Nine to Noon: 4 Mar 2010
I talked today about cryptography, China, and Facebook’s billions. My apologies for how rushed it was on air, but we had less time than usual. I’ve written up below what I was going to …
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NZ Doing Good in ACTA Negotiation
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an agreement between countries around IP rights and enforcement. The negotiations have been happening in secret, with every country saying …
Nine to Noon, 18 Feb 2010
You can listen to my Nine to Noon emerging technology slot from 18 Feb 2010 in MP3 and Ogg Vorbis formats. The links for the show appear below, though we didn’t get to the media scares story: …
Community Management Workshop
I attended a workshop on community management at Webstock, and at the end asked the attendees to write down some words of wisdom for a new community manager, maybe something they wish they’d …
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.
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 …