Archive for April, 2010
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
virtual money never sleeps
It’s not quite Wall Street, but over the last year Zoners have been competing against each other on NZX virtual trading to see who can grow a biggest virtual share portfolio. The virtual shares are based on actual NZX-listed shares. Each of the six teams started with 50,000 virtual dollars (v$). Several teams lost interest [...]
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
the pitch
Pitching can be pretty exhausting, but it can also be quite fun and exciting, it’s kind of the ‘competitive sport’ version of what we do, when there are lots of pitches on and once I feel like I’m a contestant in some sort of graphic design/advertising reality TV show along the lines of Master Chef [...]
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
fly kiwi fly
At TimeZoneOne we often talk about flying kiwis. Kiwis can’t actually fly, in fact, as birds go the kiwi probably isn’t the most impressive, they’re kind of odd really – they sound like this… …they’re nocturnal, they have little stubby wings, stubby legs, a round body, a long awkward beak and they lay eggs that [...]
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
volcanoes!
Volcanoes have been making the news recently, well actually just one – Eyjafjallajökull, has been giving travelers and newsreaders trouble in recent weeks. Most New Zealand broadcasters have simply dodged this tricky combination of consonant clusters with an ‘oh my gosh‘ emoticon in the middle by referring to ‘that volcano in Iceland’ instead. In the [...]
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
graphic design improving lives
Here’s a little graphic design put to good use at Achievement First Endeavor Middle School in Brooklyn. My school also had writing on the walls but none of it was as inspirational as this, although I’d have to say some of it was certainly more educational. You can see more pictures and find out more [...]
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Today I am thinking about
ONE: Recently we did an RFP for a client, and they asked what we (the agency) would expect from them (the client) to make the partnership work. In 15 years this is the first time that I had come across this. Very enlightened, and here’s a few things we talked to them about…. Â - Enjoy [...]
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
A bit of Sugar
On Monday after work I went to a Brad Sugars speech. Brad is one of the business motivational types in the rich-dad-poor-dad genre. He is Australian, his coaching business is global and he was in Chicago to pitch his wares. I always enjoy this type of thing as you always learn something new or remember something [...]
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Parallel Thinking
How do you think? How do you think when someone puts forward an idea? Or when someone has a different idea to you? Or when there is a problem that needs a thought out solution? A few years ago now I read about Parallel Thinking and it really affected what I think about thinking. I [...]
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Kinetic Energy
 Kinetic energy is the energy due to motion. TimeZoneOne is an organization in motion. As such I believe we have a form kinetic energy.  When a moving object collides with something stationary it loses kinetic energy. This happens at TimeZoneOne. When we hit a roadblock it can be deflating; the energy is lost. [...]
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Mmmm coffee
I often wonder how much less work we would do without coffee! Â Starting the day without it is a scary prospect from some in our office, but me especially, I don’t know if I would cope. I know I am addicted and often try weening myself. All to no avail! I am hooked.On the subject [...]
