by JAK | Jan 27, 2011 | culture
Both National and Labour are obviously thinking about the next election as battle lines are being drawn up. On one hand National is signalling a sell-down of profitable SOE’s to ostensibly to reduce debt. Labour has flagged the idea of no tax on the first $5k...
by JAK | Jan 17, 2011 | culture, industry futures, music
As a parent – I’m always interested in ways that children can get more engaged with learning about everything. Touch screens like those used by the iPad are clearly of interest and as a music fan I liked this one. The featured app here is a curated...
by JAK | Dec 20, 2010 | culture
There is an old myth that Eskimo have a very large number of words for snow. At first that seems like it could be true given the apparent lack of change in the Northern landscape. Its a nice idea though. For me I like the idea of precision and being able to cut...
by JAK | Dec 14, 2010 | culture
I work with a large number of bloggers and site owners and in the early days everyone is sure they will get writing. Many start with a blast and then go for a slow fade, unintentional but… What seems to work better is to have a a bit more of a plan and a...
by JAK | Nov 29, 2010 | culture
We live in extraordinary times when it comes down to proganda and information becoming somewhat interchangeable words. The really extraodinary part of this is that widespread distrust of the current US government is not diminishing but increasing if the overall trends...
by JAK | Oct 25, 2010 | culture, music
There are many old jokes about music but in my family the one I liked was how “Johnny likes both kinds of music – country & Western. ” So the good news growing up in my house was that we were all drenched in music – the bad news is that...
