November 2008
9 posts
Nightmares before Christmas, with tickets to spare
18 months ago I successfully bought tickets online to the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert (which sold out super fast). At the time I was proud of myself and thought little of those who complained about missing out.
Yesterday I had a sobering experience.
Ticketek has serious problems. Whenever tickets for a big act go online the site fails. It’s been happening since 2005 and as recently as 3...
Kevin Rudd is on Twitter and his tweets are really interesting. Time for John Key to step it up.
“whether, on the basis of such evidence, it is wise for the world’s...”
– Round two of the global warming debate begins
“It’s just that when that becomes something exclusionary, it often gets...”
– Linus Torvalds on Richard Stallman
California votes for high speed rail network →
We need to replace state highway one with one of these.
Moving on from Second Life
I find it funny how so many business people still think Second Life is the latest internet revolution. Just last week my management lecturer used it as an example of companies using technology as a recruitment tool.
I do not recommend using Second Life to convince potential employees that your company is tech savvy. Try posting a video on your website instead.
Another example:...