Category Archives: Commentary

Last.fm

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Dan

A year or so ago, Last.fm started charging for their service. I was pretty gutted, since I had been listening to Last.fm radio pretty much all day. Sure, it’s okay to charge something for a decent service—and Last.fm is very … Continue reading →

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Redesigning a corporate web environment

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Dan

The Challenge I’ve got this friend who is responsible for a corporate front-end web environment with almost a dozen browser-facing web applications. Pretty much all he can do at the moment is change static content in the antiquated and wildly … Continue reading →

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An update

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Dan

It’s been a while since my last post. During that while, I’ve returned reluctantly to New Zealand from an incredible 12 months in Switzerland. I was working for an outstanding company (Best Of Swiss Web 2009) on some outstanding projects. … Continue reading →

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Empowered to say ‘No’

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Dan

Seth Godin writes in his post License to stall about business-to-business sales. He explains that the majority of people you encounter are empowered to stall, to say ‘No’, since they are easier to train and are safer. The reason this … Continue reading →

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Doug Bowman is an outstanding web designer

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Dan

…who was, until recently, Visual Design Lead at Google. He now works for Twitter. It saddens me to see so many people knocking Doug for the less-than-inspiring design work found in many of Google’s products. Take this Gawker / Valleywag … Continue reading →

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Making 2 million a year from blogging. Without ads.

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Dan

Read it here.

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Sunspider JavaScript benchmarking

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Dan

I’ve had a blog post in draft for ages, but this isn’t it. The draft post has extensive tables of stats that lie half-finished, but it was getting a bit out-of-hand, so here’s a very abridged version. The post looked … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Dan

Google have today released their new web browser, Google Chrome, in beta. Man is it fast!!!! I’ve been using it this evening and it really flies. While it supposedly uses more memory than other browsers, this use of extra memory … Continue reading →

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World’s first ten iPhone 3G owners

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Dan

Queued outside Vodafone’s Queen St, Auckland, store. Hi John and Ben!

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Vodafone New Zealand release iPhone pricing and details

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Dan

See the Vodafone New Zealand website. And wow, the reaction has been nothing less than scathing across the board! I think I saw perhaps one positive tweet, but otherwise there was lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth. Cost to … Continue reading →

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