Category Archives: cloud computing

A buried treat in WordPress’s Terms of Service

Posted on June 26, 2014 by sticknz

It’s in keeping with the spirit of WordPress that its Terms of Service are simple, freely available to be repurposed by others, and, the tiniest bit quirky. WordPress co-founder, and part owner of its tech-tools parent Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, pointed … Continue reading →

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Lightning Lab II grows up – will its offspring make it to adolescence?

Posted on June 3, 2014 by sticknz

  Anyone that’s been around young children will appreciate there’s a heck of a difference between a one year old and a two year old. A similar comparison is valid with Lightning Lab II, which last week had nine of … Continue reading →

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To business plan or startup plan? That is the question

Posted on May 20, 2014 by sticknz

Just at the time I have no clue what to write, up turns this blog, It’s well worth repeating. I’ve written about Nicolai Thomson and LendYour, a startup ” to be the place people come to rent”. Here’s his very well written observations on … Continue reading →

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Chipping in for multicore champion – let’s get parallel programming

Posted on February 4, 2014 by sticknz

 You’ve got to admire someone who has a vision, almost as much as someone who is prepared to use the word vision. So here’s a plug for Nicolas Erdody, founder of Open Parallel, and more importantly the organiser of Multicore … Continue reading →

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‘Always be pitching, looking for feedback’ – Wipster’s Rollo Wenlock

Posted on November 19, 2013 by sticknz

“Get your idea out there as much as possible, pitch it to everyone, even to strangers in a cafe, see what happens. If it doesn’t resonate, you probably don’t have anything.” That was Wipster head sherang’s advice given at Wellington’s … Continue reading →

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Failing companies the most open to new ideas – Wes Yun, UX Design Day

Posted on October 15, 2013 by sticknz

“The most exciting places to work are those big companies that are failing. They’re most open to ideas, they have nothing to lose. They’re looking for the Hail Mary pass.” [American gridiron quarterback’s hope and a prayer hurl of the … Continue reading →

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The heart of the matter, and a matter of the heart, is design by intention

Posted on October 1, 2013 by sticknz

Seeing as on the design side of things I’m more in the ‘I know when it works, I just don’t know how to do it properly’ camp…here’s a plug to the UX Design Day. UX stands for User Experience – … Continue reading →

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Showcase site demonstrates how others can digitally engage with members

Posted on September 10, 2013 by sticknz

Jamie Houston of Honk Marketing has been using his own (sideline, but now about to turn profitable) business as a showcase of how others can use the web to improve customer interaction. This blog gives a few of the lessons … Continue reading →

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Building an integrated interweb presence – easily

Posted on September 3, 2013 by sticknz

For many people (including especially myself), figuring out how to integrate all things interwebby in order to build a business is, at the very least, daunting. Think cleverly using Facebook and other social media, building a database, selectively interacting with … Continue reading →

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Appiness is good service – Icestack launches its moonshot to America

Posted on August 27, 2013 by sticknz

Given that his presentation was to the MobileTech Summit 2013, a primary industry focused event, Andrew McPherson’s app analogy was very apt. A tractor can be likened to a mobile device, the tool that is driven off the Power Take … Continue reading →

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