I'm Going on an Adventure
I caught up with Jesse Robbins at Foo Camp, and he gave me a great line that I remember as being something like: “I’m going on an adventure. The outcome is uncertain, there will be …
Andreas Schleicher to NZ Members of Parliament
Andreas Schleicher runs the PISA programme for the UN. PISA is the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, a test given to 15-year-old students from most of the world. Data about the …
What is PaCT and Why Did It Cost $6M?
(this post is about the New Zealand education system. I wanted to say more than Twitter made easy) NZ has an amazing education system. We went through the “Tomorrow’s Schools” …
Dear Boosted: Surprise Me and Succeed
The NZ Arts Foundation has launched Boosted, a way to crowdfund arts projects. Now, if you’re like me, you’re probably wondering “don’t we already have several ways of doing …
Easily Creating Twitter Lists From Lists of Twitter Users
Kiwi Foo Camp just ended. This year, I collected Twitter handles as part of registration and I wanted to create a Twitter list. Twitter doesn’t provide an easy way to do this: you’re …
Copywrongs and Katherine Mansfield
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. …
Things You Learn
Things I learned while I was too busy to write week notes: if you don’t do it, it won’t get done (“delegate” qualifies as “doing”); learning to delegate is as hard …
Week Note 3
(belated) Monday was a big day: I confirmed the hiring of my first employee, and gave a seminar at Auckland University on open research. The employee is my sister (getting back into the workforce …
Week Note 2
Ok, so it’s been a while since my last week report. Sorry, habits are hard to form. Family flew back from our Colorado trip, landing Sunday morning. The great thing about “computer …
Delayed Broadcast of International Programs
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 …