Still In Taupo…
Hi Gang, more posts coming tomorrow. Still in NZ…
Downunder…
Will be posting sporadically this week as I am back in NZ for a series of board meetings and the Morgo High Growth confernce. All lots of fun.
It still baffles me how NZ has become such a broadbad slouch. Hotels charge too much. WiFi access is hampered with ludicrous billing systems from carriers that require you to have a residential account – the irony of which is that NZ has a hot telco billing company that could fix that. Sigh… this is a sign of lack of compeitiveness…
Learning from Lance…
A great, great OpEd from Thomas Friedman. He makes the point:
There is no doubt that Lance Armstrong’s seventh straight victory in the Tour de France, which has prompted sportswriters to rename the whole race the Tour de Lance, makes him one of the greatest U.S. athletes of all time. What I find most impressive about Armstrong, besides his sheer willpower to triumph over cancer, is the strategic focus he brings to his work, from his prerace training regimen to the meticulous way he and his cycling team plot out every leg of the race. It is a sight to behold. I have been thinking about them lately because their abilities to meld strength and strategy – to thoughtfully plan ahead and to sacrifice today for a big gain tomorrow – seem to be such fading virtues in American life. – NYT, July 27, 2005
Video Blogs come to phones
Video blogs are coming to phones… It would be great for me to be able to get a video blog of Sophia at home while on the road.
This all might work brilliantly in 3G Europe but I’m not so sure in Silicon Valley where reception is nothing short of pathetic. The carriers here – Cingular, T/Mobile, Sprint… should all be ashamed of their service quality and delivery here in the valley. Its actually got to the point that I pretty much can’t use my mobile for anything other than a 20 second call unless I am in the city or out of town. That is really sad.
