Hollywood
“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” – Marilyn Monroe
Continue reading →Summer of Tech: Building great businesses from Wellington, New Zealand
In January 2011, I spoke to a Summer of Tech event about why Wellington and New Zealand are great places to start an online venture, and the importance of keeping your exit in mind. Tech Entrepreneurship with Dave Moskovitz from SummerOfTech on Vimeo.
Continue reading →Ubuntu Maverick on a Thinkpad X201
I finally upgraded my Thinkpad X201 from Kubuntu Lucid to Maverick over the weekend. I’m pleased to report that the process was nearly flawless using KPackageKit. Despite segfaults in KPackageKit which didn’t seem to deter it, the upgrade process went very smoothly and took about an hour. I’ve only encountered three minor problems: There were…
Continue reading →The path of least resistance
Overheard: “The path of least resistance is only paved for the first 200 yards.” @tferriss (via @davetenhave)
Continue reading →Civilisation on the edge
Civilisation may be two meals away from barbarism, but it’s only one coffee way from whining. @thomasbeagle (via @ThisCJ and @saniac)
Continue reading →Rave reviews for Freelex / Mātāpuna lexicography system
Some things just take time – especially recognition. My Free and Open Source Freelex / Mātāpuna Dictionary Writing System was just reviewed by Oumar Bah in Language Documentation and Conservation. (Download the PDF of the article). Bah writes: It is a DWS much like Toolbox, iLex or TshwaneLex, but uninke the others, it is entirely…
Continue reading →Open Source Contributors
I was one of the judges this year at the NZ Open Source Awards, and presented the award for the Open Source Contributor of the year, which was won by Tabitha Roder for her work on the One Laptop Per Child project. Watch the YouTube Video, including my now-famous quote, “We cannot afford to have…
Continue reading →The Bright Ideas Finale – Inspiration, Courage, and Stamina
The Bright Ideas Challenge was born out of a conversation that I had almost exactly a year ago with Nigel Kirkpatrick, the CEO of Grow Wellington at an event designed to address the problem of how to better commercialise IP coming out of our region. Mark Clare helped whip the original concept into something that…
Continue reading →My advice to budding entrepreneurs
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
Everything you do today is an investment – or divestment – in the future. The same is true of the things you don’t do. -DM
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