March Newsletter is Out
Friday, March 27th, 2009If you don’t get it by email, you can read it here.
Archive for March, 2009
We’re in the Anthill Smart 100!
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
We’re pretty happy about that. The Smart 100 is an index of the 100 smartest companies in Australia .. and we’ve made it in. Not sure where we sit in the 100 .. there’s a gala event on 9th April where the complete list is announced .. so stay tuned.
The appeal and APPLEBOX
Saturday, March 21st, 2009So far through loose change our customers has raised about $350, the appeal ends on April the 17th. I want to know why? It seems to me people are still more than happy to put their hands in their pockets and I know it’s going to be a long slow and expensive road to recovery for those communities.
I believe the bush regeneration and wildlife causes are lucking out a bit on the money front so do we really need to stop the fund? The really amazing phenomenon is the kids, they all want to put money in the jar. Truly a cause that crosses all the normal barriers. Who are the 5 people deciding where the money goes and what their processes are? It seems that the community wants to be involved in this one so the accountability needs to be public and available. I hope the red cross and the government keep the cause real and don’t get caught up in politics and bureaucracy as would be easy to do.
Netflix says: DVDs will be around for the next 10-15 years
Thursday, March 19th, 2009Yep, I concur. DVDs will be around for a long time. Movie Marketing & PR interviewed Netflix’s Steve Swasey:
MMktPr: In the future, are you going to eventually abandon the mailing-in model?
Netflix: DVDs will be around for a long time. Netflix will use DVD rental—and Netflix [DVD mailing rental] will grow for at least 5 more years. And even after the peak, whenever that is — there’ll still going to be people wanting to watch movies on DVD. DVD is a very, very good format, and it’ll be around for a long time. People will be watching movies on DVD for another 10-15 years—at least—if not more. If you think about it, VHS tapes still are clinging to their last breath of life after 30 years.
MMktPr: So basically, you don’t think DVDs are going to be the VHS of yesteryear?
Netflix: The growth of DVD rental will be for at least another 5 years, ten more years even. We haven’t seen the peak. We have been nowhere near the peak or close to DVD rental growth.
Netflix are smart .. they’ve used the DVD business to underwrite their streaming business, and correctly recognise there will be plenty of good earnings on the back of DVD rental for the coming 10-15 years. They’ve no intention of abandoning that market and neither have we!
Bushfire Photo Help
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Thanks for all that have donated in-store to our Bushfire appeal box. Our efforts though seem small compared to some others around us. Cath Murphy is working on the Portable Cinema Project in which she’s taking cinema to the affected areas. Pete Williams (CEO Deloitte Digital) is on the ground helping the Flowerdale community rebuild. You can follow their amazingly rapid progress here. And now I discover Michael Silver, two doors up at newNorth Printing is part of a group offering photo recovery and other services to those affected by the bushfires. Their offer is here.
There’s of course others doing great things as well, but props to Cath, Pete and Michael.
