by JAK | Aug 24, 2012 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
A few years ago when the “rivers of gold” represented by classified advertising started being diverted off into the likes of TradeMe -Fairfax made a very smart strategic move to buy that company. At the time the merits of the price paid where debated far...
by JAK | Aug 23, 2012 | culture, music
Back in the 70’s what I most cared about was music. They say the more things change the more they stay the same. One of my very favourite musician / songwriters back then was Bruce Cockburn from Canada. A line like “Silver rain sings dancing rhyme”...
by JAK | Aug 21, 2012 | culture, industry futures, WordPress
Two weeks ago I was at Wordcamp SF (#wcsf ) and given that I live in Auckland NZ it is rather a long way to go so why do I do it? Simply put – since 2009 I have been working mostly full time on WordPress based projects. I actually started using WordPress in mid...
by JAK | Aug 18, 2012 | culture
On a recent trip I got to spend just over a day in Los Angeles. Previously my entire experience was of the airport as a transit point for other places in the world. But of course LA has beaches too and I was delighted to find out that I would be staying near one of...
by JAK | Aug 9, 2012 | big ideas, culture
In 2008 the California Academy of Science building opened. It was designed by architect Renzo Piano and has a living roof. This roof is covered in plants and has two distinctive domes on the roof. In sustainable design terms “The Academy is now the largest...
by JAK | Jul 31, 2012 | culture, development, TEDx
At TEDxSydney back in May of this year one of the quiet understated surprises was this geopolitical assessment of the changes to China, Australia and US foreign policy and economics and the background thinking that can help us make more sense of what this means in...
by JAK | Jul 29, 2012 | culture, swimming
I have been swimming at Bondi Beach and the Bondi pool before in the summer like many others. However I have always wanted to swim there in the winter for the full ice bergs experience. So on Friday 21st at 7:30am I took the plunge and swam 1 km with a friend. He had...
by JAK | Jul 18, 2012 | industry futures, TEDx
Talks from TEDxSydney are now up. Two of the most exciting ones for me and anyone interested in education thinking are the talk by Evan Kidd. And the talk by Chris Anderson which starts out “Teachers are heroes..” “Evan (Kidd_ argues that we need to...
by JAK | Jul 17, 2012 | music
Every so often I come across something very like musical sonar. When I listen another part of me feels the connection. A great musical performance is a series of magic moments – a fleeting array of light and shade. I get to spend time with architects, musicians...
by JAK | Jul 14, 2012 | culture, music
Today is an overcast but beautiful day in Auckland. Its perfect for a bike ride and a swim but then in my world every day is perfect for those. Have you ever had one of those days where you are really happy but you want to weep at the same time? We live in...
