ARCHIVES: September 2007

Don’t be Distracted

Talk to anyone who knows me, and I am sure that one of the things that they will tell you is that I am easily distracted. It is true, I am easily distracted, I would even go so far as to say that I like distractions. But the more that I read, the more I […]

A Little Bit Bogan

The bogan in me was let free on Friday night. Jeff came and picked me up driving a Porsche! Not only was it a very sexy car, it made a great “VROOM.” We plugged in the iPod, cranked the tunes, and went cruising. In true bogan style, we went to Waikanae, got fish and chips for dinner and […]

Connectionz Microsoft Partner Conference 2007

I was lucky enough to attend Microsoft’s first local partner conference in Auckland this week with a team from Provoke. The two day conference was a good mix of sessions and networking.
My favourite sessions were delivered by Bruce Rasmussen (owner of Carpe Diem Consulting in Australia.) He delivered very common sense sessions about sales and […]

Provoke Conference 2007

I just returned home from Provoke Conference 2007. As always Provoke pulled off perfectly the balance between the serious stuff and the fun stuff.
This year the team leads each presented. I have to admit I was a little unsure how this would turn out (last year everyone presented) but it was awesome! Masons (2 hour) […]

Go Provoke Go!

Provoke are on fire at the moment. The opening of the Auckland office has created a bit of a stir in the media:
 Auckland call spurs Provoke into expansion
Provoke moves into Auckland SharePoint market
And Mase (our esteemed leader) was in the news recently for winning NZIM’s Young Executive of the Year for the Central Region.

Spam Spam Spam

If you have been in a cave for the last couple of months you might have missed all the fuss about the new “anti-spam” law. For those of you not yet in the know, very simply put you cant send email/phone spam without someone “opting in” and you have to give them the option to “opt out” […]