When good insurers step in
So it eventually happened. My iPhone has struggled through a year and a half in my handbag, and finally succumbed to death by water. I had always though that insurers don’t bother with phones, they are...
View ArticleA new way of giving: The One Percent Collective
A lot of people around Wellington (and New Zealand) will have heard of Pat Shepherd. He’s a brilliant photographer, publishes a highly sought after magazine and in recent years has launched into...
View ArticleMoneyscope: Standing out from the Crowd
One of my favorite customers just sent me the latest review of Moneyscope – a Basecamp style approach to financial planning, that enables financial planners to quickly produce attractive, simple and...
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An impossible position
After a couple too many shocking pictures at photo exhibitions, I realised that I have no stomach for stories about bizarre and violent punishments. But stupidly, 15 minutes of free time yesterday led...
View ArticleMore customer success: MyLawsuit
Just heard from Michele about some early buzz around MyLawsuit.com. Michele and I ‘met’ several years ago now, and we designed the initial screens for MyLawsuit. Michele is a true inspiration (just...
View ArticleWellington’s Genuine Progress Index wins national excellence award
We launched the GPI website earlier this year. The GPI is a fantastic project that aims to measure how well we as a region are doing on a number of social, environmental, economic and other measures....
View Article$1000 charity giveaway
A few years ago, when we set up Flower Power on Powershop, one of the big drivers was being part of a big change in an industry that seems to quiver in fear at the thought of progress. Powershop is a...
View ArticleFinancial health
I have a lot of inspirational friends doing inspiration things, but one of the most practical pieces of wisdom Ive stolen in the last year is from Amy Hodgkinson, who got herself into a wee bit of debt...
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iPoint2: Stay pointing in the right direction!
Disclaimer: I did design this app, so am very biased :) However, it IS cool. iPoint2 is super simple, all it does is allow you to plot locations, and then, wherever you are, it will point to any of...
View ArticleMy Tours make finals of BNZ Startup Alley
We had a pretty good year at My Tours last year. We launched some very cool apps for museums, councils and businesses around the world…. Cumulating in our first bilingual app of Old City Jerusalem...
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Peanut butter and personal branding
I recently have the privilege of meeting Pic from Pic’s Really Good Peanut Butter. Pic is the biggest fan of peanut butter I’ve ever met (and about as engaging as they come). He displayed so much...
View ArticleWhy I started a part time professional job site
Henry Ford is attributed to introducing the 40 hour work week in the 1920s, not so much for the health of his employees, but so employees would have enough free time to go out and realize they needed...
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