by JAK | Jul 31, 2012 | culture, development, TEDx
At TEDxSydney back in May of this year one of the quiet understated surprises was this geopolitical assessment of the changes to China, Australia and US foreign policy and economics and the background thinking that can help us make more sense of what this means in...
by JAK | Jul 29, 2012 | culture, swimming
I have been swimming at Bondi Beach and the Bondi pool before in the summer like many others. However I have always wanted to swim there in the winter for the full ice bergs experience. So on Friday 21st at 7:30am I took the plunge and swam 1 km with a friend. He had...
by JAK | Jul 14, 2012 | culture, music
Today is an overcast but beautiful day in Auckland. Its perfect for a bike ride and a swim but then in my world every day is perfect for those. Have you ever had one of those days where you are really happy but you want to weep at the same time? We live in...
by JAK | Jul 11, 2012 | culture, industry futures
This week I am at a 3 day internet conference. Unlike many events that I attend this one appears to be quite generalist although there are specific streams. First session that I attended was “Ms. Harbour will address the FTC’s enforcement trifecta – the Twitter,...
by JAK | Jul 10, 2012 | culture, music
They say there is nothing better than the smell of gunpowder in the morning but a bright red guitar on a music stage goes one better for me. I love going along to live music gigs and so Southern Fried Sundays which happens on the last Sunday each month was a...
by JAK | Jul 2, 2012 | big data, culture, industry futures
Have you ever wondered what the real news is? One way of discovering what is really important to different readers is to look at media where there is a ready flow of comments. The Economist does this quite well with live bubble style graphics being generated by topic....
