Webstock 2009 Lineup Announced
I’m speaking at Webstock 2009 and really looking forward to it. What an amazing lineup of talent they have! I’ve been privileged to meet many of these folks before, and I’m honoured …
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NZ's Business Talent Crisis
Kiwi Foo Camp was my way of finding and support great technical talent in NZ. Last week I realized that NZ’s critical shortage isn’t in technical staff, it’s in business staff. This …
The Tyranny of Distance
Jenny Morel is raising a $100M NZ VC fund. That’s good news, in that NZ needs smart angels and VCs. I’ve had a number of NZ friends making the rounds of US venture capital firms and angels …
Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far
I found this list on the web and loved it. The ones that particularly rang true with me: 5. Being not truthful always works against me. 8. Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on. …
Lazyweb: NZ Budget Hero
I’m impressed by Budget Hero, a game from the American Marketplace radio show. It lets you see the effects of the various spending possibilities (bring the troops back home, raise the social …
NZ Values
I had a thought on Saturday that wouldn’t let go. Here’s the brief pitch: let me know what you think.
Will, Systems, Distractions, and Irony
Paul Graham, the creator of Y! Combinator, recently wrote an essay in which he said “Maybe in the long term the right answer for dealing with Internet distractions will be software that watches …
Teaching Kids Computer Skills and Programming
Last year, Kiwi Foo Camp acted as a fundraiser for my kids’ local primary school. Around 60 kids, 3.5 teachers, and at the time they had around six old Windows 2000 and Windows XP boxes in …
How Cuckoos Do It
I was editor for the first edition of Programming PHP and, like all O’Reilly books, there was a vigorous discussion with the authors about which animal should be on the cover. All the …
National's Broadband Plans
I see in Rod Drury’s blog that National have released their first real economic policy and it’s to do with funding fibre-to-the-home in NZ. It’s good! Anyone who travels knows how …