by JAK | Jul 16, 2015 | big ideas, culture, films, industry futures, video
Some days I want to remix everything. I’ve been like that for 40+ years (for me) and now the technology makes it easy to do.* It started with music. After a few listens to a track I always want another version. Am I a creative megalomaniac? Not really it’s...
by JAK | Dec 18, 2012 | big data, big ideas, TED, TEDx
One of the biggest challenges of our times is how to deal with huge amounts of data. It turns out software and computing power work much better when we can use it to augment our intelligence to scale up large scale task management. What if machines/computers and...
by JAK | Jan 17, 2008 | culture, music, swimming
January is usually one long blaze of Summer sunshine and strawberries and as much swimming as can be managed. Holidays are probably the best time of the year physically for many of us as we make the most of daylight saving and family. And then we try to tune back into...
by JAK | Dec 6, 2007 | big ideas, culture
Over at Paul’s Reynolds blog there are many wonderful post, however what caught my attention was this one on Digital Strategy. “Day Two – economic/cultural transformation The second day began with a brilliant presentation from Sean McDougall, the...
by JAK | Jun 16, 2007 | big ideas, culture, TED
We have been watching a DVD on the life of Leonardo da Vinci which featured animations of some of the machines that he designed about 500 years ago. A remarkable life for a remarkable man – full of amazing insights. My 5 yr old daughter recognised some of the...
