Category Archives: cloud computing

Fuelled adds an important string to the business cashflow bow

Posted on April 11, 2017 by sticknz

So what do you do when cashflow’s a bit tight? You have outstanding invoices to be paid, but have a few of your own bills that also need dealing with. Yes you could go to your traditional bank. But 15 … Continue reading →

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Solving the part timer work conundrum

Posted on April 6, 2017 by sticknz

Matching both sides of the equation for part time jobs sounds like it should be easy. ‘Employer has limited hours required role = young person willing and happy to do it’. Sounds easy are the operative words though. Now, contrary … Continue reading →

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Big brains, big ideas, big discussions make Multicore World 2017 an important place to be

Posted on February 7, 2017 by sticknz

One of the dirty little secrets of computing is that the power of the processor(s) is currently way beyond our ability to program them. It’s as if you have a V8 powered car but only feeding fuel into one cylinder. … Continue reading →

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Is it really possible to cross-credit open source to open society?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by sticknz

Every party needs a grumpy uncle…so let me be that curmudgeonly guy for the upcoming Open Source//Open Society conference. (Early spoiler alert – I’m going to some of OS//OS. There’s too many thought provoking speakers, too much opportunity to touch … Continue reading →

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The Internet of Things (IoT): A slow burn until it can communicate with everything else

Posted on November 17, 2015 by sticknz

Occasionally, you come across a piece of thinking that makes you go, ‘oh, right, that’s a very interesting point’. So it is with a recent article by Toby Ruckert, CEO and Founder of Unified Inbox, a platform to bring and … Continue reading →

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Wider New Zealand missing out on knowing about our hot and cool Hi-Tech companies

Posted on May 28, 2015 by sticknz

One of the downsides of the implosion in traditional news media is that celebratory stories get little or no coverage. The general public, who in my experience love to hear of clever and innovative New Zealand companies therefore have only a minor … Continue reading →

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OS//OS = OS

Posted on April 13, 2015 by sticknz

The OS//OS (Open Source//Open Society) conference has got itself a new definition – at least for the OS bit. OVER SOLD! What a great problem to have. But maybe the organisers had a cunning plan up their sleeve, because they’ve … Continue reading →

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Open for thinking, open for participation, open for collaboration

Posted on April 2, 2015 by sticknz

The name of the two day Wellington conference on Thursday and Friday 16/17 April says it all. Open Source//Open Society (OS//OS). As a digital immigrant who has, without sometimes knowing why, gone down he android path for my devices, I’m … Continue reading →

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Of course nobody notices – there’s no photo opportunity!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by sticknz

Naturally it has escaped the attention of mainstream media… But, the fact is that two Kiwi IT companies are still in, and contributing to, the world’s largest IT project – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. (See a press … Continue reading →

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Local, thinks global and quickly gets asked if it is for sale

Posted on July 2, 2014 by sticknz

  Many Kiwis struggle to appreciate the size of the global internet market, and how to tap into it says John-Daniel Trask. The co-founder of Wellington-based Mindscape (“We build fantastic tools for developers”) recently spoke at the NZ Entrepreneur Club. … Continue reading →

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