by JAK | Apr 25, 2014 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Every so often on twitter I come across a sequence of tweets or ideas that seem to belong together. As humans we are wired for patterns and to make connections. This is what twitter is great for. A kind of essential randomness but at the same time an idea generator....
by JAK | Nov 9, 2013 | big data, industry futures, online marketing
So this week after 7 years of business, Twitter finally listed on the NYSE in an IPO. Shares were valued at $26 and only 70m were on offer. Predictably the shares went as high as $50.9 inside the first 2 days and have now dropped back to $44.9 which gives them a...
by JAK | Jul 2, 2012 | big data, culture, industry futures
Have you ever wondered what the real news is? One way of discovering what is really important to different readers is to look at media where there is a ready flow of comments. The Economist does this quite well with live bubble style graphics being generated by topic....
by JAK | Sep 10, 2010 | big ideas, TEDx
The 16 speakers for TEDxAuckland have been announced this week. Here they are with twitter links where I could find them – feel free to adapt and share with friends. The event is on Sunday 26th of September. Cindy Gallop – The world is coming to...
by JAK | Aug 13, 2010 | online marketing, WordPress
At WordCampNZ I was planning to talk about what I do most of the time which is online marketing projects integrated with WordPress. On the day I talked more about the logistics around WordCamp rather than the stats & case studies I had planned to do. My business...
