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 | Jun 29, 2009 | big ideas
I know some great planners and architects in Auckland and other cities. So why is it that every time we get a chance to do something important in the city – it is all presented as a fait accompli by some bureaucrat or other vested interest at break neck speed...
by JAK | Oct 21, 2008 | big ideas, culture
Over the weekend there were a growing number of policy debates around the impacts and implications of proposed changes to government investment strategy. At Public Address Russell Brown writes “Labour’s guarantee scheme was excoriated along with...
by JAK | Aug 1, 2007 | big ideas, general business
At last there seems to be a winner in the race for the Wall St Journal. The Bancroft family went for a deal that valued the group at ($5b) double the previous cap before the bid. It has been a long and convoluted story* but should get even more interesting now and is...
by JAK | Oct 24, 2006 | general business, industry futures
Today I saw a story about the big bang at the NYSE. Electronic trading likely to wipe NYSE floor of unique character The story relates to the transition to electronic trading by the NYSE some 20 years after the London Exchange and fears that many or most of the...
