Posts Tagged “Consumer Behaviour”

The Gig Guide: Some Advice for Punters

by Scott Esdaile on November 4, 2011

A small rant. Seriously. Beats two and four. Two and four. Got it? But what are you doing clapping along anyway? You’re only going to get out of time – forcing the drummer to bust out some Gloria Estefan-inspired dropping (…)

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Skills No Longer Needed To Pay The Bills

by Scott Esdaile on July 14, 2011

There’s a saying that it takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery in a certain field. Which equates to playing a lot of notes on an instrument, hitting a lot of balls on a tennis court, or many hours immersing yourself (…)

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Keys, Wallet, Phone… in a Phone

by Scott Esdaile on June 9, 2011

With Google’s announcement of their game-changing Google Wallet two weeks back, I watched Apple’s announcements yesterday with interest to see how they’d reply to the challenge – potentially by unveiling an iPhone 5 with near field communcation (NFC) technology built in to (…)

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Groceries 2.0

by Scott Esdaile on July 30, 2010

It was a busy time in our household last weekend, with neither of us having a chance to get to the local supermarket for groceries. But faced with a return to student-style cooking (like everyone’s favourite – rice with cheese (…)

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Read for Speed

by Scott Esdaile on July 15, 2010

So, how about that iPad, hey? Have you got one yet? Me – no. Sure they’re the raddest thing since BMX racing, but I just can’t find a legitimate reason to buy one yet. “But what about for reading ebooks?” one geek-chic (…)

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