I wear a safety pin on my jacket. It’s not because my jacket needs to be held together, nor do I have an infant in nappies at home, nor because I used to be a punk — I never was. I wear my safety pin to show support for vulnerable people. I’ve done so since…
Continue reading →A few weeks ago, my partner-in-everything Kate Frykberg facilitated an exercise with me to distill my core values. My main reason for wanting to do this was to achieve better clarity on my own internal reasons for deciding which work opportunities to pursue, which to decline, which to double down on, which to close down….
Continue reading →Last week I was the curator of the @AotearoaPeople Twitter account. I covered a lot of areas of interest to me. The tweet stream follows. I hope you enjoy it! Jump to: Monday: Intro, my whanau, and our charitable trust Tuesday: Lexicography and words Wednesday: Tech, startups, and investment Thursday: The future of government Friday:…
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Continue reading →I was recently interviewed by Sarah Spear at The Parentalist, a new blog featuring parents who are “making an impact on the world, in business and in their local communities”. You listen to (or download) the audio: Or watch the video: On a related note, today I added the job “Parent at My Family” to…
Continue reading →Parliament passed the Copyright Amendment Act into law under urgency last night, effectively forcing Internet Service Providers to police people allegedly infringing copyrights, with the ultimate sanction being a $15,000 fine and disconnecting the offender from the Internet. The whole idea is stupid and irritating on many levels, but to me, the worst aspect is…
Continue reading →A couple of months ago, the great people from MyFirstCompany.co.nz interviewed me to collect my sage advice for budding entrepreneurs. Here is what I told them: What is WebFund all about? What’s the difference between a good idea and a good business idea? What should I think about before approaching an investor? How important is…
Continue reading →Dear Greens, I have written to you on a number of occasions pleading with you to stop sending me snail mail. I have now moved house, and yet you continue to send mail to my old address which the Post Office then redirects to my new house, inconveniencing even more people and causing the wastage…
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