Posts by Che Tibby
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but, um, aren't they both just, well, talking to customers.
what is this "customer" of which you speak?
I am so over you varsity types ...
chuckle.
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It all means much the same thing, yes. Although I suspect I'll still use my own mum , mentally, as a benchmark
never, ever use your mum as a benchmark. there's some kind of psychology in there that always makes people look at you over their glasses.
in a freudian way.
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On a completely different note, I'm really liking that both Vodafone and Orcon are representing themselves in this discussion.
damn straight! duncan has just become my pin-up for "engaging with communities of interest".
he'll be clearly indicated in my next talk to public servants about "how to make social media work for your business".
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Maybe the reason they're using txt rather than voice is because the pricing structure is much better for them, because the company has reflected their costs.
and maybe the infrastructure is cheaper where the traffic is lower?
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Duncan! just the man i wanted to talk to.
when is orcon going to do what other providers don't, and string some central wellington apartment blocks with fibre?
that's a market, surely?
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It's not just the sexism aspect of it, it's also the agism - and I know my comment didn't explain that very well, sorry. I work to bridge gaps in technology knowledge and uptake,
yeah... but i've read you remark that you can't remember life without the internet. russell's mum, like mine, can well remember life without television.
technological ability often can't be learned overnight. if you're like my mum you never had the chance to learn all the precursors that make technological know-how possible.
mum is not stupid. but she's spent her life focussed on knowledge that's not helpful when you need to conceptualise the use of menus to programme a vcr.
but ask her about adhesives, ceramics, and the mounting of different types of substances outdoors and weather-proofing them? (nb. she's a well-recognised mosaic artist)
she starts talking a language i can't understand...
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Really? So rather than simply charge a reasonable rate for voice calls, they teach 'illiterate' 'Africans' a whole new written language so they have a use for cellphones? Surely the pinnacle of free market beneficence...
this was a conversation in the pub 5 years ago. i'm scant on details.
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I think it's reasonably safe to use Grandma as an example
same. my mum is blimmin hopeless with gadgets. growing up in rural new zealand meant that 'the latest technology' was... a bigger v8.
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a cleaner/dishwasher guy i worked with in melbourne was kenyan, and was studying the uptake of mobile phone technology out in the bush.
he reckons the companies taught these illiterate rural african women to text using some sort of phonetic pictograms, and they took to it.
their villages had no electricity except for a central generator in the local markets, so they women would wander into 'town' leave their phones to recharge, do their purchases, collect their phones, and off they'd go, happily texting away.
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i've been enjoying orcon since moving away from the-train-wreck-that-used-to-be-ihug late last year.
there's only been one hiccup, no interweb when i got home last monday, and the phones jammed. i assumed this meant they were aware of the issue.
rb! you forgot to mention the other news today, the launch of the new zealand govt portal!
congrats to all involved.