by JAK | Jan 17, 2011 | culture, industry futures, music
As a parent – I’m always interested in ways that children can get more engaged with learning about everything. Touch screens like those used by the iPad are clearly of interest and as a music fan I liked this one. The featured app here is a curated...
by JAK | Jan 16, 2011 | this blog
What have I been up to at the start of 2011. Lots of swimming and working on WordCampNZ 2011. This mention map looks to be interactive and probably updates in real time. Hover over the map to explore connections. Enter your twitter id to view your own map. Note: the...
by JAK | Dec 20, 2010 | culture
There is an old myth that Eskimo have a very large number of words for snow. At first that seems like it could be true given the apparent lack of change in the Northern landscape. Its a nice idea though. For me I like the idea of precision and being able to cut...
by JAK | Dec 14, 2010 | culture
I work with a large number of bloggers and site owners and in the early days everyone is sure they will get writing. Many start with a blast and then go for a slow fade, unintentional but… What seems to work better is to have a a bit more of a plan and a...
by JAK | Dec 3, 2010 | big ideas, TEDx
Back on Sept 26th along with 450 others we made it across the bridge to TEDxAuckland 2010. I was able to take my daughter (9 going on 19) and one of my work colleagues. As DialogCRM I was the CRM Partner for the event and helped out on a few other areas and was...
by JAK | Nov 29, 2010 | culture
We live in extraordinary times when it comes down to proganda and information becoming somewhat interchangeable words. The really extraodinary part of this is that widespread distrust of the current US government is not diminishing but increasing if the overall trends...
by JAK | Nov 1, 2010 | big ideas, industry futures
Down to the wire is an archive project for NZ internet*. A new competition launches on Nov 11 so enter if you would like to be part of that. Watch the video below for more details. *Down to the Wire is a permanent resource for New Zealand that tells the story of how...
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 19, 2010 | big ideas, industry futures
Stephen Knightly is going to be presenting at TEDxAuckland on gaming for good. One of the games that he will probably mention is called MyFriendQuest. MyFriendQuest is an animated PC application created by the BrightMind LABS team to teach children to recognize and...
by JAK | Sep 18, 2010 | TEDx
I predict an unusual demand for baby sitters this coming Tuesday morning. Its going to be a bit hard to find a sitter at 2am but I think some parents are going to try. The reason is a live global event called TEDxChange which is being broadcast live to the web from...
