Getting Started
Video — NZ uphill preview
Here is my first attempt at filming and editing on the go. I hope its not too cheesy. I am calling this the preview. The real footage starts April 20.
Vaughan Fergusson
Life
Make an online newspaper worth reading, please
A little while ago I saw a fantastic TED talk by Jacek Utko, who told us how through design he helped turn around flagging newspaper readership numbers in Eastern Europe through good design. He basically turned what was your standard boring and drab newspaper format and turned them in to
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Making a NZ long cycleway
I may have told you, I am cycling the length of New Zealand. Yeah, cool aye? People do ask me, and quite a lot, “why the hell are you doing that?”. They probably ask me that for a couple of reasons, but mainly because they are use to the sedentary,
Getting Things Done
Why is it so hard to pay the govt online?
I had a morning of sorting out bills, cause I really really needed to pay my car registration. I failed. Here is why. First of all I went to https://transact.landtransport.govt.nz/ I selected the option to relicense my vehicle. I complete the 3 step process of entering
Stuff I Like
stuff.co.nz re-launch
One of my new years resolutions was to not read the news online through the major news agencies and so far I am enjoying my decision. I am no less informed through other channels than I was before, either that or there is a lot of stuff that I just
Getting Started
Getting Frank
I was very excited to hear about John Key’s plan for a country long cycleway last week. If only a politician had the idea two years ago. Although I wont be able to ride it on my trip, it does give me one thing, validation that I am not
Getting Started
A bike, some hills and a vomit
I had been making good progress with my planning so far. My route planning was coming together well, I had a couple of different options heading north, depending on wind and weather. People were getting in touch with me with all kinds of advice. What to take, where to go,
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NZ Uphill — Week one, planning
For those of you following the progress of my trip from one end of NZ to the other on a bike, you will be absolutely thrilled to know I have completed week one of planning. Looking to launch in March April. Shit. For the low down check out http://nzuphill.
Getting Started
The art of “speed” planning
A week has passed since I decided to go ahead with my cycling plan. One loooooong week. A week seems like a long time when you are thinking about one goal, non-stop, constantly. I knew that just making the decision would not be enough on it’s own, I
Getting Things Done
Twitter motivations?
Do you use Twitter? What are your motives for using it? If you don’t know what I am talking about, Twitter is an emerging social networking phenomenon that lets anyone “tweet” in 140 characters or less their thoughts, opinions or just what they are doing, right at that moment.
Life
Today’s inspirational message
Here is today’s inspirational message (well any day’s inspiration actually). This came as a reminder from [business:Get Frank]’s @richhenry on Twitter, plus a post on www.getfrank.co.nz. You may remember this as a Saatchi ad from the 90’s. Goose-pimply inspirational (mind the
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NZ Uphill
My major new year resolution came to me a little late this year. Well to be honest, I made it on New Years Eve, but kept it under my hat for a bit, just to make really damn sure I wasn’t just drunk and it is something I might