by JAK | Jun 9, 2015 | general business, industry futures
Much to the surprise of IT folks the tax department in NZ has decided to pick a little known IT firm in Colorado to replace the current tax system. The NZherald reports US firm wins contract in $1b IRD project “The Inland Revenue Department has selected Fast...
by JAK | Jun 2, 2015 | culture, video
Back when I was a teenager in rural New Zealand I voraciously read the novels of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I started with One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The First Circle and Cancer Ward. In a 1970’s world we were still concerned with the Soviet Union and...
by JAK | May 30, 2015 | big ideas, industry futures, video
At TEDxAuckland 2015 -two of the most outstanding talks were about health issues. Prof Grant Schofield spoke about putting the public into public health, and Dr Hong Sheng Chiong on Fighting blindness with $20 and a smart phone Grant told a story about a diabetes...
by JAK | May 21, 2015 | culture, industry futures
The short answer is no. A news story this week 5 Banks to Pay Billions and Plead Guilty in Currency and Interest Rate Cases “Adding another entry to Wall Street’s growing rap sheet, five big banks have agreed to pay about $5.6 billion and plead guilty to...
by JAK | May 12, 2015 | big ideas, industry futures, video
It has been just over a week since the Tesla Powerwall battery was announced by Elon Musk. As he mentioned this represents a fundamental transformation in the way that energy is used in the home and in businesses. What the Powerwall battery enables is a way to bridges...
