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Agile methodology seems to suit kiwi psyche
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 9:55 am | sticK
A relatively recent 'movement' in software development runs the risk of dovetailing perfectly with the kiwi psyche. More >>
Time for BIS2 to stop flying under the radar
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 12:23 pm | sticK
Super graphics creators, BIS2 flies under the radar in New Zealand, partly because at this stage the three year old company doesn't have any clients in this country. More >>
Kiwi culture to 'look under the IT hood' is an opportunity
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 8:46 am | sticK
We've got the national initiative and creativity to look under the hood of IT systems, but the country's missing an opportunity to collectively sell its IT security expertise to the world. More >>
Start-up scales up at world's largest digital media do
Monday, 20 December 2010, 9:09 am | sticK
Selection to showcase its 'social commerce' platform at MIDEM in late January is a big deal for Wellington internet start-up MusicHype. More >>
Kiwi praetorian guards Google's global network
Friday, 17 December 2010, 8:55 am | sticK
Three of Google's top internet security people are Kiwis - which on the law of averages is punching way above our weight. More >>
Super graphics make sense of a sea of data - (BIS2)
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 1:49 pm | sticK
Ever tried to make sense of a spreadsheet of numbers - data that in its raw form can be a sea of complexity? More >>
(John) Key timing for Innovation Council?
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 11:50 am | sticK
New Zealand's innovation system is like a large industrial plant according to the New Zealand Institute. More >>
Bands and fans connect through 'Appreciation Engine'
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 12:17 pm | sticK
One way of looking at the world of music is to say the game is changing. Another way is to say it’s a complicated mess where making money's nowhere as simple as it used to be. More >>
Who are you going to call first - the info clearinghouse
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 9:02 am | sticK
As the whole New Zealand environment for turning ideas into income morphs into something better, stronger and faster, it's worth revisiting independent think tank The NZ Institute's 'Plugging the gap' discussion document. More >>
Keeping TABS so valuable, sticK's forced to give it a plug
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 9:05 am | sticK
Those of us with a poetic come wordy bent have to love TABS (Trends + Anthropology + Brands + Strategy) for its acronym alone. And sticK's not one to generally go promoting someone or something it hasn't personally interviewed or yarned to if it can help ... More >>
Plugging a gap in the innovation ecosystem - NNCC
Monday, 13 December 2010, 9:05 am | sticK
Maybe it's a missing part of New Zealand's innovation ecosystem, maybe not. More >>
Third generation incubators cooking up better start ups
Friday, 10 December 2010, 8:20 am | sticK
( sticK - 10 Dec. 2010 ) Technology incubators have come a long way since 2000 when the then science minister Pete Hodgson said New Zealand needed something that replicated the highly successful Israel model. More >>
You Tube but one example of sharing knowledge (OECD)
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 3:46 pm | sticK
The case for Ultra Fast Broadband's still to be justified
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 8:28 am | sticK
Ultra Fast Broadband's nationwide installation has been touted as productivity-enhancing factor - but the jury's still out, especially in the New Zealand case apparently. More >>
'Inside Innovation' recognises we've got a lot of work to do
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 3:12 pm | sticK
It was called 'Inside Innovation', but Wellington's policy-peoples' group hug could have just as easily been called 'Insider Innovation'. More >>
'IT ethics' is no oxymoronic conversation
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9:00 am | sticK
There's a gradually coalescing idea in Alison Holt's mind around the issue of 'IT ethics', which the leader of global forums and standards on a number of other IT issues is well versed to consider. More >>
MED can't kill kiwi technology incubators
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 8:44 am | sticK
It's often hard to tell whether a government-sponsored initiative is worthwhile from a pure returns, or even more nebulous, 'doing good' point of view. More >>
Full fuel fooling aim of food research co-investment
Monday, 6 December 2010, 2:56 pm | sticK
Satiety is becoming a key trend in the world of nutrition. More >>
'Plugging the gap', doesn't just state the problems
Monday, 6 December 2010, 8:57 am | sticK
There's so much valuable 'stuff' (read factual data, analysis, and most importantly ways forward) in 'Plugging the gap', its hard to know where to start. More >>
Safe vaccine gun gets design equivalent of Olympic gold
Friday, 3 December 2010, 12:44 pm | sticK
We, as in NZ Inc, and particularly the companies that get them, are always keen to be internationally recognised. More >>
