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 →Everything you do today is an investment – or divestment – in the future. The same is true of the things you don’t do. -DM
Continue reading →I was reported Wednesday in a New Zealand Herald article entitled “Minister slammed over racially tinged jokes”: The comments prompted Dave Moscovitz [sic], a member of the NZ Council of Christians and Jews, to complain to Mr Williamson. “I was disgusted by your comments making jokes at the expense of Muslims and Pacific Islanders,” he…
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…
Continue reading →While it’s not exactly the mainstream media, it’s great to see Poetry In Hell getting in-depth coverage. (Download the PDF to read the article)
Continue reading →From Awareness through Engagement to Partnership: Cultivating Positive Emotions for a Healthy Society Dave Moskovitz – Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation (Temple Sinai) Speech to Islam Awareness Week launch at Kilbirnie Mosque in Wellington, NZ 2 August 2010 Distinguished Guests, members of the FIANZ council, Ladies and Gentlemen – Shalom Aleichem, thank you for inviting me…
Continue reading →From next week, .nz domain names will have the ability to contain macrons. I’m really pleased to have lent a hand to the process which has enabled the complete Māori alphabet to be used in .nz domain names; I was on the “IDN” (Internationalised Domain Name) committee at InternetNZ which set up the policy and…
Continue reading →I’ve just finished helping my Mom (Dr Sarah Traister Moskovitz) publish a web site containing what might be considered to be her Magnum Opus. Poetry In Hell is the culmination of ten years of research into the poets of the Warsaw Ghetto, and their poetry rescued in buried milk cans from the Ringelblum Archives. My…
Continue reading →Earlier this year, I was invited to a Summer of Code panel session with Melissa Clark-Reynolds, Lance Wiggs, and Glenn Andert on building great businesses. This YouTube clip neatly summarises my philosophy. Enjoy!
Continue reading →Check out Luke Appleby’s Connector Blog on stuff.co.nz, discussing why Linux is so great.
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