Fry Up: First person account
First person account
First person account
Five years ago Fry Up attended a Local Loop Unbundling party. It was held at the end of an explosive week in telco land. A leaked cabinet paper had revealed the then Labour government was going to open up the copper network to competition and operationally separate Telecom.
Beehive bashing and public spend ups
Notes on a debate
Faced with telepresence, real people are blurring out
Departure lounge
Cool guys avoid lifecycle conflict
Vista users are losers
It appears that Telecom is on a charm offensive. Fry Up has been told that influential groups and media commentators are being lunched and breakfasted by top executives.
Seven signs of aging in IT
If you want to know the answer to something, just ask. Right? Maybe.
Fry Up has learned that a local television station has, in an effort to boost ratings and revenue, bought the rights to the BBC programme Yes Minister.
For those of us who live outside Christchurch, the recent earthquake has perhaps made us all wonder if our houses would withstand the kind natural disaster they’ve suffered. Indeed, the community newspaper gave Fry Up a fright over our weetbix this morning, with a front page featuring a photo of the Auckland cityscape that had a red line down the middle and a headline questioning if the city was ready for disaster.
Bucket test
Silver lining