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 | 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...
by JAK | Apr 27, 2014 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Back in 2001 I was part of a grand digital futures experiment. Along with 3 others I was part of a small group named “the future” inside of a regular advertising agency and our mission was to explore the future of advertising and in our view that meant...
by JAK | Apr 25, 2014 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Every so often on twitter I come across a sequence of tweets or ideas that seem to belong together. As humans we are wired for patterns and to make connections. This is what twitter is great for. A kind of essential randomness but at the same time an idea generator....
by JAK | Feb 22, 2014 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
The big news here yesterday was that local Telco ( Telecom) was changing their name to Spark. In my view the real news was the announcement of ShowMeTV which is their long awaited content play. Ever since Jason Paris joined Telecom back in August 2011 some of us have...
