Fight Club … not
4There’s a guy in London with a terrific blog, We’re as disappointed as you are. Sounds dreary, but nothing could be further the truth. But what I really like is his idea of the coffee morning … More …
The Land of the Long White Tail
Chris Liddell, the Kiwi-born Microsoft CFO, is in town to spread his vision of a New Zealand that makes creative products for a world connected by YouTube and Skype, and I discussed his speech with Wammo on Kiwi FM’s ... More …
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock’n’roll.
2Dave Dobbyn’s greatest hits album was ironically titled: Overnight Success. Celebrating the years of writing, playing in town halls and pubs before ascending to the status of minor deity. If only there had been MySpace in the 80’s ... More …
Great journalist required
Opportunities like this don’t come up very often. Idealog magazine, New Zealand’s premium business magazine, seeks a smart, ambitious, hard-working journalist to add grit and flair to its already winning formula. As senior writer you’ll be covering ... More …
Another nail in the coffin for television
Ofcom in the UK, the ‘independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries’, has effectively killed off the advertising revenue and therefore production of children’s television programming in the UK More …
Paper money
Pavement carks it and suddenly everyone’s down on magazines. What gives? Magazines have never been in better health. Plus a tribute to economic freedom fighter Milton Friedman in this week’s Idealog podcast, ’What’s the big idea?’ with ... More …
The power of a meme
1If you don’t support constructing a stadium on Auckland’s Waterfront you are opposed to all progress. If you don’t ’get in behind’ the Rugby World Cup planning you don’t care about the economic development of New ... More …
Coolaboration
Collaboration is my hot button. It is all well and good having many great ideas. But getting them done usually requires people with complementary and specialised skill. It is something I want to experiment with at Massey University, getting design ... More …
Misguided youth
On Wednesday I am presenting a couple of workshops at the annual conference for Career and Transition Educators (CATE) in Rotorua. I have been thinking how important their role is in guiding our kids to the next stage in their ... More …
The society for the protection of Couch Potatoes
A response to David MacGregor’s response to my post on perceived values which also grew too long to fit into the comments section More …
Perceived value
2I was going to write about the premise of identity in terms of creative industries and entrepreneurial ventures in which the many multiplicities of day to day interaction require an individual to wear a minimum of a dozen hats or ... More …
Free Idea Friday 2
1My aging Saab burst a pipe the other day. A minor bump in the road I thought. But, for some reason motor vehicle repairs seem to conform to Drucker’s Law of Business Planning. Everything takes twice as long as ... More …
Couch potatoes unite!
I wrote this as a comment on Andrew McKenzie’s previous blog entry, but it was too long to be added as such, so ... The Perceived Value blog raises some interesting points, which I’ll ignore and wade in on ... More …
The Ferryman: a parable on mobile data charges
There was once a Traveler who arrived at the edge of a wide spanning river. Resting upon a rock was a lone Ferryman who greeted the Traveler with a wide beaming smile. The Traveler enquired as to what was on ... More …
A tale of things to come
Once upon a time, there was a somewhat astute (although that had been widely debated) Television Producer who would undertake an annual pilgrimage to deepest darkest Peru. There he would seek wisdom from the ancients as to what was going ... More …
