by JAK | Nov 12, 2015 | big ideas, culture
I heard parts of this story on radio and wondered how it has not shown up as a major news story. Sadly I think U.S citizens have such low expectations of their government they expect such dire consequences or have super high expectations and don’t believe...
by JAK | Oct 29, 2015 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Yesterday was the launch of the latest TIN100 results. The TIN100 is the top 100 of NZ’s high tech sectors. It includes a couple of larger companies such as F&P Appliances and Datacom alongside a wider number of software and IT services companies. New...
by JAK | Aug 9, 2015 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Much has been written about the future of music over the past 20 or so years as the internet has made universal distribution a technical possibility. Despite a few breakthrough success stories like Justin Bieber (discovered on YouTube) and Lorde the increased...
by JAK | Jul 22, 2015 | big ideas, TEDx, video
Paradoxically when our older population retires they have more time and resources to live. It’s just that we expect them to fade from view and “retire from life”. We often place them in retirement villages in the country or at least away from the...
by JAK | Jul 16, 2015 | big ideas, culture, films, industry futures, video
Some days I want to remix everything. I’ve been like that for 40+ years (for me) and now the technology makes it easy to do.* It started with music. After a few listens to a track I always want another version. Am I a creative megalomaniac? Not really it’s...
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...
