by JAK | Nov 13, 2012 | big ideas, TEDx
One of the unexpectedly funny talks at TEDxAuckland 2012 turned out to be Dr David Krofcheck talking about his role in the search for the Higgs boson and how the large hadron collider is used. The talk could have been called “when protons collide” or...
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 | Jun 7, 2012 | big ideas, culture, music, TEDx
Yesterday New Zealanders had an extremely rare chance to watch the planet Venus in transit across the face of the Sun on Wednesday the 6th of June. This opportunity will not occur again for 105 years. “From 10:15am until 4:43pm, viewers will be able to observe a...
by JAK | Aug 8, 2010 | WordPress
Many of you know that I have been very busy working on #wordcampnz for the past 3 months. We just hosted 110+ of you at Unitec in Mt Albert on all things related to WordPress and the users. These are my personal thoughts however a version of this post will soon be...
by JAK | Jun 26, 2009 | WordPress
As one of the organisers for Wordcamp NZ I’m very interested in what happens at other wordcamps around the world. They are community based events organised around WordPress users of all shapes and dimensions globally. Next week I’ll write about WordPress...
