by JAK | Oct 16, 2012 | big ideas, culture
In a few weeks it is Presidential elections in the U.S. The choice there is between a President who has done very little to change the daily lives of US people and a candidate who intends to ignore most ( about 47%) of the population and further dismantle the state....
by JAK | Oct 7, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Yesterday was TEDxAuckland 2012 after more than a year of planning and preparation. As an event organiser myself I know how much work that is and there were many great contributions of time and resources from all over. There were 17 speakers in 4 sessions starting at...
by JAK | Sep 16, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Back in July I went down to Dunedin (1100k South) to TEDxDunedin for an evening. One of the speakers was Professor Richie Poulton who is director of the Dunedin Study. “The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study Members are the 1037 babies born...
by JAK | Sep 9, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TED
Last year I was listening to a tech software guy talk about healthcare budgets and how that was shaping up as the perfect storm for the sector. It is an important problem for our society and raises a whole range of ethical and practical questions. The key idea is that...
by JAK | Sep 8, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Over in Canberra it is almost time for TEDx – the full programme is here Sessions are split into 4 sections, Observe, Consider, Decide and then Transform – nice 🙂 Great to see that Nobel prize winning wine maker Brian Schmidt is doing another talk. I was...
by JAK | Sep 7, 2012 | big ideas, culture
Last month I was up in San Francisco and it was great to meet James Reid and Reuben Metcalfe at the Kiwi Landing Pad. Thanks to their generosity I was able to get a desk and a WiFi connection for a couple of days while I was checking out projects in Silicon Valley and...
