Posts by Jason Kemp
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Does this thinking apply to lawn bowls? If so I have an idea for you that involves bowling and fun in Wellington.
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So far I'm afraid the discussion doesn't appear to be off the leash at all on any of the hard questions. Rather amusing to see vodafone answering most of the questions.
It really can't be a serious network if there are no iPhones on it. There is a hint of the "nod,nod wink, wink - we won't ask - just get the chip and don't tell us routine."
What I really wanted to know was how competitive they are going to be and whether I should wait for 2 degrees which does seem to have some "smart money" behind it.
Re: iPhones - I was contacted by an innovative service helping iPhone customers a while back. Telecom is being cagey because they haven't done a deal with Apple (yet?) and that is the right thing to do. I don't understand what the difference is - but might be helpful to some.
I don't read geekzone for the same reason.
unlockit appears to be able to provide an escape clause service with wiggle room.
Apparently it will
"allow you to change your APN without having to unlock, jailbreak or otherwise install any third party software on your iPhone."
I still a bit tempted to go <yawn>phones anyone?</yawn>
But to any reasonably mobile person they just cost a small fortune and we've had the over promise / under deliver routine for so many years now its is hard to get excited.
I did see elsewhere that the target was going to be yoof first - which seems to be somehow connected with petrolhead males and that is definitely not me but waiting for some real information to be released.
I have never seen Top Gear and not about to start anytime soon. I know there are other market segments like the one I've been in for 10+ years with Bellsloth and Vodafone.
We are looking for a smart network that offers value and service and useful information - not just another double-blind PR exercise.
And really we have to wait a few more days for useful details. Not sure there is any point to this discussion.
I agreee with Sam mostly we just need better Pricing on data so we can actually use it at will. I defy anyone to really understand account plans - the old adage about confusing the customers seams true to me.
Telstra seems to have understood this with their ads - although I've never met one of their actual customers.
Would love to be proved wrong though.
Looking forward to seeing Vodafone / I mean Telecom answer some / any questions...
meanwhile I'll research that gPhone / I have used Skype succesfully on an ipod and I understand that works on an iPhone as well.
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Marathon runners are trying to get across it as quick as possible. Protesters might try and climb things, put up flags, have kids doing who knows what.
I was there on the bridge and believe me most people were enjoying at a steady pace. For the most part the "protestors" were very sensible law abiding citizens making a point. Unlike some Otago students - not really in need of marshalling.
Apart from a few photos it was a Sunday morning stroll witha fair number of hardened grand parents not known for their protesting ways.
Like many I only found out afterwards that we weren't supposed to cross cause when there several thousand people moving forward its impossible to tell what is happening more than 1 km down the road.
I was a bit disappointed by reports of protestors trampling bushes and climbing fences. The fence in question was obviously new and a gateway onto the clip on lanes was steadfastly blocked by the police so everyone just had to walk back along Curran St to the end of the fence.
I'd guess there were way more than 2000 out. The sun was shining and quite and exciting morning really.
Whats more I'd love to do it again just like I do every time I'm in Sydney. The bridge is a tourist attraction and we should make more of it.
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Stephen I wasn't knocking video literacy. More trying to make a distinction on styling differences for differnt market groups.
Television over the years has changed enormously in style.
In watching the Media 7 clips there was a stong idea of coming through on how the news needs to be more visual. At the same time recognition that tradition and audiences might be stuck a bit. Radio is seen as more of a new authority by many listeners so an augmented radio approach is not a bad thing.
TV3 and TV1 audiences overlap but I'd say TV3 makes more of an effort to get younger viewers whereas TV1 plays it safe.
I don't think the pigs in cages story whould have had anything like as much traction if it had been on TV3. In fact John Campbell was at pains to point out they had run that story 3 years previously.
I'm always interested in the rol of the media and their treatment of content so personally vanilla news is mostly better when its satirised. We do need the raw material though.
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It seems that most of the "live crosses" I have seen have been random and do not add value at all. The secondary problems with them is the echo mirror effect, intro/intro/intro.
Sometimes for a late breaking story this is going to happen saying "look over here" over done as a dramtic device.
Perhaps the best thing about this programme is to have the 4 panelists almost talking together. Couldn't help wondering if they do that very often and if they are going to watch their own answers and regret some of them.
I have recently become more aware of the visual/spatial learning mode. I wonder if involving more visually oriented performance people might help with some TV news items with some yopunger viewers.
Although if the main news audience is over 40 then radio with pictures is probably OK.
A faux pas by Trish Carter on presenters telling us what to think was nicely rescued. I'm afraid the news is only really good when its on Jon Stewart and being skewered like the turkey shoot it mostly resembles.
From my observation there is precious little analysis on the news as that takes way too much presentation effort. And mostly the news fomat doesn't have time to do that justice.
The piece about Mana news was oddly reassuring in that someone is documenting contemporary NZ history from an alternative perspective. There is an old cliche about history being written by the winners. We could all benefit from a more even sided approach.
It is now possible to take that print archive and convert all of it to an online library and perhaps that could be a flow on source of revenue for Mana.
Last but not least - being able to watch Media7 on Youtube is a huge bonus. All of the distracting TVNZ flutter wrapped around even the new micro channel is a bit OTT - sort of like a random live cross which is where we came in.
P.S Don't tell TVNZ but having mutiple ways of consuming video content works well. I won't be getting a tuner anytime soon but I am online most of the time.
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Grey Lynn is still a helpful mix of SUV's and bicycles. I noticed the GLFM site is having some problems so here is another link to keep an eye on.
alternative info on GLFM from Grey Lynn 2030 site.
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Interested to see that Pundit wants contributors /members to agree before hand to unspecified terms and condition AND also undisclosed copyright terms.
I have asked them about this myself but surely if you want contributions you would disclose all of these items up front. Kind of sets the tone.
The relevance to this ffunnell topic is - if we want to have a professional ad network shouldn't the sites also be more professional?
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ffunnell looks like a good idea/ but there is no real information on their website. Whats the deal there?
I'm pleased to say there is only one site on the list I'm really interested in - even scoop seems a little circumlocutory these days.
Perhaps Scoop needs a better angle - more bite/ opinion and less recycling of cyber litter. Wait maybe that is - Pundit which looks like a great idea but they obviously need more advertising as I've never heard of them before today.
Have to say I'm not interested in news per sae and most of what I like is elsewhere.
I had to look up to find out who that Kim person was. Lucky I'm not in the target market for over hyped actors with small roles.
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I second the archiving / digitizing process concept. Planet was a beautiful large format magazine and was a valid and useful record of its time. I'd guess there are other copies still out there. (Steve Hill ?)
I was away from Auckland for most of 89,90 and half of 91 - mostly in Oz and a short stint in the UK. Auckland as a city developed more of a distinct identity at that time.
From my memory by '93 Planet was "the magazine" of non msm record. It was the photos more than anything else that capatured that time.
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Slpendid writing, almost timeless. I might also have a copy of one of thos Planet magazines somewhere in storage. That was another ary of light at the time.
We all have a lot to be thankful for. Thanks also to your helpers for getting a copy back out there.