by JAK | Jan 8, 2015 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Back in September last year at the 2014 MORGO conference I was able to try out the Samsung Gear Oculus VR device and I was very impressed to see a swim by of a Blue Whale and more on the screen. VR as a concept; has been around for quite a while and like many others,...
by JAK | Oct 22, 2014 | big ideas, culture
Today I heard 3 economists discussing the Piketty book with regards to the NZ economy. The Piketty book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” is I suspect a mostly unread best seller that many of us think we should read but where to start… And more...
by JAK | Oct 1, 2014 | big ideas, culture, TEDx, video
Back on August 16th, we in Auckland celebrated TEDxAuckland # 5 with another series of inspiring talks from locals with big ideas and great stories. Now a number of those 2014 talks are online and you can check them out. One of the talks I was most looking forward to...
by JAK | Aug 11, 2014 | big ideas, culture
One of the ironies of culture is that it is often invisible to those swimming along in it (in a manner of speaking.) By that I mean when we want to see change in a culture the first step is often quite confronting to those who see their “norms” and in many...
by JAK | Jul 25, 2014 | big ideas
Popular location based mobile app FourSquare has made itself a case study on how not to communicate or manage its users. A few days ago they stopped their legacy app from working and insisted that all users download a new app called swarm. That new app has all kinds...
by JAK | Jun 19, 2014 | big ideas, general business, industry futures, WordPress
Last night Matt Mullenweg told the story of WordPress and how it had all happened. It was a kind of a one man solo theatre performance with a stream of anecdotes counterpointing each step along the journey. I have been lucky enough to hear Matt speak a few times over...
