stats & startups

I’ve written at least three blog posts on that Act that passed the third reading last week, and I’ve binned them all. I’ve decided that’s too easy to be snarky…

I will however quickly note that in the UK the music biz is fighting a rear guard action on format shifting. They are seeking to impose a iPod tax as compensation.

Instead a quick post on something more positive.

I spent a couple of hours at the Small Business Expo today where my pick of the show would have to be Statistics NZ. There is a huge resource of free market research stats waiting for businesses to tap into. Some is free, some is charged for. The whole focus on business enablement and the savviness I encountered on their stand was impressive. The free stats are in large part due to additional funding they’re received. Good work govt. Let’s have more funding for this department to enable them to free up more of their stats.

IP telephony company Vadacom were also to be seen at the show. They use Python in their products and host the Auckland meetings of the NZ Python Users Group at their K Road base.