On Paul Henry’s Apology
Posted: October 5th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I should note that this is my view, and I’m fairly sure Jackson will disagree with me on some (if not all) of this.
Our BSA complaints re Paul Henry
Posted: October 4th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Absolute Genius | Tags: Breakfast, Broadcasting Standards authority, Daniel Miles, Jackson James Wood, Paul Henry, TVNZ | 7 Comments »The AG boys complain about Paul Henry’s racist comments (at about 6:20 into the clip) on Breakfast this morning. If you feel the need to complain too, you can contact TVNZ here and the Broadcasting Standards Authority here.
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Crisis Management, Chimp Style
Posted: September 20th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments OffAt my place of employment, we’ve recently started using MailChimp to deliver a regular email update to our subscribers.
The other day, they made an upgrade to the site, and it broke. Badly. At exactly the wrong time.
Kobo: A Review
Posted: June 26th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments OffI love it. Outright love it. I don’t want to be the guy who bitches and complains about companies all the time – after my last post – so I feel the need to say something positive now.
How Groupy.co.nz treat customers
Posted: June 26th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: experiences, groupy, groupy.co.nz, New Zealand, online business, wellington, www.groupy.co.nz | 2 Comments »UPDATE: I’m putting this first so that it will be seen – Lance from Groupy has straight out said it’s unacceptable from them. So take the following as actions of an errant employee founding partner and not as a reflection on the rest of groupy.co.nz. Original post follows.
Apologies about the length of this. It’s going to include a bunch of quoted emails. I’ll quote them in full so that I don’t get accused of leaving stuff out afterwards. The short story is I won’t be shopping with groupy.co.nz – which is a shame, because Lance Wiggs runs some excellent businesses, the concept was good, and I had a lot of hope for it.
Credit Card Controversy
Posted: June 10th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments OffI honestly don’t have a problem with ministers using their ministerial credit cards for personal expenses, and I don’t understand the current furore around it.
How To Change The World, Pt One
Posted: May 24th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »As written in The Guardian, via tech-blog Gizmodo, this is how you change the world. A spectacular initiative where women on bicycles carrying netbooks and wireless connections visit obscure villages to provide a fleeting flirtation with technology. These women quite literally peddle a view over the information of the outside world, educational possibilities impossible without their presence.
Beautiful. Read it here. Now.
iPhone Priorities?
Posted: May 24th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »The Herald’s Sideswipe column has the results of a study of UK residents to find what they considered the best invention. It’s bemusing, to say the least.
Actually Absurd “Actually” (Or, An Open Letter To John Key)
Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Dear John Key. I’m not one to criticise too heavily over the silly pedantic stuff. However I just can’t handle this one any more.
Credit Where Credit’s Due
Posted: May 16th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Daniel J Miles | Comments OffIn case anyone’s following my beef with Radio New Zealand, which started in an angry post which rapidly transmogrified into a more rational post after Radio New Zealand rang me, I feel I should update now with what happened as a result.
People We Angered