by JAK | Oct 7, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Yesterday was TEDxAuckland 2012 after more than a year of planning and preparation. As an event organiser myself I know how much work that is and there were many great contributions of time and resources from all over. There were 17 speakers in 4 sessions starting at...
by JAK | Jun 1, 2012 | big ideas, TED
Last weekend besides TEDxSydney on the Sunday we had the delight to be part of TED@Sydney Talent Search. 20+ would be speakers did 6 minute versions of TED talks with the prize being a chance to do a talk on the main TED stage next Feb at the main event. What I loved...
by JAK | May 25, 2012 | big data, big ideas, TED
Last week I heard a fascinating story about a project where conservation staff have developed a remote controlled microphone to record bird calls especially Kiwi in the wild. What was really interesting to me about the story was how they wrote some software to scan...
by JAK | Jan 1, 2008 | big ideas, culture, music
The tradition at this time of the year is to make some kind of predictions. My thesis is that we already know enough about our own history to not only make predictions but to set directions and see them come true. The thing is that most of the time we are not entirely...
