by JAK | Aug 4, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Yesterday was the annual TEDxAuckland event which was held at the Aotea Centre (capacity about 2200) for a full house. There were 20 “acts” which included great speakers and musical performances by all. This is the fourth TEDxAkl event in Auckland with the...
by JAK | Aug 2, 2013 | big data, culture, TEDx, video
Tomorrow is TEDxAuckland 2013 and I will be there with bells on. I love ideas and thinking “across the universe” as I see it. Modern education ( it has been said) forces us to concentrate more and more on less and less and I think we should aim a bit wider...
by JAK | Jun 27, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
As with previous TEDxAuckland events I am very pleased to be helping out again. The event is on Saturday August 3rd at Aotea Centre and is a brilliant and inspiring way to spend a day. One of the things that I love about the TEDx format is being able to spend a day...
by JAK | May 17, 2013 | culture, music, TEDx, video
Omar Musa gave an electric poetic performance at TEDxSydney 2013. What I loved most about his talk is that his poem sounded like a conversation at first but then with the skill that only comes from a master wordsmith he worked up a series of vivid pictures as he...
by JAK | Feb 22, 2013 | big ideas, TED, TEDx, video
Next week is the TED2013 conference in Long Beach. Subtitled the – The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered; this series of talks looks to be a milestone in what has become the flagship of an ideas movement. What is different about this time is that auditions for...
by JAK | Jan 15, 2013 | big ideas, industry futures, TEDx
One of the aspects of solar power generation that I have been interested in is whether there are any real economies of scale. For example having hundreds of thousands of 4kwh household units has advantages to those householders but what if solar was used to build an...
