Category Archives: high tech

To serve and protect? Strategies for an artificially super-intelligent future

Posted on May 9, 2017 by sticknz

Vantage Consulting director David Miller is leading a presentation and discussion on the global risks arising from super-intelligence as part of the Hutt City Council’s STEMM Festival. His talk takes place on Thursday May 18 from 5.30-6.30pm at The Dowse Art … Continue reading →

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Mevo…(t)apping into the zeitgeist of non-car ownership

Posted on March 3, 2017 by sticknz

Mevo is an intriguing start up that Wellington’s Biz Dojo attracts at times. It is making a major play towards a future where we won’t own our own car, but will hire one as required. Additionally, Mevo’s also touting itself … Continue reading →

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Why we should give some serious thought to a Science and Innovation Council

Posted on January 10, 2017 by sticknz

It’s that time of year when we fly  kites, give voice to possibilities. So, given we have a new Science and Innovation minister, namely Paul Goldsmith, how about exploring whether now is a good time to put seriously explore forming … Continue reading →

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Global mindset drives Kiwi ‘stamp of approval’ enterprise

Posted on November 24, 2016 by sticknz

How does an organisation from the bottom of the world, excell internationally in verifying and stamping its approval on food quality and safety? The first answer is because New Zealand exports over 90% of the food it produces, and other … Continue reading →

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Perhaps the TIN100 deserves an ex gratia payment?

Posted on October 27, 2016 by sticknz

Perhaps Greg Shanahan and his TIN 100 team and reports are deserving of an NZ Inc ex gratia payment. Because arguably they’ve been most responsible for bringing hi tech out of the closet, making it cool(er). (OK, the Hi-Tech Awards … Continue reading →

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This ‘greaser of the (supplying internationally) tracks’ will be really good for NZ science

Posted on August 30, 2016 by sticknz

I’m sort of embarrassed that I’ve never heard of Science Exchange before. It’s been going for over five years, started in the US by a couple of Kiwi founders, and has grown well beyond start up to having recently secured … 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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Why there’s an opportunity cost in not being in a Biz Dojo

Posted on March 3, 2016 by sticknz

A few months ago I shifted work premises to become part of Australasia’s largest co-working space. My move to Biz Dojo has been great. I wrote a blog last year about its plans to expand its model overseas. As I flippantly … Continue reading →

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‘We don’t have enough developers’ – a homebaked remedy

Posted on November 23, 2015 by sticknz

There’s more than one way to bake the cake of “we don’t have enough developers”. Universities produce some, polytechs some others. Many are self-taught. Enspiral in Wellington through its Dev Academy has a fulltime nine week course that turns non-coders … 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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