Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 23, 2009, 10:03 pm
There’s nothing wrong with writing lists – especially when publishing online. If the list items are short, you can use bullet points. Or, if the order is important, choose numbered bullet...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Nov 22, 2009, 10:03 pm
No, we’re not talking about the post-reception tidy up, or even the honeymoon, we mean your marriage itself. ZM Radio online has come up with a handy list of eight ‘Things You’re Ne...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 22, 2009, 7:49 pm
If you’ve spent much time around social networks or services like Twitter, you will have seen a lot of passionate people. Earlier today someone who claims to be passionate about search engine o...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 21, 2009, 11:56 pm
It’s a simple idea. Set aside one day a week when the computer doesn’t get switched on. A day when email doesn’t get checked, when Facebook doesn’t get updated, and when tweet...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 21, 2009, 10:39 pm
It’s no longer brave, rash or insightful to suggest printed newspapers will play less of a role in the future. But it counts for something when the scion the world’s largest newspaper comp...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 21, 2009, 10:02 pm
On one level the email staff memo republished by Bob Sutton on his excellent web site is funny. It sounds as if Fawlty Towers was run by someone with Lenny Bruce’s vocabulary. On the other leve...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 20, 2009, 1:52 am
Listening is a remarkably underrated skill. And make no mistake, it is a skill. Dan Erwin looks at some researched-based facts about listening in: Brainware – 10 Things You May Not Know About L...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 19, 2009, 10:21 pm
In an era of global connections it may feel like an anachronism to worry about differences between American and other versions of English. On some levels it may. But overall, it’s something you...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Nov 19, 2009, 1:36 am
Our second suit is quite sexy. It’s in royal red and features a halter top. It’s simplicity does the trick, as the more classical cuts are often the most flattering. Maker Gottex consistently deli...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 18, 2009, 9:23 pm
My original New Zealand media people on Twitter list is still available on this site. It’s been updated many times with two new entries yesterday and four updates. If you think you should be on ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 17, 2009, 1:30 am
Writing for Australia’s Nett magazine Donna Page offers some timely advice as we approach Christmas. The magazine is aimed at small business owners, but her Holidays are good for your health app...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Nov 17, 2009, 12:47 am
By Briony Bennett How do you imagine yourself on honeymoon? Smooth, sun-warmed limbs and a contented smile on your face as you stretch out on the sand next to your new husband. Enjoying the smell of ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 16, 2009, 9:50 pm
Last week the Bennett family toaster died. It’s last moments were spectacular with arcing, sparks and flames. I suspect it was also dangerous. It’s a Tefal model we purchased just over a...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 15, 2009, 7:30 pm
“Real news is what somebody is trying to hide from you. All the rest is just advertising.” – Lord Beaverbrook. Thanks to Gerry McCusker at PR disasters What is real news? : PR Disasters.
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 15, 2009, 1:30 pm
According to overseas-based Kiwi blogger Cactus Kate a memo circulated to staff at the New Zealand Herald and other APN titles telling journalists to adopt a “more conservative editorial approach”...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 14, 2009, 3:56 pm
There have been more minor changes since writing Tweaking the Wordpress theme last month. First, I reduced the body font size to 12px – this looks neater than before. I’ve adjusted the li...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 12, 2009, 8:28 pm
One of the great things about being a journalist is you can admit ignorance. Well, maybe not ignorance, but it is OK to not know things. You can ask questions without feeling dumb. In fact people e...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 11, 2009, 10:42 pm
Businessweek has a great short piece by Marshall Goldsmith describing the five steps you need to take to become an effective leader. Often this kind of material is more about the writer’s preju...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 10, 2009, 10:05 pm
Plaxo is part social media tool, part address book. It’s a useful way of keeping contacts names and addresses up-to-date. Useful, but in my opinion not as elegant or as handy as alternatives suc...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 9, 2009, 8:16 pm
Double standards from News Corp. on paid content battle? write Mark Fletcher at the excellent Australian Newsagency Blog. Fletcher says while Murdoch is busy making noises about paid content online, r...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 9, 2009, 8:05 pm
Lijit looked like it could be useful. It’s a search application installed on this site as a Wordpress plug-in. You can see the Lijit search widget about halfway down the sidebar on the right of ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 8, 2009, 10:39 pm
When it comes to free PC security applications Panda Cloud Antivirus is hard to beat. I first wrote about it in August, since then it’s moved forward slightly, but the software is still relative...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 8, 2009, 1:30 pm
Rob O’Neill’s front page story on today’s Computerworld draws on research by US-based Objectwatch saying the total cost of IT failure in New Zealand is $5.4 billion a year. The story...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 7, 2009, 11:37 pm
Willie Sutton understood. When the legendary US bank robber explained why he robbed banks, he said it’s because “that’s where the money is”. If Sutton were alive today, he’d be plugged in ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 6, 2009, 9:31 pm
You’ll find good backgrounders and explainers on knowledge management all over the web. But most assume the reader works in a large, or at least medium-sized company with plenty of resources. O...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 5, 2009, 10:22 pm
I can’t honestly tell you if AVG Free 9.0 offers decent PC security. That’s because the application was so annoying and imposed such an overhead on my home desktop I deleted it before test...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 4, 2009, 10:05 pm
An interesting piece at Computerworld about the father of modern management and the first person to use the phrase “knowledge worker”. I’m not sure about describing Drucker as a R...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 4, 2009, 6:57 pm
Google Related Links is a tool to help push traffic around a web site. In theory it does much the same job as Zemanta’s Interesting Articles feature – it allows you to add a list of relat...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Nov 4, 2009, 1:07 pm
If you thought choosing the right dress was the most stressful part of wedding planning, think again. The wedding reception seating plan could have you tied up internal knots. Help is at hand, howeve...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 3, 2009, 7:37 pm
I’m impressed with Windows 7. After running the beta for months I’ve discovered it’s everything Windows should be. Sure there are a few niggles – but that would be true of any ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 3, 2009, 2:01 pm
Australian Reseller News, Computer Reseller News, New Zealand Reseller News and The Channel serve readers working at the sharp end of the information technology industry. While many of the stories th...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Nov 1, 2009, 7:08 pm
Printed business cards seem surprisingly resilient. We live in an era when people regularly tout smart phones and other pocket-sized gizmos. Meanwhile social networking tools are ubiquitous in many b...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 31, 2009, 11:56 pm
Barnes and Noble’s says internal sales data shows the Nook e-reader is already a hit. The company says the device is now its fastest selling item. Not bad considering the Nook doesn’t official...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Oct 28, 2009, 10:23 pm
DIY wedding planning has a lot of appeal. And new-style web sites are taking it to a whole new level. Using these sites can save you time, allowing to you have fun planning exactly what you want. The...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 22, 2009, 11:51 pm
In 2001 Australia’s technology sector faced recession following the dotcom crash. At the time I interviewed Professor Michael Vitale of the Australian Graduate School of Management for The Austr...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 22, 2009, 8:42 pm
No-one doubts the quantity of information available online, but what about its quality? In ancient times wars were fought over access to knowledge repositories. Would our ancestors fight the same wa...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 22, 2009, 1:01 am
Symantec’s SMB director for the Pacific Region Steve Martin says crooks have duped millions of customers into buying fake security software products. And the middlemen peddling the dodgy wares h...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Oct 20, 2009, 3:01 am
In How to get Married without Going Broke, Liz Koh at BusinessBlogs has writes; Disagreements about money are a leading cause of relationship difficulties, and planning a wedding will be a good test ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 20, 2009, 12:05 am
In the last hour I checked the size of the front page of six news web sites using http://analyze.websiteoptimization.com. Here are the results: Fairfax’s Stuff – 1.7MB The New Zealand Her...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 19, 2009, 9:38 pm
Sub-titled “15 successful strategies for becoming a good manager”, Nick McCormick’s book Lead Well and Prosper is a straightforward, common sense leadership guide for new managers. I...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Oct 18, 2009, 11:46 pm
‘Hollywood’ dress photographed on the catwalk at the recent ‘Bridal Fashion through the Years’ show for Age Concern, held in Takapuna, Auckland. Photograph courtesy of Neville Bailey. It’s ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 15, 2009, 11:07 pm
An interesting article in CIO magazine about Peter Drucker – who first coined the term ‘knowledge worker’.  It’s not a soft piece. In The comeback Charlatan David James is cr...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 15, 2009, 9:37 pm
Rupert Murdoch wants to charge people for online news. He plans to build pay walls only allowing subscribers full access to material written by his journalists. Yesterday came evidence predicting his...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 14, 2009, 11:10 pm
I’ve never believed that print is dead. I’ve always believed that there are two problems with print journalism today. One is lack of advertising, some parts of which will come back, and two, when ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 14, 2009, 10:31 pm
Liam Tung wasn’t the only Australian journalist providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the trial between Perth-based ISP iiNet and the Australian Federation against Copyright Theft (AFACT). See:...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 14, 2009, 9:26 pm
In June I asked Can Twitter be journalism? At the time I concluded Twitter could be journalism, but that’s not how most journalists use it. Over the past week, Liam Tung at ZDnet Australia has ...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 13, 2009, 11:41 pm
The Journalist template by Lucian E. Marin needed a few changes to the CSS to get this site looking the way I want it: First, I reduced the main column text width. It previously stretched over 700 pi...
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Bill B. posted an article on Bill Bennett - Oct 13, 2009, 9:14 pm
Regular readers may notice this web site has reverted to its previous minimalist look and feel. I’ve switched back for two reasons. First, I wanted to cut down on the size of my pages – t...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Oct 8, 2009, 11:52 pm
Maternity weddng dress There’s more than one bride who has had to accommodate a growing bump in deciding on the style and fit of her wedding gown. We don’t often think about after-baby wedding d...
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Bill B. posted an article on What a bride wants - Oct 8, 2009, 11:52 pm
Maternity weddng dress There’s more than one bride who has had to accommodate a growing bump in deciding on the style and fit of her wedding gown. We don’t often think about after-baby wedding d...
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