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 →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 →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 →If you’d like to schedule a meeting with me, please jump over to my Cal.com page and book a spot there.
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.
Continue reading →Here I am talking up the Bright Ideas Challenge, and why innovation is important to Wellington and New Zealand.
Continue reading →I am a propellor on an aircraft carrier I spin and thrust silently under the waterline It can unleash tremendous power It only looks like it is going slow because it is so big I am a receiver on the dish at Arecibo My friends and I are listening For the others we know are…
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