This seriously hurts my head, so I felt I had to share it. How fast is social media growing? Watch it live!
Hat tip: Mark Scott ABC (Australia) Managing Director. Twitter him at abcmarkscott
This seriously hurts my head, so I felt I had to share it. How fast is social media growing? Watch it live!
Hat tip: Mark Scott ABC (Australia) Managing Director. Twitter him at abcmarkscott
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That’s a beautiful thing. Thanks.
Been continuing to think about the implications of the University of Otago not being interested in increasing the number of students who go there. Someone has pointed out to me that there are a limited number of places for the students to live. That is a good point in itself, but it has some implications.
The practical economic effect of the university not caring about attracting more students:
1. this directly affects landlords in the university area.
An increase in students would increase rents because there is a limited supply of housing close by. This would then provide a rationale for landlords to build newer, more compact housing (apartment complexes) and replace the substandard housing students live in now. Supply will meet demand. This creates the possibility for healthier living conditions and better services. More students would also require more staff at the university, which would be good for staff already working there. Demand for staff increases wages until supply and demand reach equilibrium.
2. increasing the numbers of students would increase the demand for events at the stadium, which will be just a couple of blocks away. The city would presumably be eager to encourage this, and consents for these new complexes should be easy to get. There is a public policy goal in replacing substandard individual housing with new, better, more compact urban planning.
There are diverse groups in Dunedin impacted by the university’s unwillingness to grow. Landlords for rents are first; students because they will have better housing options available; staff at the university because they will have more “customers”; and the DCC and ORC because they want more participants in stadium events over time. Naturally, any business students would typically use (coffee houses, pubs, the Link…) would be positively impacted by having more students here.
In short, when the university sets a policy, it affects the entire town of Dunedin, and the region of Otago as well. The lack of an official university Facebook page is a reflection of the broader policy position.
145,000,000 e-mails a minute seems high… Mostly spam I guess:
Would you like a bigger pe…..?
Hey guys, I think Jeremy may be onto something here. Perhaps we should each search through our junk email folder for a minute and pick out our favourite spam title. Right now, mine is:
IMPORTANT ALERT – FBI