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 | Nov 15, 2007 | industry futures, this blog
A few weeks back Microsoft paid a large sum for a very small slice of Facebook. There has been a lot of commentary but this post makes the most sense and includes some very good underlying reasons for that deal. For some earlier discussion see Microsoft & Facebook...
by JAK | Oct 24, 2007 | this blog
A quick note to say that this blog had a bit of a meltdown during an upgrade and had to be rebuilt. It may take a while to restore all the various options that were included before. Thanks for your support. One of the joys of open source is that there are often...
by JAK | Sep 9, 2007 | culture, industry futures, music, this blog
I was at an recent event where (in passing) a presenter recounted her experiences at various TV conferences along these lines. She told us that many of the industry attendees were still asking variations of “Help the Internet is coming…what do we...
by JAK | Aug 22, 2007 | culture, this blog
The other day my daughter (just turned 6) said that she wanted to be a scientist because she liked mixing things up and watching the colours change. That comment reminded me of the time she turned almost half the kitchen blue playing with blue food colouring. Cool! I...
by JAK | Jul 13, 2007 | this blog
Thanks to all readers who arrive in increasing numbers each month traffic on this blog is growing fast. Most of you visit 2 or 3 times per month and read up about 4.8 pages each time. A little over 7% of you subscribe by RSS feed, (click here to try it -and select a...