The Dowse currently has an exhibition on called the The
New Cool. Over the next few Saturdays Weltec will
be hosting a series of seminars featuring the founders of the companies featured in
The New Cool exhibiton. This weekend it is “Aotearoa Beats”.

Directors from Dawn Raid Entertainment, Disruptiv and LOOP Aot(ear)oa Recordings
handle some of Aotearoa’s hottest talent. They discuss their multi-faceted involvement
in the music industry both locally and globally. They are joined by Inject Design,
creators of Fat Freddy’s Drop website and graphic identity.

I yarned about The New Cool exhibition before.

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Listening to: Razor - Foo Fighters

The Economists’ Voice has released a new set of articles:

• Ian Ayres and Jennifer Gerarda Brown Privatizing
  Gay Rights with Non-discrimination Promises Instead of Policies.

• Bruno S. Frey Beyond Traditional
  Borders: A New Proposal for Federalism.

• Robert W. Hahn and Cass R. Sunstein The
  Precautionary Principle as a Basis for Decision Making.

• Ted Gayer, John Horowitz, and John A. List When
  Economists Dream, They Dream of Clear Skies.

• Malcolm B. Coate and Jeffrey H. Fischer Microsoft’s
  Market Realities: A Letter Commenting on “Going Soft on Microsoft? The EU’s Antitrust
  Case and Remedy” by Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff.

Listening to: Doogie Howser running SQL scripts

Anyone who has started a company will know the you live or die based on the success
of your sales team. I found a pretty
good outline of the sales cycle I am familiar with:

• Understanding the Market

• Understanding the Offering

• Finding likely customers

• Prospecting

• Initial discussions

• Engagement

• Managing  the Sales process – External Sale

• Managing the Sales process – Internal Sale

• Handling the Competition

• Qualification

• Handling Objections

• Demonstrating capabilities

• Negotiation

• Closing the Sale

• Handing over the delivery team

• Managing  the post sale

• Account Management

• Extending the footprint

• Managing the support and services revenues

I have found that the key steps are often the 1st two because understanding what you’re
selling and to whom makes everything else much much easier.

Listening to: Office noise

From AppleInsider.com:

The latest version of Apple’s iTunes jukebox software was in circulation only
a matter of minutes before Apple enthusiasts began tearing the application’s resources
to bits, searching for clues on the highly anticipated iTunes music phone scheduled
for release in a matter of days.
 

Of course, iTunes 4.9 did not disappoint. Instead, it continued to whet the appetite
of consumers who seem to have been waiting for the Motorola-designed phone to debut
for almost a year.

Immediately, enthusiasts located phrases such as “Eject mobile phone,” “iPod Phone
Prefs,” “iPodPhoneiTunes Setup,” and “PhoneUpdating contacts” from inside the application’s
resources.

Listening to: The arcade machine

I woke up this morning… sit, shower, shave, kiss the missus good bye, check blog….
HOLY CRAP! kottke.org linked to me last
night (NZST) and now there is a torrent of visitors.

Listening to: Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds? - Alabama 3

From positive
ape index. Someone has had a go at making a Scotch
Ostrich Egg. Oddly awesome.

Listening to: My keyboard

For my own notes: Deconstructing
Google Maps.

UPDATE: Flag that… use the API

Listening to: My keyboard

Keyhole, released as Google Earth, is now free
to download and use. There is a $20/year sub for better quality images.

I have discussed Keyhole with glee in a previous
post.

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Listening to: not too sure… this was computer generated.

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In the middle distance you can see the cruise ship that they bought in to house the
Lions fans for the All Black test on Saturday. Welly is a very small town.

Listening to: The roar of Kong

It looks
pretty cool.