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...
by JAK | Sep 11, 2010 | culture, industry futures, music, TEDx
This video clip is from Plum Jungle: Pete Longworth (photography), Michael K. Chin (music), Christopher Baron (film). @PlumJungle are coming across to Auckland and presenting at TEDxAuckland on 26th of Sept. I’m looking forward to this. Music, film, photography,...
by JAK | Jul 30, 2009 | industry futures
The search for a new business model or new version which makes more sense today is a recurring background story or theme in many business sectors. A truly great business is one that re-invents itself and especially the business model like Shai Agassi is doing with the...
by JAK | Jan 27, 2008 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
As someone who spends much time exploring concepts and project ideas for clients I am keenly interested in copyright and intellectual property protection. Some type of new roadmap is needed for copyright so that we can preserve hard won rights but not stifle the new...
by JAK | Oct 23, 2007 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Almost hidden over at Russell Brown’s Hard News was a link to a seriously good discussion paper on public broadcasting futures and the wider implications. The paper was commissioned by a government arts funding agency- so many of the conclusions are pointed at them....
