by JAK | Nov 29, 2010 | culture
We live in extraordinary times when it comes down to proganda and information becoming somewhat interchangeable words. The really extraodinary part of this is that widespread distrust of the current US government is not diminishing but increasing if the overall trends...
by JAK | Nov 1, 2010 | big ideas, industry futures
Down to the wire is an archive project for NZ internet*. A new competition launches on Nov 11 so enter if you would like to be part of that. Watch the video below for more details. *Down to the Wire is a permanent resource for New Zealand that tells the story of how...
by JAK | Oct 25, 2010 | culture, music
There are many old jokes about music but in my family the one I liked was how “Johnny likes both kinds of music – country & Western. ” So the good news growing up in my house was that we were all drenched in music – the bad news is that...
by JAK | Sep 19, 2010 | big ideas, industry futures
Stephen Knightly is going to be presenting at TEDxAuckland on gaming for good. One of the games that he will probably mention is called MyFriendQuest. MyFriendQuest is an animated PC application created by the BrightMind LABS team to teach children to recognize and...
by JAK | Sep 18, 2010 | TEDx
I predict an unusual demand for baby sitters this coming Tuesday morning. Its going to be a bit hard to find a sitter at 2am but I think some parents are going to try. The reason is a live global event called TEDxChange which is being broadcast live to the web from...
