Media 7: Social Media
I had a good time a few weeks ago with Russell Brown, Vaughn Davis, and Ms Behaviour talking about social media on the Media 7 show. You can watch it online.
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Auckland City Data Sales
I used LGOIMA, the local government equivalent of the Official Information Act, to request details on how much revenue Auckland City council and the Auckland-area collective geospatial body made from …
NZICT Near Future Digital Priorities Paper
NZICT is an industry lobby group, representing the NZ ICT industry (software, hardware, services, networks, education, and training). They’ve just released a “Near Future Digital …
Predictions into Opportunities
Just a heads-up: over on the O’Reilly Radar blog, I posted about the opportunities for businesses in the future based on Stephen O’Grady’s predictions for 2010.
Telecom Encouraging Uploads
Citing growth in photo-sharing and social media sites, Telecom have announced they won’t charge for upstream traffic. That is to say, upload photos and movies all you like until the end of …
Open Access Day at Victoria University
If you’re in Wellington on the week of October 19, check out Victoria University’s Open Access events. There are a pile of events and talks planned on the campus for that week as part of …
Libraries, Health, and Internet
Not the solution to the world’s problems, just my agenda this week. Mon-Wed was in Christchurch for the LIANZA conference. Wednesday night, a HISAC dinner. Thursday is a HISAC meeting, the last …
Minister of Internal Affairs (pre)
I’m meeting the Minister of Internal Affairs for 20m today at 12.30. I want to talk with him about the Government’s move to open data: what do they hope to achieve, what is he driving, and …
In Wellington Today
There’s an InternetNZ strategy day for the council. I’m not a mad fan of strategy for strategy’s sake, but Frank March (InternetNZ President) seems pretty keen to keep it practical. …
Wellington on a Good Day
“You can’t beat Wellington on a good day,” say the Wellingtonians. Today is not that good day, however, and Wellington could be beaten like a red-headed stepchild. I’m in town …