Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Copywrongs and Katherine Mansfield

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Katherine Mansfield is New Zealand's literary icon: feminist, bisexual, incredibly gifted, part of the Bloomsbury circle of clever people pushing literary form before she died of tuberculosis. Her short stories are as moving today as they were when she wrote them almost 100 years ago. Her papers, and ...

Delayed Broadcast of International Programs

Sunday, September 9th, 2012

It's always seemed strange to me that local broadcasters would hold off broadcasting Dr Who, Mad Men, and other high-profile shows. Viewers chatter about it as soon as an episode airs in its country of origin, so regional fans either have the episode ruined by net spoilers or disconnect ...

Judge Harvey, Kim Dotcom, and The Press

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

Judge David Harvey has stepped down from the Kim DotCom case. At NetHui last week, he led a discussion of copyright where opinions from the floor were variously thoughtful, passionate, and novel. He was careful to watch his words, at one point saying "I'd better not say anything about ...

Education and Technology

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

I've been in the position of being a geek talking with teachers for a while, and I've found it best to approach the whole area of education with humility. In education, as in business, you can't just thrust technology into a situation and magically get the best possible result. ...

Libraries: Where It All Went Wrong

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

It was my pleasure to address the National and State Librarians of Australasia on the eve of their strategic planning meeting in Auckland at the start of November this year. I have been involved in libraries for a few years now, and am always humbled by the expertise, hard ...

Nine to Noon: 3 March 2011

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

This post is about my 3 March 2011 appearance on Nine to Noon on Radio New Zealand. Listen to the show in MP3 and OGG. My notes below were made during research for the show, but we often depart from the script. In particular, this week I ...

Nine to Noon: 17 February 2011

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

This post is about my 17 February appearance on Nine to Noon on Radio New Zealand. Listen to the show in MP3 and OGG. My notes below were made during research for the show, but we often depart from the script. NOTE: An alert reader wrote to RNZ after ...

Nine to Noon: 3 February 2011

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

I resumed my Nine to Noon radio segments on Radio New Zealand. I'll be on every other week, beginning 3 February 2011. MP3 and OGG available. Below are my notes, made as I researched the topics for the 3 February 2011 show. We often depart from the notes, ...

Changing the Demographics of Innovation

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Text of notes for a talk given at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the New Zealand Computer Society in Rotorua, 17 September 2010. I will link to video when it's posted by the conference organizers. Hello everyone. Thank you for the kind introduction, and thank you to the New ...

Interviewed by Haegwan Kim

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Haegwan is interviewing famous and interesting people to talk about what they do and advice they might have to people wanting to be successful. He interviewed me earlier this month. I enjoyed it a lot, and I'm flattered by the company I keep: racing car drivers, famous technologists, ...