Monthly Archives: January 2009

January 30, 2009 Posted in New Zealand, SocialMedia, Strategy, Web x.0 3 Comments

A Novel Approach – Marketing Advice For Free

By Ben Kepes

Local social media uber early adopter and twitter cognoscent Ben Young has made an interesting offer that reminds me of something I heard at the Christchurch World Busker’s Festival yesterday. A street performer there, when asking for tips said that street performing is the most honest commerce in the world

January 27, 2009 Posted in Economic Development, New Zealand 1 Comment

It’s the Economy, Stoopid

By Ben Kepes

Overnight some 70000 jobs were axed in the US and Europe with some big name big-cos involved in the cuts. Here in New Zealand we’re yet to see the sort of tumult that the rest of the world seems to be facing. Maybe it has to do with the fact

January 26, 2009 Posted in New Zealand Leave a comment

Completely off topic – Race report

By Ben Kepes

Sorry for a completely off-topic post, but then again a few people who read this blog are athletically minded so it may interest them. After a 13 year hiatus from mountainbike racing, I decided to go out and do The Vulcaniser race on Saturday, near where I live. 37 degrees

January 23, 2009 Posted in Business 4 Comments

Testing yet another techy thing – please ignore!

By Ben Kepes

January 21, 2009 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS 3 Comments

Diligent – The End Is Nigh

By Ben Kepes

Diligent Board Member Services (lots more info here) yesterday announced that they’d been successful in raising another round of funding. Diligent is positive saying that; [Diligent] that its ability to raise capital under such severe market conditions underlines the quality and potential of its Boardbooks product. This investment will strengthen

January 14, 2009 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, SocialMedia 3 Comments

A Press Release Isn’t a Blog Comment

By Ben Kepes

I always welcome comments on my posts from vendors – after all they’re the ones with the in-depth domain knowledge about areas I’m writing about. I can even live with a bit of a commercial bent to the comments – after all there is a reason the vendors spend their

January 13, 2009 Posted in New Zealand Leave a comment

Webstock – I’m a coming….

By Ben Kepes

Webstock from all accounts rocks the world (or at least Wellington). I’m stoked that I’ll be attending, and blogging extensively, from the event on the 19th and 20th of February. Check out cloudave.com for coverage (tag #webstock)

January 8, 2009 Posted in Business, Business and the Environment, New Zealand, Society 7 Comments

Tourism: At What Price. A Treatise on Authenticity

By Ben Kepes

Image via Wikipedia We’re nearing the end of three amazing weeks on the road in the North Island – from the Wairarapa to the East Cape, on to the Coromandel and back through Rotorua and Taupo it’s been a great trip. However an event in Rotorua yesterday motivated me to

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.