It’s ‘Chevy’—even President Obama says so
Share Dear Chevrolet: even your own nation’s president calls the brand ‘Chevy’: You might want to rethink that memo.
View ArticleSome positive news a month on from the Christchurch ’quake
Share Tomorrow, it will be one month since the Christchurch ’quake. It’s tempting to argue scale—the Japanese earthquake and tsunami versus our own—but at the end of the day, people are people, and...
View ArticleWhat the media say about Google Plus
Share You have to wonder how many of the Google Plus reviews are being inspired by the press releases. Here’s a typical one today, which I picked at random. Rob Pegoraro writes: ‘You don’t add...
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The Murdoch apology does not let us off the hook
Share Above is Rupert Murdoch’s apology for the actions of the News of the World, to run in the UK in the wake of the resignations of Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton. They’re great words, and they’re...
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Panos Emporio: dare to be human
Share We weren’t responsible for the layout or photography, but our contribution here is in the tagline, ‘Dare to be human’. In my 12-year friendship with Panos Papadopoulos, the designer behind...
View ArticleIkea tries to shut down its biggest fan site, showing us how the company...
Share In an age of social media, you would think it was the most stupid thing to try to shut down the biggest online community you have. Ikea has done just that, on IP grounds, against Ikea Hackers,...
View ArticleWhen referring to your Australian office might not be a smart thing to do
Share There are some companies that do not realize that we live in a global community. And there are at least two who have done themselves a disservice by referring our account or enquiries to their...
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Facebook: Kiwi lives don’t matter
As someone who read Confucius as a young man, and was largely raised on his ideas, free speech with self-regulation is my default position—though when it becomes apparent that people simply aren’t...
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