time thinking about Technorati but over at Work From Home Business Blog. Peter is holding a favorites exchange. This is where we get together to link through Technorati.
You can …

Youtube Hottie Marnia Orlova World’s Sexiest Geek (Video)
February 20, 2009 – 6:06 pm | 33 Comments

Marnia Orlova, Intellectual and all round hottie runs one of the hottest channels on Youtube. HotforWords has been around for two years but rivals even Michael Jackson and Showtime in the number of hits.

What has Facebook and Michael Phelps Got in Common?
February 20, 2009 – 9:19 am | 6 Comments

This weeks embrulio about the change in terms of service for the Facebook terms of service has unlined an immutable truth about social networking. Facebook has done an about face on the terms but this …

Linkedin and Facebook Benefit from Recession But Danger Ahead
February 16, 2009 – 10:04 am | 3 Comments

One of the beneficiaries of the recession are the word oriented social sites like Linkedin and to a lesser extend Facebook (read what I think about Facebook). According to news.com this weeked, the traffic for …

Zune Team Splits Up Prepares for Hardware Divorce
February 14, 2009 – 10:00 am | 4 Comments

After the Microsoft purging in early January no one department was left untouched including the team working on the Zune player. All of Microsoft’s divisions are losing money except Windows, Office, Tools and Business CRM
Although …

Facebook’s Future Is Not Mobile It Is Me
February 12, 2009 – 12:30 pm | 6 Comments

Unlike Linkedin which has been able to successfully charge for a premium service, Facebook does not realize any revenue beyond advertising on their various pages. This means that they are entirely beholden to the fate …

Twitter – From New Idea to No Idea?
February 10, 2009 – 2:50 pm | 7 Comments

It is enormous fun to watch the machinations of the Twitter team, Evan Williams and Biz Stone, walk a tight balancing act between promise and reality. The promise is that Twitter can evolve from a …

Google Latitude, The Beginning of the End
February 5, 2009 – 7:14 pm | 3 Comments

With release of Google Latitude and the birth of wide spread people tracking technology, we are onto the next stage of improved social tools at the expense of privacy. From the Google Blog:
Latitude is a …

Technology Relevance and the Yahoo MSN Mashup
February 10, 2008 – 12:02 pm | One Comment

In our ongoing series on technology that has gone the way of the dinosaur, this week Polaroid announced the demise of the instant camera with the closure of the manufacturing:
Yesterday, the company behind the iconic …

Not so Half Baked Half.com
August 30, 2006 – 3:35 pm | No Comment

The late 1990s were a boom time and there are constant reminders of the more excesses over that period. Half.com is an example of a successful exit to an unsuccessful business.
But back in 1999, in …

Web 2.0 companies I like
August 6, 2006 – 11:13 pm | No Comment

There is some great media goings on at the moment especially the likes of Kevin Rose at Digg.com. Whilst they are a very interesting Web 2.0 company and social book marking and meta sites like …

The end of Digg or the End of Journalism ?
July 17, 2006 – 11:37 pm | No Comment

With the advent of Digg 3.0 the means the development of Social Bookmarking or my term Social Editorial has moved to another level. Social Editorial implies more than bookmarking or “Digging” but running commentary and …

Social Network also includes you and meme
July 17, 2006 – 1:31 am | 4 Comments

Andrea Weckerle from New Millenium PR Blog has challenged me to come up with my favorite social network tools and tagged me meme. Okay I will bite. Here are the five tools I have been …

Web 2.0 big on Marketing less so on Reliability
July 16, 2006 – 8:43 am | No Comment

I am a hard core believer that innovation almost 100% created from the bottom up. Almost 100% of that innovation in the Web 2.0 space is small companies like Technorati, Six Apart (typepad), WordPress (the …