by JAK | Jun 16, 2014 | big ideas, industry futures
On Wednesday this week we have Matt Mullenweg in Auckland for a flying visit. Matt is CEO of Automattic which is the company behind WordPress. As the co founder of WordPress Matt has also learned a huge amount about how to grow a distributed business which is global...
by JAK | Jun 15, 2014 | big ideas, TEDx
TEDxAuckland 2014 event will be held on August 16th this year. The theme is Ascending – “a celebration of resilience, courage amidst adversity and the achievements of individuals who are making a better world.” This will be the 5th TEDxAuckland event...
by JAK | Jun 6, 2014 | big ideas, industry futures, video
New Zealand is a small snow covered rock south of Fiji that depends on its clean, green “100% pure” marketing slogan to pretend that we value our part of the planet. It is very clear that our politicians are too busy with the sophistry of their own...
by JAK | May 31, 2014 | big ideas, culture, development, video
One of the delightful things about being a parent of a curious child is that they keep asking the best questions of you and the other adults around them. There are many stories of that one teacher who inspired greatness and every kid ( and every adult) deserves to...
by JAK | May 22, 2014 | culture, industry futures, WordPress
Matt Mullenweg will be in Wellington and Auckland on June 17th and 18th this year. It is Matts second visit to New Zealand and five years since he came to the first ever NZ wordcamp held in Wellington in 2009. Since then WordPress has continued to grow to the point...
