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Online publisher Matthew Harman

Hi - this (above) is me.

I'm contactable through this form and on Facebook or Linkedin.

By day I run NZ based online publishing company
Digital Advance, which owns Personal Finance site guide2.co.nz, New Zealand News website Voxy.co.nz, Tips and Recommendations website, Recommended.co.nz and guide and 'how to' site guide2.com.au

I occasionally update this website with random stuff that seems interesting or important...at the time.

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Digital Advance Launches Recommended.co.nz

Online Publisher Digital Advance today rolled out a community recommendations website for New Zealanders.

Recommended.co.nz brings together thinking and advice from experts and consumers, to help people find the answer to a range of everyday questions.

Searching for your next customer? They’re on Twitter

This post is about Twitter, so for the benefit of those are not yet addicted - here’s a brief overview of the service.

Although Twitter has been around for years, and has been growing steadily over that time, one feature they never really implemented w

Analysis: What Type of Content Is Most Popular On Digg, Reddit, Propeller, Del.icio.us and StumbleUpon?

Ever wonder what kind of content is most popular on the various social news sites? Well wonder no more…

We analysed over 500 front-page stories for Digg, Reddit, Propeller, StumbleUpon and Del.icio.us to try and determine what type of content is genera

Identi.ca Adds Features, Gets Into Twhirl | sarahintampa

After the initial rush to try out Identi.ca, not everyone stuck around. Why? Maybe it’s because Twitter started stabilizing and no longer was Identi.ca needed as a backup to Twitter. Or maybe it was a shiny new thing for some, but after playing with it,

Is Twitter On the Cusp Of A Turnaround? Maybe Or Maybe Not…

For awhile, there was nothing Twitter could do right. Frequent crashes would prompt a slew of angry bloggers to rant about the service in lengthy posts that criticized the company for being incompetent. But over the last few weeks, the micro-blogging site

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Pwnage 2.0 Released: Gadget Lab Jailbreaks iPod Touch

The iPhone Dev Team has released its Pwnage tool to jailbreak both iPhones and iPod Touches running the 2.0 software, and we fearlessly used a sacrificial iPod to test it out. The first version was released yesterday and was quickly followed by a minor up

StumbleUpon Nutcases - these guys need help!

I really do not want to moan and groan about social media nuttiness. But sometimes, things get a bit ridiculous.

I am a top stumbler - a Top Stumbler is, according to StumbleUpon, someone who contributes a lot to SU, through his discoveries, reviews, thu

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No, The Toolbar Does Not Lead Google To Index My Content

Matt Cutts of Google has posted another one of his debunking theories post, this time on the Google Toolbar aiding Google in indexing content.

Matt said, "if Ken Simpson is implying that the Google Toolbar led to these urls being crawled, then he’s mis

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Why I became a Gmail convert

Here's why I'm a Gmail convert: for the first time since I started using e-mail nearly 20 years ago, I can keep my in-box tidy.

A month ago, I switched my personal e-mail from Yahoo Mail, with which I've been generally happy. What attracted me to Gmail w

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Check out the new Facebook

Early this morning, a small group of people started seeing prompts on their home pages to switch over and try out the new Facebook. We're really happy to say that anyone can try out the new site now by visiting http://www.new.facebook.com . As you explore

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