The 2010s are the right time to properly kick off the 21st century … Two themes I can touch on: the fact that cities drive globalization increasingly more than countries now, and the democratization we have seen with technology and even having a voice, could spur some action; secondly, the tyranny of distance can only be overcome if we encourage the sort of thinking that’s needed to create real innovation (not just in technology), not products that can be easily duplicated. David [MacGregor] is absolutely right that there is no one perfect solution, but we can make a start by creating the right networks (I am thinking city-to-city) and build better relationships globally—something many political leaders are not adept at doing.
Thank you, Roland Rat I believe this is my first celebrity endorsement for my mayoral campaign. Yet again, we are given proof of why Roland Rat is superior to Wacaday.
Let’s nail my colours to the wall.Wellington: I’ll work with anyone you elect, it’s your choice. But with regards to the Mayoral race, I back Jack, and please, I urge you to give him due consideration.
Why do I Back Jack 2013? Jack Yan has an amazing mix of communication skills, social conscience and business acumen. Please, give him a try. Don’t let his astonishing intellect or useful ability to speak to dignitaries from a vast number of countries in their own languages put you off.
No, he isn’t acting like Muldoon. Muldoon believed resolutely in tackling unemployment, the state owning assets, and taking the lead in investing in hydroelectricty and other sources of generation.
You can’t bank on the Wales Wow, incredibly dumb move, Westpac. I never opted in to your spam lists, and now I find you have done so for me, in every category. What the heck? I know I never opted in, because I usually ask for this stuff in plain text. Considering your first-ever spam arrived today, and one of my companies became your customer in 2006, I’m sure that this decision to spam people was a recent move on your part.
Why would I ask for information on products I don’t have with you, or, for that matter, rewards?
I’ve deleted my email address from your system as well, and, yes, I do feel strongly enough about this that I’ll consider closing my accounts.
I can’t believe I wasted my 5,000th Tumblr post on you, but, there you have it.
Clearly, computers and banks do not mix—remember, cheques took a day to clear in the mid- to late-1970s, and they take five to seven days now. Now I find a foreign bank unable to grasp some basic netiquette.
Farewell to a favourite This was sad news that we broke yesterday. Isn’t it strange that the headline gets more and more extreme the later it’s reported?
Wellington isn’t dying—John Key flew into Wellington Airport and misinterpreted what ‘Wellington Terminal’ meant.
Thirty years later Am I the only one who finds Volkswagen’s advertising touting stop–start as a point of difference a little strange? VW, after all, has had Formel E since the early 1980s, and some of those models had stop–start.
On the Terrace The pigeon on the right is thinking: where’s my flatmate?
First Tumblr support #welovewgtn
Thanks to Gunner for the Tumblr support on day two of my Wellington mayoral campaign!
Quick and mostly irrelevant thoughts from a 
